Trip to Mainz

B went on a school exchange trip to Mainz. He was very impressed with his stay in Germany for the following reasons:

• School finishes at 1.30pm and there is hardly any homework


• You can walk everywhere or use bike lanes


• Everyone knows everybody else and they leave their doors unlocked


• Green play spaces


• Icetea is only 1 euro for 1.5 litres.

He suggests we move to Mainz without delay.
Here is the B's-eye view:

The journey begins with the photographer reflected in the train window...

Two friends...

Stopping at Cologne, B captures the overbearing presence of the cathedral...

...a street artist and a car he admires.

Lovely outdoor play

B made myriad attempts to capture this golden church artefact, but technical insufficiency intervened: the impression remains clear in his inner vision.

He was most impressed by the spiral staircase the door, they're beautiful aren't they?

Here is B with M, his exchange pupil, whose Mum phoned me to apologize that M is so shy and also being a Difficult Adolescent, but here is B, who has set up the photo, utterly happy. This picture touches me.

The sofa he slept on...