21/5 Mainz

Monday 21 Mainz

Today’s brekky was even better than Innsbruck! There was bacon and eggs and a spread of gourmet cheeses as well as all the basics.  We did it full justice. We ran through a few more bookings – all that remains is the train trip to Dusseldorf. There was an email from the guide at the Somme who wants E250 to show us round the memorials – maybe a bit much for us? We printed all the new vouchers and are certainly set for the boat trip down the Rhine tomorrow.

We went for a bit of a walk through the old city and a couple of cathedrals – will leave the details for the cultural and archaeological correspondent.

The main square - Guttenburg

This wooden column has lovely carvings (above) and also metal nails and studs/bolts to make the patterns (below)

The next pics are all inside the Mainz Cathedral (Mainzer Dom)  While Mainz was heavily bombed in WW2, this Cathedral remained pretty much intact.

This guy lost his head.

This was indoors and was very impressive

Typical street scape

It's Spring and the gadrens are lovely.  This plant smelt divine.

Below is St Stephen's Mainz. Totally destroyed in WW2.

The stained glass windows are the work of artist Marc Chagall.  Very different, very nice.

The below mermaid is situated pretty close to the main square.  Different as she has two legs.