Mainz
Travel Blogs from Mainz, Germany
Landed.
... powder - it really was quite crap. The expectations were let down in the most appauling manner. ----- The best thing about Germany so far has been the absolute cheapness of EVERYTHING. Beer costs like €7.49 for 20x500mL bottles; and these are ...
Marius got married!!!!!
... went for a really nice bike ride along the Rhine, which by the way is a really beautiful river that flows through the middle of Germany. Castles and quaint little German towns line the banks. It reminded me that when I was here last I was going to try ...
Frankfurt to Mainz
... Germany for 2 years because someone told me that was the statute of limitations for autobahn offenses. So, here I was, back in Germany, in passport control.... not really wanting to approach the counter. Try as I may to cajole the officer, get him ...
Castles, fields, Rhine Valley and more castles!!!
... in Frankfurt we caught a bus to Koblenz then decided (well I did, Ken tagged along) to go on a river cruise from Koblenz to Mainz through the Rhine Valley ... there were loads of castles, fields, castles, fields ... oh and some castles and fields to see. ...
Abschiedsparty Marie
Zweiter Stop: Garagen-... äääh Garten-Party in Mainz-Kastel Noch einmal einen Dank an alle, dass ihr trotz "Unwetter" so zahlreich gekommen seid. Aber bei Sonne feiern kann ja ...
Mainz
... Mainz which is just before you get to Frankfurt, this is basically just a fill in stop as we fly out to Berlin tomorrow evening. Mainz is nothing much really, it has a nice old town or Aldstadt and we got some yummo Kenabs for dinner and not too many ...
My first two weeks . . .
... -this will probably be boring and scattered, but I thought you might want to know what I've been up to. I'm living in Mainz, Germany. Which, by train and bus, is about an hour southwest of Frankfurt. About 40 college students from across the country ...
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 ...
Off to Europe
... Judy arrives and we sort out some last mintue items to take - like which of our 40 or so books we have bought for Germany, Paris, the Rhine, Belgium, Bruges and Amsterdam do we want to take. If nothing else, we are thorough. I think I like reading about ...
A Weekend with Relatives in Germany
After touring the UN here in Vienna on Wednesday, I left for Germany after classes on Thursday. I took a tram to the U-Bahn station, rode for ten stops or so, walked to the Südbahnhof (South Train Station), caught a train to Bratislava, took a bus to the ...
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 ...
Day 1
... a winner (see numbers 1 and 3 above) Utopian idea for the day: We should all be nicer to our neighbours. Here in Germany everyone hangs out in their neighbourhood with their neighbours who are their friends. You just need to pop over the road to have a ...
Mainz
... her car, shouting, and made her sign a paper stating that she had cost it all. And really, I could see no damage. But Germans really love their cars... Thank God I never drive a car in Germany. ...yes, we have no car either. And will probably never ...
Relaxing Along the Rhine
I am visiting with Julia and her husband Ralf. They are good friends of Brittany and I had previously met Julia when she and Brittany came for a day to visit LA, so it was really nice to meet back up with her here and meet her husband. They have been the ...
Mainz
... internet in the hotel is very expensive, but I just couldn't stand it anymore Ok, so where did we leave off? I think Mainz. Monday May 9 We arrived without a problem. Beautiful room overlooking the Rhine. We were going to take a cruise on the ...
Heidelberg
... day. We had changed our plans again, and now decided against the Black Forest, and instead make our way up to the city of Mainz, along the river Rhine. We got a train back to Mannheim, picked up our bags, had some lunch, and then caught the next ...
What a Good Bye, what a Welcome
... . - 5 hours to kill before we take off to our first destination: Vancouver! - 9 hours flight - 9 hours Time difference to Germany And.... Vancouver here we are!!!! It was a fantastic farewell and a wonderful welcome. Thank you so much for making it hard ...
Bavaria or Bust
... Bill who is living in Switzerland. But instead of spending any time there, we headed straight for Bavaria, Bill's favorite place in Germany. It was quite a whirlwind tour covering at least two cities a day by train, so we'll just share the highlights. ...
Another Christmas market in the old town
Today I packed up and left Frankfurt and caught the train to Mainz. I left my bag in a locker at the station 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 ...
And then there were three...
... Mountain cheese. Not cheese with bread, not a melted cheese sandwich, just two big hunks of delicious cheese, just like that. I love Germany. Coffee day 2: Many thanks to Anke's brother, Alex for taking us to a coffee shop owned by a ...
A spontaneous afternoon
... picture in front of the church. I eavesdropped on their conversation and found that they were trying to find an area of Mainz recommended by their guidebook. They were in town also for only the afternoon because they were doing a Rhine cruise. ...
Mainz, Germany
... etc. and decided it was best to get closer to Frankfurt where I flight departs from. From Amsterdam we took the train to Mainz, Germany which is only 20 minutes from Frankfurt - to relax, unwind, & reflect for a couple of days before flying back to ...
April 17th: The Rhine
... ....very cute little town. wish i would have had more time to explore and of course after catching the train from there to mainz i realized there was a hostel there that i could have stayed at! oh well....but it was late enough as it was...i caught a 2p ...
Mommy time!
Mainz, Germany Mainz was all about some quality time with my mum! Being the best mom ever she got me and Chris a room for the night at her hotel. We arrived and dropped off our stuff and then called my mum up. She is a flight attendant which is why we ...
Guten Morgen Deutschland
... old city, then to michaels mothers house for coffee and cake. Basically all you can eat strawberry cake. How good is germany! Day 3 Getting fat, went for a walk in surrounding farms then breakfast- ate too much again. Organised an interview ...
Cruising the Romantic Rhine
... up and down the Rhine River. It's slow and relaxing and passes some of the most beautiful views in Germany. Castles galore. We rolled into Mainz in the early evening and grabbed a hotel room close to the hauptbahnhof so we wouldn't need to ...

