>…but blue? And not both? Odile Landragin is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her exquisite herb and aromatics garden in Gonsenheim with a series of open days. If the weather…
>.. I wouldn’t have been crawling around on my belly to get a decent perspective of the wild tulips. I could have just bent down, taken a snap and no-one…
>The Vertical Village doesn’t run by itself. It would all go pear-shaped if not for Mrs jb. And the janitors. From left to right – Andreas, Peter the Painter, Tibor…
>Yesterday was good. My mate Tibor called me up with 2 free tickets for the game against Paderborn PLUS 2 VIP Lounge tickets. (Tibor – being Hungarian – has lots…
>I don’t have a problem with elevated blood pressure, doubtless as the result of clean-living and impeccable restraint. 120/80 for as long as I can remember, except when I see…
>Gau-Odernheim, which is a hop, skip and a 20 minute drive from here, has the largest mass habitat of Tulpa Sylvestris. the Florentine or Wild Tulip, in Germany. They were…
>Cafe Dinges in the Altstadt has introduced a carbon-neutral cake delivery service. There appear to be quality issues – only 23% of the cakes reach their recipients in the anticipated…
>This is Brand Protection in action. Saturn’s a Big Box electronics outfit in the Brand shopping centre in Mainz – -didn’t intend THAT pun, if I’m honest – and they’ve…
>“Space Shuttle lands on barge on the River Rhine” Not really. “Buran”, the Soviet equivalent to America’s space shuttle got decommisioned to Bahrain (look, I have no idea…) and the…
>That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A vase, of golden daffodils. Shamelessly nicked from Mr Wordsworth, but they can’t get…
>OK, so it’s not my image, but it’s for good cause. And it’s important Just got back from New Zealand, where the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation is running a fund-raising…
>Not recently, which is a shame, but here’s an archive look from the epic “Igor ist weg” evening a while back. Beer just tastes better when you’re sitting there, actually…
>If there’s one thing they like around here, it’s “Ordnung” Which you can roughly translate as “order”, “orderliness” or “tidiness”. There are whole BOOKS on the subject – this translation…
>The Carnival Fountain (Fastnacht Brunnen), created by Blasius Spreng, was erected in 1967 and depicts symbols of “Karneval/Fastnacht” – jesters, jokers etc. Fastnacht is a big deal in Mainz. My…
>The main entrance to Johannes Gutenburg University, Mainz. The university is pretty large in both the size of the campus and number of students (approximately 35000). It even has its…
>This installation is outside the Gutenberg Museum. It is one of a series of large panels that show imprints from various old typeset plates. I’m ashamed to say that I…
>The first time we passed this shop, we giggled like children. “They sell children in Germany? How odd.” It is actually 5 levels of pure kid heaven – barbies galore,…
>We checked out the Tennis Halle last night. No, not to have a game. The indoor tennis centre has a restaurant attached and diners can watch the energetic play a…
>“Don’t drink water” W.C. Fields is supposed to have said. “Fish frolic in it” Something like that, anyway. He also said that water rusts pipes. Reason enough to stick to…
>The Leichhof (old graveyard) on the southern side of the Dom is home to cafes, antique dealers and places to buy expensive things for your head and your feet. It…
>Gau-Straße looking up the hill to St Stephens. Gau-Straße is the bane of cyclists in Mainz. It is not overly steep, but it is a long incline, and it is…
>Taken today waiting for the bus to take us home from the big tin shed shopping centre that is loftily called the “Gutenburg Centre” (I’m sure Johannes would be turning…
>jb has already posted a photo of this fountain “Mainzer Mädcher” situated in Ballplatz. I couldn’t resist posting my version of it. This is my favourite fountain in Mainz. Unfortunately…
>This style of wall decoration on the outside of buildings is quite common in Bretzenheim. I like the ‘continuous line drawing’ style of it. It is also pleasingly kitsch.
>Schiller is one of the towering figures in German literature and philosophy (and they certainly don’t have a shortage of towering literary figures over here). This statue is in Schillerplatz…
>This photo depicts how Spring should be – blue sky with big fluffy white clouds, ridiculously yellow blossoms etc. At the moment it is grey sky, howling wind, and big…
>Mainz sure don’t lack in the sculpture department. This piece of public art is located between the Rheingoldhalle and the Rathaus.
>One could quite happily survive without a watch in Mainz – the many churches in the city and suburbs toll on the hour, and often more frequently. This is one…
>The Cherryblossom trees aren’t the only things in bloom. The ‘easter egg tree’ is a common sight in German gardens at the moment. If only they were real chocolate eggs!
>We’ve had some crazy weather today – sunshine, hail, thunderstorm, snow… My cats are very interested in this strange white stuff, but only for a little while – then it…
>Despite the fact that it has been freezing for the last few days, the cherry blossoms are out in force. This cherry blossom tree is outside the ‘alte mensa’ at…
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