>Willie Wisely says it best, of course. As ever. But photographically I’m more than happy with this (un-Photoshopped) view from the Grebenstrasse in the Altstadt. Looking through the Kanzel restaurant…
> I was never quite sure what these conical structures on the Tritonplatz were. Cold war-era missile silos that weren’t dug quite deep enough, exposing the nosecones to the elements?…
>Appear to have overlooked a significant event. Bugger. Seen outside the “Girlande“ Where else…?
>..I’m not. (Not like my friend John Whatley, who claims to be one at age 70 and whom we now disrespectfully but affectionately refer to as Methuselah.) But this thingie…
>Don’t speak the local lingo? Or just want to catch up on news from home? No worries – you’re pretty well looked after as far as newspapers are concerned around…
> .. that you shouldn’t buy just anywhere” So goes the Philip Morris ad, showing a lavatory attendant next to the “Yummy! Cheap rolls” sign at her place of work.…
>.. how much this sort of kit costs. I haven’t got a clue…. Tags: Mainz, Guess
>The region around Mainz isn’t particularly suited to windmills. The hills of the Hunsrück and the Pfalz block the Atlantic westerlies, leaving us with 180 virtually wind-still days a year.…
>There are hipsters. And then there are HIPSTERS…. (Or are they “upper-thighers”?) Anyway, it’s a good thing that we’re open-minded around here and don’t get all het up about wardrobe…
>…we’ll be ready. And who said that stacking firewood isn’t an art form? In fact, it should be an Olympic discipline. Has AT LEAST as much claim to inclusion as…
>All over for another year. Thank goodness for small mercies…. Tags: Mainz, Karneval
>There is a world outside Karneval… Take your pick from musicals, serious clubbing or disco. The Tiroler’s the place to go if you’re a bit hard up – your bird’ll…
>If you ever get over to our neck of the woods, this is a worthwhile day’s outing – the Rheinsteig, a 250 km hiking track from Wiesbaden to Bonn. Not…
>The Netherlands exports 40,000,000 – FORTY MILLION! – tulips a week. Sometimes I think their entire production ends up in our house. A week has 7 days, 168 hours, 10080…
>There’s no holding back the (not so) subtle infiltration of the German language by Americanisms. (This’ll get Bat on a rant….! For sure!) They could have written “Saisonendeabschlussverkauf”, of course.…
>Fassenacht has a number of distinct milestones. There’s Rosenmontag – Rose Monday – of course, which is the culmination of the madness, before everyone settles down for Ash Wednesday, Lent…
>….my mate Johannes. Johannes Gutenberg, that is.Fat chance of that, though Bloody Karneval, more likely… The other 135… Portland (OR), USA – Menton, France – Monte Carlo, Monaco – Memphis…
>So that’s where they all were – watching the Guggenmusik bands. Guggenmusik originally came – as most good things do… – from the pagan ritual of blowing cows’ horns to…
>That’s what it seemed like the other Saturday morning in Mainz Not that I’ve seen the film, of course, but – if I’ve got it right – it’s all about…
>Not quite fast enough, I fear. And I always thought a rabbit’s foot was a good luck charm. Maybe it doesn’t apply if you’re a rabbit….. The 1939 original from…
>…with soapy water, young man….! “You can buff our pieces, you can catch our asses, but you can never destroy our brand. So @*%& you” Elsewhere. Some inspired taggers have…
>OK, so it’s not ACTUALLY Mainz, but it’s close enough and I’m not encroaching on anyone’s territory…. Think “Self Service”. Think “System Gastronomy” Then forget anything preconceptions you might have…
>There can only be 2 explanations for this (seen above the market in Mainz, next to the Dom) a) It’s a new strain of mistletoe b) They were too bloody…
>There’s Mainzer And Määnzer And then there’s Meenzer. A definite pecking order. Here’s the definitionMainzer sind die zugezochene Määnzer sind die, die wo aach in Meenz gebore sinn, die Eldern…
>…Windmühlenstrasse (Windmill Road). This is one of those things that happen around here with amazing frequency and you just stand there and shake your head. (Remind me to tell the…
>This is just the nicest place. “Shakespeare und So” (“Shakespeare and the like”) in the Gaustrasse, which links the city centre with St Stephans. You won’t find those cheap glossy…
>Depending on who you listen to.. …the new wind turbines will be the tallest man-made structure ever conceived, they’ll cast their evil shadows for kilometres across the pristine countryside and…
>I guess you have to have Karneval in your DNA to get enthused about – if not addicted – to the whole hooha. I’ve checked all my chromosome pairs. Not…
>The Zitadelle from below. Being a bit of a purist from the Cartier-Bresson school, I rarely crop or PS stuff. But this is what a bit of tweaking in iPhoto…
>After celebrating the return of Caffea Moguntia‘s tin-shed-on-wheels (after the proprietors’ vacation in South Africa) with a latte machiato this morning, it seemed fitting to document the throng easing their…
>Weak winter sun on the wall of the Gonsenheimer Hof in….Mainz-Gonsenheim. Arty-farty stuff. (If you like that kind of stuff…..)
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