> …”What the hell am I doing here…?” Seen on Bridge Street. And Hardy Street. And Trafalgar St. I think some wowser with a spraycan is following me. Not that…
> Fresh Choice is a small supermarket group with one location in Nelson and another (much nicer) one in the Richmond Mall. They support local producers. Not because it’s trendy…
So, here we are then. Nelson dwarfed by the engine nacelle of the Q300 (that’s Meg & Ben down there somewhere… ) and the first compression of the oleo leg…
> ..and Meg from Nelson Daily Photo. I was sure that I’d blogged this at the time, but that’s what senility does for you… Kath Bee’s a singer/songwriter of kiddies’…
> Not that I have the reputation of being a fashion guru or anything, but this place is cool. Modern design with traditional Thai iconic elements in handwoven cotton and…
> Couldn’t stand the bloody snow any more, to be honest, so I’ve packed up the tents, gathered up the harem, loaded the camels and headed down here for a…
> This is Horns’ winery restaurant in Nieder-Olm, the next village down the track. We’ve been going there fairly regularly since 1980 when Dieter and Malu Horn converted their living…
> Well, I’ll be…! Klaus R, my ophthalmologist and his wife a blond bird who’s definitely not his wife, sez Ms jb. But all is well – she was sitting…
> Pickled herrings. Traditional fare on Ash Wednesday around these parts. Just the sort of thing to remind you that the next 40 days fall under Lent and that having…
> It’s not over until the fat lady sings Ash Wednesday. Which is today. Until which time debauchery, iniquity, degeneracy and general sinning continues unabated. Including such frivolous pastimes as…
> ©Andreas Los The view from the 23nd floor (24th, if you’re American…) from the Vertical Village looking out over Gonsenheim. Surprised no-one’s base-jumped it yet…
> ©Andreas Los Andreas, one of the caretakers at the Vertical Village, is a dab hand with the camera. He’s also on the spot for some interesting happenings. Such as…
> Consider yourself valentined. If you must… Historical note: These wind chimes originate from the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Bought them in 1989 on the same trip when I surprised Ms…
> Lurking around the Karneval section of one of the hypermarkets in a condition of open-mouthed disbelief, I stumbled over…. …..a whole section of paraphernalia devoted to Mainz 05. Now,…
> This is as close as I’m prepared to get the Karneval business, especially today (yesterday, actually) – Weiberfastnacht – where drunken and lascivious wimmin roam the town, brandishing scissors…
> Mme Professor over at fishandchips got in first, of course, but she supposedly lives just around the corner. So it’s nice to see you back on your pedestal, looking…
> Burning the midnight oil at the Wilhelm-Emmanuel-von-Ketter-Schule, a vocational school just down the road from St Stephans. I think they ran out of wall space for his full name……
> Welcome to Soccerworld, then, where it’s always warm and dry, if a tad cramped. 6 indoor soccer fields and 9 badminton courts, open from 9 until midnight and hourly…
> A “Drop of the Best” from Mother and Son. “Mutter and Sohn”, to be precise, a family operation based in Mainz-Bretzenheim Except that “Sohn” is “Mutter” (Walter Mutter, that…
> …tomorrow,. Visiting Frank the Potter the other night, sitting in the cafe at the University Clinic and minding our own business, when up loomed one of the salesgirls.…
> I’ll try and describe last night’s concert in the Frankfurter Hof. Probably unsuccessfully, but whatever. Georg Ringsgwandl is Bavarian with an impenetrable accent. He says things like “Some artists…
> For example. At the University Clinic, visiting Frank the Potter who’s getting a detached retina undetached. Poor sod. Of course, in America this would be the 1st floor, which…
> They never had a chance, of course. The coach reckoned that it would be a sensation if they squeezed out a draw.(He said that they might have a chance…
> Europe’s different to a lot of other places. Folk tend to stay put, rather than pack everything up and relocate to greener pastures at the drop of a hat.…
> …same….er…snow.
> If only it wood stop snowing. Conditionally speaking, that is… Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
> Tracks of the European Conspicio vermes. Certainly up before me this morning
> That’s what they call it in Yorkshire – unfiltered drippings from roast meat. The rest of the civilised world knows it as “bread and dripping” Around here, it’s romantically…
> Not that I understand much about this stuff, of course, but it is That Time Of Year again, when the local newspaper reports on Karneval to the virtual exclusion…
> Rituals are important. When you go to a Mainz 05 game, there’s a fixed procedure: Get there an hour early Get a beer Discuss strategy with whoever’s within earshot…
> ..I think I shall be reincarnated as Joachim Brohm. (I could even keep my initials.) He’s a well-known (in Germany) photographer of industrial wastelands and marginal zones and the…
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