Hotel Am Stiftswingert Mainz
Am Stiftswingert 4 Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 55131, Germany
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The sun shone in Frankfurt
... ranging from centuries before Christ onwards. Roman finds have been very well displayed with reconstructions and drawings and we enjoyed the Greek items and some lovely Etruscan vessels. In the centre are the peaceful cloisters where there are amazingly preserved frescoes on the walls from the 15th century showing the life of Christ. I like seeing what is in the gardens - Japanese windflowers, hellebores, hydrangeas and a shapely magnolia tree. The greatest find was ...
Day 22: With my nose to the grind/tombstone
... the older section, night was setting in. I found a loose stone in the brush off the path and set it on a headstone that I really liked that had a figure on it which looked a bit like a cat, thought it was hard to tell from how worn from age it was. The real cat led me back to the entrance, but I could barely see her at this point with her black fur fading into the night. I pet her for a while longer and as soon as I made my way ...
Last stop- Frankfurt
... another painter whose works resemble modern stain glass windows on canvas. When Jeanette and I travelled to Zurich in 1997 there was an exhibition of Beckmann and Picasso showing how they influenced each other, but artists are always looking for inspiration, especially from other artists. I have great admiration for his long output of work (Hitler had over 200 of his works confiscated along with other 'degenerate' art), but my vote goes for Mr Gerhaert today for spiritual ...
My day trip to Mainz
... Outside of it was a very large market square filled with vendors. I walked through this and checked it out for a stand selling some food that wasn't raw meat, fruits and veggies but had no luck. So I found a small cafe on a side street away from the Dom and had some pasta there. It was very good, I really enjoyed the cheese sauce on it.
After lunch I went back to the Dom to check it out. The Dom was the seat of power of the Prince Bishop ...
Mainz Germany
... of course, as this city is well known for it's vineyards, we went for a wine tasting. it is so interesting as no beer gardens today as in other cities just many many vineyards and lots of out door cafes with lovely wine. Took a tram up to the top of the hillside got wonderful Rhine valley views and saw the large monument to German unification in 1871. We had excellent weather again today and we hope the Rhine levels remain high enough to continue sailing. The ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Hotel Stiftswingert



