A Day in Mainz am Rhine

On 26th June, I had the opportunity to make a short visit to Mainz, capital city of Rhineland-Palatinate, around an hour away from Frankfurt am Main. Mainz is the city of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of printing with movable type. It's on the confluence of Rhine and Mainz rivers

The photos below are of Mainz's famed Cathedral. The original burned down a day before its consecration in 1066.

Some more photos from near the Cathedral and Mainz's Old town

Schiller

One can also visit the Gutenberg for a history of how the technology of printing evolved over time. I didn't visit the Museum, but visited the Gutenberg's Museum Druckladen (Printshop), where I made some magnificent posters to take back home as memorial. See the video below to see the process of printing the Gutenberg way, as captured by my camera.

My Guru in the DruckLaden (Printshop)

In total, I made 5 posters, two posters of the Dom in Mainz am Rhein and the Goodluck from Guteberg (shown in video above), a potrait of Gutenberg, a page of the 42 page bible with Gutenberg on it.

The photo below is a model of the original Gutenberg's machine.

Some more photos from Mainz:

Schiller Platz

StaatsTheater

Thanks a lot for your time। I hope you liked some of the photos. Comments are welcome.

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A Dream come True, Touché!

This article highlights my travel itinerary planned so far for the month of July. It may change a bit over the course of time, but any big changes are hard to expect. Nevertheless, I would keep updating the changes as and when they occur. 

Currently,  I live in a student Dorm in Leipzig, just 5 minutes walk from the beautiful City Centre. I haven't signed up for any courses in month of July and have last exam on June 31. Taking full July off for traveling, and for that I'm moving out of my Dorm to save a month's rent, so to have the liberty to spend more while traveling. 

I kick off with Grand Voyage on July 2nd heading straight to London. I would be spending 3days in London, and will leave for Paris on 5th July at 1700 hours on Eurostar train through Channel Tunnel between UK and France.  

In Paris I am gonna take the 1-hour romantic Cruise from Notre Dame to Eiffel tower via the Louvre on River Seine in the night. On 7th, I'll catch a train to Koblenz, Germany ( In English- Coblence). The following evening  I will reach Bonn on spectacular cruise of 4 hours on River Rhine from Koblenz to Bonn. 

Then I will head straight to Amsterdam on 9th. On Friday, July 11, I arrive in Copenhagen, Denmark at 1030 hours, and will be in Stockholm the same day. This train ride will cross the famous Oresund Bridge, the longest combined rail and road bridge in Europe with length of over 16.4 km (10 miles). I arrive in Helsinki, Finland on 14th after 16 hour long cruise from Stockholm to Helsinki, one of the world's best cruises.  I might also spend a day in Lapland to catch the midnight sun, before taking ferry ride to Tallinn, Estonia. On July 18th I fly back from Tallinn to Berlin Schoenefeld Airport.

To Sum Up the Voyage,

• 17 days
  
• 8 Countries
  
• 11 Cities
  
• 4 Cruises
  
• Over 50 hours on the road.
  

The detailed itinerary can be viewed in the Calendar below, make sure you Select July in Calendar. 

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This Map would provide an overview of the places i am visiting -

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An Introductory Note to the Audience

I plan to write this blog to share my travel experiences in Europe during the month of July, 2008. The blog is intended specifically for family and friends, and pictures and videos will form a major part of communication mode to put the message across, though that would be accompanied with text wherever the need may arise. In future, I may also post about my earlier trips in Europe which i already did during the course of last year.

I would really love to have your comments and remarks on the blog, as it would provide me with motivation and support to continue writing here, even during low times.

I hope you enjoy reading, and would come back again to check this blog.

Cheers!