> ..who only stand and wait. If you have shutters on an older property around here, you’ll also have these little chappies lurking around your windows Quite self-explanatory, really….
> Living in Mainz can be really quite cool. In the run-up to Christmas, the cathedral hosts a series of midday concerts each Saturday – 30 minutes of choral and…
> Unless you want to end up as a sausage on the market in Mainz. At least you get your likeness on their stand….
> Seriously. Over here they have Tree of the Year Bird of the Year Animal of the Year Word of the Year (“Financial Crisis” – duh…) Un-word of the Year…
> Just looking at bare trees makes me feel cold…. On the Rhine flood meadows
> The flood meadows along the Rhine look as if everyone’s been out, taking Great Danes for walkies and not using their plastic bags. On closer inspection, it appears to…
> If I’m reading this correctly, they’re cool with water-skiing as long as you stay under 60km/h and don’t make waves. If it just wasn’t so darn cold, I might…
> They must know something that I don’t…. Orage juice vines seem to be replacing grapes around here. I mean, I know it’s got Vitamin C and all that good…
> Just downriver from Mainz, believe it or not. Not many bikinis on display today (4ºC and a keen breeze) and not a lot of folk swimming. None, in fact…..
> …when the stonemason engraves his URL on his work. On the corner of the newly opened Markthäuser on the cathedral square
> They’re not even flying the flags at halfmast these days at the Deutsche Bank. The financial sector hasn’t been hit as badly as their US and UK counterparts (no…
> Going back to the Burgundy market. This chappy was doing a roaring trade, pouring a cup of batter onto his gridle and – with a flick of the hand…
> Back in the days when the sun used to shine……
> I have a soft spot for Landrovers. I learnt to drive on one quite similar to this way back in the Dark Ages and Dad and Snow Prouse used…
> Well, there’s pruning. And then there’s PRUNING. With a capital “P” and writ large. These ones are on their way to the Great Vineyard in the Sky by the…
> Mollers restaurant perched atop the Staatstheater is an eyecatcher at the best of times, but never better than on a cloudless day. Which is what today isn’t. Nor…
>…in order to state the obvious.
>This is one of my favourite signs in Mainz – properly old school. I also like the irony of a sign that says “colour”, but is so faded that its…
>Who knew you weren’t supposed to take photos in the department store? I didn’t, but I do now.
>I’ve been doing a fair bit of looking up recently. I’m amazed I don’t have a sore neck. The new buildings at the back of the Market Houses are finished…
>Once I started looking for circles for theme day, I just couldn’t stop! They are everywhere. This porthole window belongs to the cafe attached to the Rhinegoldhalle, a performance space…
>Public art on the Rhein – this sculpture is called “Zirkulationen im Raum II” by Vojin Bakic. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
>As a contrast to yesterday’s ‘looking up’ photo, here’s what’s happening at ground level outside the Tourist Information Centre.
>Pollard trees along the Rhine Promenade in Mainz. At the moment they look dead, but in summer they provide fabulous shade.
>..or town hall. Boxy, but somehow interesting.
>Lights, Camera, Gluhwein. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are off and racing. The Christmas Markets were heaving with people this evening.
>The houses that are covered in vines in Summer are looking very naked now. This is all that’s left.
>Marktplatz was a veritable hive of activity yesterday and it appears that preparations for the Christmas Market are in full swing. I think it opens on Thursday. I’ll be first…
>This was the scene this morning at the tram stop. It snowed quite a bit last night (the kids next door built a snowman). Unfortunately, the snow didn’t hang around…
>Mainz has a pretty good public transport system – mostly buses, but also 3 tram lines as well. Having lived in Melbourne for the last 6 or so years, I…
>Striding out at the Market. PS – it snowed a little bit today. Brrrrr.
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