> Mainz is well served by public transport. 3 tram routes (this is the #51 thrashing up the Gaustrasse towards Hechtheim), untold bus routes (including #99, the Disko-Express which transports…
> Had to feel sorry for this guy. It was like watching someone herd cats. “No, not YOU… YOU… no, the other group. Now put your hands in the air…
> …is in there somewhere….. Reminds me of the Frenchman who lost his beret in a cow paddock and tried on 4 before he found one that fit….. Happy Halloween
> I always though “olive green” was like …..greener? Signora Anna on the market told me how to preserve olives. First, whack your olive with a hammerNext, put it in…
> Out and about with cousin Ruth and Mrs jb the other week at Cafe Dinges. The two of them were talking away and at the neighbouring table, Felipe’s mum…
> Jean Arp was one of the founding circle of the Dada movement and is omnipresent in these parts. This sculpture in front of Mainz’s Rathaus (town hall) and the…
> petunia sunflower in an onion sugar beet patch. The original over here
> This here guy’s a magician. At the Fellow Citizens Festival the other day/week/month. Pour various coloured oils onto water. Make patterns. Carefully plop a sheet of paper onto the…
> In real life, Martin Kijaszek is a graphic designer. Runs his own advertising agency. The rest of the time, he’s Billy Crash, troubador extraordinaire, singing blues in the local…
> Gerry Rafferty – Baker St. Good album. Sitting outside (well, actually, yes. In Mallorca. 22ºC. Sunshine. Eat your hearts out) is definitely something to look forward to. But then…
> The new synagogue in Mainz (don’t ask what happened to the old one – read your history books..) was inaugurated by the Federal President at the beginning of last…
> Of all the folk one meets at the TSOW, Falco is one of the most affectionate. His owner (invariably dressed in hunting kit with plus-fours) tells me that he’s…
> Gave us great enjoyment until the ravages of time turned the blossoms into tight little balls of kapok and the shredder transported it to Plant Heaven aka the compost…
> Poultry stand lady at the market is a dab hand at transferring eggs from a big tray to the standard 10 egg box. 2 at a time. Almost robotic.…
> Germany has a Mixed Member Proportional voting system, unlike the “First past the post” system in the UK and the Electoral College system in the USA for presidential elections.…
> ……put away your DDTI don’t care about spots on my apples,Leave me the birds and the bees – please. Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi, 1970 Heritage apples on display…
> 21 points. Bayern Munich, the perennial championship with an annual budget that approximates the GDP of a small country, is a mere 3 points away from the relegation zone.…
> …I am not lonely”Neil McCauley played by Robert de Niro in “Heat” 1995 The Café Dinges delivery van thingie parked/abandoned in the Mailandgasse, contemplating the pure ugliness of the…
> Sibylle “Oh, go on – take my photo if you have to” Kallweit is one of Odile’s Busy Lizzies. She’s also an excellent photographer. Odile featured her at…
> …chairs. People around here are like magpies. Leave something lying around and it’ll disappear itself in a flash. Outside Weinhaus Michel, Jakobsberg. Trivia alarm: I’ve just checked and discovered…
> Not even a cumulo-cimbus-mirrus to deface a perfectly blue sky ….especially if it’s about the future.” Niels Bohr Meanwhile. Somewhere in the village, it’s winter with sleet and decidedly…
> You meet just the nicest people at the TSOW. Emma and Johanna (5 and 7 months respectively) for instance.
> ..lead to the drain. Market square in Mainz. Put it down to jet lag.
Shill (n): a person who helps another person or organization to sell goods or services without disclosing their relationship with the seller Schiller: Bloke on a pillar on the eponymous…
>The Knowledge Fair in Mainz (scroll back a couple of weeks – can’t link in Blogpress) coincides with the strangest darned events on the market square in front of the…
> Isabel Holdsworth was Mum’s BFF (as they say). She’s 92, acts like 72 and still drives. And rips into the garage if they try to overcharge her.She’s worked for…
> As you can tell, the combination of jet lag (just get over it and it’s time to go home…), the constant search for affordable WiFi (Nelson airport this morning…
> David Slack, a New Zealand writer, journalist and bon vivant describes himself on Twitter as “Whisky drinker. Glass always half full” Given that I’m in his necks of the…
> I used to have one of these. For a day. Guy I used to work with (he was in Los Angeles, I was in Frankfurt) told me that…
Here I am, stuck in Meg and Ben territory (and being studiously ignored by Meg, who should perhaps check her cellphone..) suffering blue skies, 18ºC and sitting in the Boatshed…
> “People who don’t believe in miracles aren’t realists” Thus spoke Walter Scheel, a former Federal President. Things like this aren’t meant to happen. The local team, Mainz 05, yo-yos…
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