>This is the pride of Mainz’s luxury vessel marina. As always, there’s a story. These barges date back to 1898, when the city fathers had the idea of incenting folks…
This is the Lampenfabrik – the Lamp Factory. In fact, it used to be a lot more besides that and it almost became nothing once the politicians got it into…
>There are pretzels and pretzels. They don’t get much better than Peter Ditsch’s. His granddad started out as a traditional family baker in the Old Town and followed his instincts,…
Received knowledge around this Hals des Waldes is that the linked wheels on Mainz’s crest are attributed to Bishop Willigis and the fact that his father was a wheelwright. Or…
>OK. Technically yesterday’s MDP, but if I’d waited until after midnight, the eclipse would have been total which makes for images of limited interest. We had the usual festivities one…
You won’t find anything much more traditionally Mainz than this – a decent sized chunk of Fleischwurst, straight out the pot, a freshly baked roll and a dollop of mustard.…
>“What have you got on your head? Come inside this minute! What will the neighbours think?” This is Johannes Gutenberg, Mainz’s most famous citizen and favourite son. Time Magazine’s Man…
>…that I didn’t recognise St. Martin. (Wikidedia says that he’s “one of the most familiar and recognizable Roman Catholic saints. Aaah! I’m not Catholic, so that’s OK then..) The fact…
>Staying with St. Stephan for a moment. This was a challenge! Not so much the image of the crest on the north portal of the church. That was dead easy…
The church of St. Stephan in Mainz – founded by Bishop Willigis in 990, the present structure dating back to the 12th century – was heavily damaged by bombing 62…
>Apartment block bell pushes next to our Turkish butcher in the Heidelbergerfassgasse. Get an idea of the vibrant multicultural nature of the place?
>One of the few positive aspects of Mainz’s immediate post-war architecture (it’s pretty dire, utilitarian stuff – understandable, given the extent of the bombing damage and the pressing need to…
>Mainz has its fair share of graffiti artists. (Although some people would consider “artist” in this context an oxymoron, but anyway…) “Sam” would appear to be one of the better-known…
>This poster’s a work of art in itself. But it does remind me of one of those brainteasers. I’m not going to tell you which words I found. Quite embarrassing.
>Just around the corner from the St. Ignaz church in the Altstadt, there’s a wine bar called “Beichtstuhl” – German for confessional. The story of its name goes like this:…
>And that’s it until next year, folks…. Today marks the start of Lent. Cheer up – it’s only 6 weeks and a bit to Easter.
>Mainz has a First Division soccer team. Not bad for a city with a population of just under 200,000. And at every home game, you’ll see the stadium jam-packed with…
>Carnival entertainment in Mainz ranges from the innocent to the seriously deranged. Guildo Horn and the Orthopaedic Stockings is a prime example of the latter – an aging, significantly untalented…
>Mum, Dad and Junior…. In the fields between Hechtsheim and Ebersheim
>If there’s one thing they take seriously in Mainz, it’s Fassenacht – the run-up to Lent. They take it so seriously that it starts in November (11:11 am on 11/11……)…
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