> …the hottest Currywurst in Mainz. The Currywurst used to be the Teutonic equivalent of Fish and Chips, both of which have been toppled from their perches by Döner and…
> The Bin family out for the day on the Schillerplatz. Can’t you just hear her: “Now Willy Bin, don’t get too close to the road…”
> …when pumpkins and sundry gourd-like devices appear on the market. If only they didn’t look as if they had Proteus syndrome…
> If you lay gas mains around Mainz or do anything that involves more excavation that digging your garden, you must get sick and tired of people asking “Found any…
> Yesterday was Assumption Day, a feast day (a Holy Day of Obligation, actually, so it appears to be fairly major) in the Roman Catholic church. On the market in…
> Some of the trams around here are truly museum pieces. Technically (being in Germany) they’re obviously top notch, but their stilted officialese signage (“Seek a secure grip whilst standing”)…
> Excellent educational stuff spread around outside the Gutenberg Museum. BIG chunks of wood with individual letters carved out in mirror typeface, with the printing surface stained black to simulate…
> proStore’s a nice new Apple (and PC) dealer that’s opened up in Mainz in Am Kronberger Hof. Macs on the left, PCs on the right (I obviously veer to…
> …Günther? Best bank robbery I’ve read about happened here last week. Pensioner fronts up to a bank, pulls a pistol and demands money. Cashier gives him a wad of…
> That’s for sure. These are the vineyards on the “other side” (i.e Hesse – boo, hiss…) side of the Rhine, with the Niederwald Memorial topping it all off. (Helen…
> They didn’t have stuff like this when I was a kid. The State Horticultural Show in Bingen has something for all ages. This is a kiddies’ playground in the…
> ….Number 6… Helianthus and hypericum
> 21st century buses and medieval cart tracks don’t really go together. The bus from Lörzweiler to Hechtsheim is a case in point. It has to be this big because…
> Pretty sloppy security at the Landesgartenschau (State Horticultural Show) in Bingen the other week. This chappy appears to have got through all the barriers and clambered up to the…
> Mainz’s exquisite market – where else? Cut them in half and de-seed them, brush some olive oil over the skin, roast them under the grill until they’re blistered and…
> … Rhine cruise. (The Woodstock Generation might get it…) If you’re zipping up and down the Rhine or the Moselle, chances are you’ll be on one of the…
> The “Economist” said last week that ““DON’T WALK” signals hypnotise German pedestrians even when no car is in sight.” Don’t believe a word of it. Around here, everyone subscribes…
> I just love these machines. They’re simplicity itself and anthromorphistic to boot. Just load the oranges into the hopper from where they’re fed down the stainless steel spiral (top…
> © Frank Jung 2008 OK, so this is neither a) my photograph or b) in Mainz but it’s too good not to publish. My mate Frank the Potter, having…
> The Landesgartenschau in Bingen is chock-full of surprises. This guy is BIG. I was somewhat disappointed that his eyes weren’t headlights that light up at night, though……. Click here…
> Recipes appearing to be in great demand these days, here’s mine for Caviar d’aubergine, the delectable dip that you’ll find on every market in the Provence and elsewhere…
> This is the result of the scavenging expedition the other day. Dead easy and I hasten to add that NO females of the species were involved in the project,…
> At the Landesgartenschau in Bingen (Told you you’d be swamped…) Loungers and chairs sprinkled all around the park. Just the nicest idea (Mr Helen would subscribe to that idea…
> Talk about streets paved with gold….. Went on a quick 8km stroll before breakfast the other day – up to the top of the hill, across to the Ebersheim…
> There’s been farmland at the top of our village since we moved here 30 years ago. Crop rotation means that you get annual variations on the sugar beet/grain theme…
> Toddled off to the Landesgartenschau in Bingen with Ms jb, Helen and Mr Helen yesterday evening (cut-price tickets as from 5pm…) It’s an absolute treat. Apart from some stunningly…
> 500th Mainz Daily Photo (thanks in part to Helen and Meg for keeping the show on the road during forced absences.) And seeing as it’s an anniversay (that I’m…
> The German Nibelungen and the corresponding Old Norse form Niflung (Niflungr) is the name in Germanic and Norse mythology of the royal family or lineage of the Burgundians who…
> …Morning Glory? If it’s true what they say that weeds are only really VERY successful plants, Convolvulaceae is definitely a weed And just look what it says here: The…
> OK, as a cyclist I’m meant to stick to the bike tracks. That much, I get. Fair enough, too But am I REALLY meant to walk on the ROAD?…
> I’m sure there’s a law against this, but – being lawyers – I suppose they’ve checked the legality of it all. I can see their point, though. Client fronts…
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