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My day trip to Mainz
One of the things I really love about the university I'm studying at is that with our program, we were given a pass that not only allows us to ride the city buses for free, but also allows us to take the trains anywhere around Hessen and also to the neighboring cities. I decided to take advantage of it this last weekend, starting out with the city …
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Day Two Mainz
Mainz, Day two We headed out to see the Cathedral. This will be number 3 of the Big Three in Germany, with Speyer and Worms the other two. This was huge! It was more Romanesque than the others and we walked all around it. We went down to the ...
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A Weekend with Relatives in Germany
... see some original Gutenberg bibles and some other interesting things. We also stopped inside the awesome and huge Mainzer Dom (cathedral) and the St. Stephen's Church (featuring stained glass windows by Marc Chagall and a souvenir shop right behind the ...
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Travelogue catch up day. On to Wurzburg, Bamberg
... , and were supposed too. We left Heidelberg early in the morning to go to Speyer. It is the largest romanesque cathedral in Germany. Just think, a couple of years ago I didn't even really know what romanesque was, now I know the difference between this ...
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Mainz
... is quite nicely restored. A rainy day in Mainz. Bärbel went to Mainz on business and we went along. We wanted to see the Mainz Cathedral before going back home. It is over 1 000 years old and built in romanesque style. Well, because it was raining, ...
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Bavaria or Bust
... so popular with the locals you had to make reservations! So no pig stomach for us, thank goodness! Mainz: Checked out St Steven's cathedral where Marc Chagall's famous stain glass depicts Christian and Jewish solidarity. Pretty amazing for a German ...
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Another Christmas market in the old town
... and headed for the touristy old part of town. At the end of the street I could see the town's main attraction, the cathedral. The cathedral was surrounded by Christmas markets in the nearby town squares. The Dom was also made of red sand stone and is ...
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A spontaneous afternoon
... a 7:30 train back, so my walk was brisk. I didn't get to the town center until after 5:30 and by then I found the large cathedral and Gutenburg printing museum closed. Oh well, next time. I passed an empty bar on my way to the station and begged the lady ...
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Rhine River
... up to the belvedere above the town - fantastic views. Back into town to shop. Rheinstein castle - spectacular from the road but not much inside. Great views. Mainz - Gutenberg Museum closed, walked around town & cathedral Drove towards ...
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Morning in Mainz
... by large columns engraved with portraits and words. For stone carvings, the detail was unbelievable. Along the sides of the cathedral were massive stained glass windows and ornate decorations. Along the ceiling were paintings of bible scenes. I can't ...
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Gutenberg's hometown
Here I sit under a large linden tree, my umbrella. The rain comes and goes suddenly here in Mainz, Germany. I have a view of the Rhine and of passers-by. This is and old Roman city, once fortified. Now old buildings are intertwined with the new; the ...
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- Diocesan Museum (Diozesan Museum)
- Martinsdom
- Gutenberg Museum
- The Museum of Ancient Shipbuilding
- Church of St Stephan
- St. Stephan's Church (Stephanskirche)
- Provincial Museum of the Central Rhineland (Landesmuseum Mainz)
- Cathedral Treasury and Museum
- State Theatre and Opera House
- Kurhaus
- Griechische Kapelle
- Taunusstrasse
- 1888 Nerobergbahn Funicular
- Wilhelmstrasse
- Frauenmuseum
- Spielbank Wiesbaden
- Reichenstein Castle
- Roman Open-Air Museum
- Wiesbadener Rathbrau
- St. Dionysoskirche