Used to be, anyway. If you want to cross the Rhine anywhere between Wiesbaden and Koblenz ( a good hour’s drive) , you’re stuck with using ferries. Ferry operators are…
On the industrial crane in the Rhine-side park in Bingen
Another bloody feminist in the making. Rant on about being oppressed and all that crap and then expect you to open the door for her.. And clenched fist salutes will…
…act. Figuratively speaking. Crane in the park-that-used-to-be-the-old-shunting-yard on the banks of the Rhine in Bingen. Carved from a single piece of sweet chestnut wood. No, that was yesterday’s….
The things one learns… There’s a film, an obscure German band and an extremely resource-rich form of ancient excommunication. 12 priests, a culprit and a grievous crime. Things were fairly…
> …an Eiswein. Another NQM moment. The Eiswein monument is a mere hsaaj down river in Bingen, opposite the Niederwalddenkmal (in the far distance, commemorating the creation of the German…
> 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…
> 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…
> 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…
> 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…
> 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…
> No exaggeration. Hildegard of Bingen. Abbess, artist, author, counselor, linguist, naturalist, scientist, philosopher, physician, herbalist, poet, activist, visionary and composer. She’s been referred to by at least one modern…
>… and follow the B42.” “She” being the Becker Satnav system. Neglecting to mention, of course, that there’s not actually a direct connection between the B9 and the B42. Unless…
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