> The new subdivision at the top of the hill isn’t going quite as smoothly as folk had hoped. Great rush to be placed on the waiting list, followed…
> All the candles on the Advent wreath* lit Merry Christmas *A beam rescued from a medieval half-timbered house, actually
> At least they don’t smell of cinnamon…
> What with all this snow (Frankfurt airport closed down completely yesterday and THAT doesn’t happen very often), I need something to keep me going until Spring. Especially seeing…
> I though you have to wait until Christmas Day to unwrap your pressies, but it appears to be different around here. The Johanniskirche, looking brand-spanking new, despite being extremely…
> Yummy! I refuse to partake of the cheap Glühwein and sundry overpriced/sub-standard dross of the Christmas Market, but the potato pancakes are a dream. The Goldies and post-Goldies…
> Image removed at the request of the parents Why is it that “The Locomotion” always springs to mind when I think of Eva, Mrs jb’s great-niece? Big day yesterday…
> Or “Fähigkeit“ Two flossies tra-la-la-ing and another playing a mean flute, adding an attractive note to the enduring ugliness of the Brand shopping centre
> Put a German to a word association test with “Dagobert” and they’ll be back in a flash with “Duck” Pronounced “Dook” Do the same with an American and “Donald”…
> …I’m just sooooo unphotogenic” said Julia, one of Doc Höffler‘s deputy torturesses assistants. “Well”, I said “if that’s the only blemish, I wouldn’t really worry about it” I sensed…
Drifting along Gt Marlborough Street in London the other week, minding my own business and (unsuccessfully) trying to prevent Mrs MDP from frittering away our last cents in expensive…
> How about that, then? A cast-iron manpersonhole cover AND cobblestones! Just how much “quaint” do you want? (Told you they put the city crest everywhere)
> Mainz appears to have ben discovered by Yoko Ono and Jeff Koons, although they appear to have run out of space and had to truncate Jeff’s name in the…
> Well, maybe a failed apprentice, then. The Johanniskirche nicely gift-wrapped for Christmas
> Now, either Disney’s opening a new theme park in Mainz or this group of elegantly attired folk mingling with the wildlife in P&C, a clothing store, has something to…
> At Doc Höffler‘s Don’t think he used any of them, actually. Felt more like a Black and Decker hammer drill…
> Won’t have to go to the market anymore, if I’ve got this worked out correctly. The City of Mainz has provided me with a way to visit the market…
> …ein Kerzlein brennt. 2, actually, seeing that now we’re into the 2 week of the traditional Christmas season. All being supervised by the enormously talented Beate Thiesmeyer‘s well-travelled (as…
> OK, meteorologically it’s still autumn, but when the sun shines on the market, it certainly doesn’t feel like it…
> Plus some tasteful Christmas decorations and the local version of Jack the Ripper. lurking in the shadows. And just to prove how metropolitan we are – a traffic light!
> The Burgundy market gives the folks from the twinned city of Dijon to come over for the day and flog their goodies. Including wine. No brown paper bags or…
> The view from the Theatre underground carpark to the old and new theatres.
> We’re nothing if not Politically Correct around here. (Did I hear some muted coughing in the background…?) Did you see it on the milk at Aldi the other day…
> © Caitlin Houghton Odile Landragin is a frequent topic of these pages, She’s an absolutely charming person with a lovely family and her garden is exquisite. Her 8 year…
> Roland Rother runs a car repair workshop in Lörzweiler. Someone recommended him for an arcane airconditioning problem with one of the Saabs a couple of years ago. He spent…
> Some people claim not to shop at Aldi. A bit downmarket, they say. (In England, middle class wimmin with higher aspirations have even been seen using Sainsbury and Waitrose…
> Not only do we have to endure another 4 weeks of mistletoe, the stench of cheap glühwein and Father Christmas “Ho, ho, ho”ing everywhere you look, but there’s the…
> And given that today’s the first Sunday in Advent*, here’s some Christmas cheer. *Not quite sure what is in terms of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa etc, but enjoy anyway
> Hans-Josef Schwarz, Master of the espresso machine and Coffee Roaster par excellence at Caffea Moguntia in an unusually quiet moment at the TSOW. Probably because the Christmas market is…
> A new face at Caffea Moguntia (aka the Tin Shed on Wheels) – Susanne. Hans-Josef Schwarz appears to have been promoted to Chef d’Espresso, vacating his previous position as…
> ..(which is a given), use the next best thing, which would be a reflective bauble on the Christmas tree in front of the Staatstheater. And yes, I would be…
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