The lowlight of Thursday was mistakenley drinking a mouthful of what I though was water, and what turned out to be clear vinegar, essig in german. Why there was a water-jug next to the salad full of this stuff, I don't know. I swear the cashier at the canteen saw me pour it and said nothing. Its strong acid taste left me feeling quite ill for most of the day.

Thursday's eats need a bit of explanation....

Porridge (you know it by now..yoghurt, raisins, honey & 1/2 banana)

apple

rice cake

weird stodgy pea soup/stew stuff

selection of oily vegetables: mushrooms, aubergine, pepper, artichoke, olive, prawns.

Quark WITH SMALL CHOCOLATE SHAVINGS**

Banana

Rice cake

Apple juice x 2 glasses (Sugar warning)***

Pretzel

Filled pasta

Orange

** So I was in a canteen, I wasn't paying, & I really fancied quark. It had chocolate shavings on top. I figured I would take off the top layer of chocolate, and eat the guilt-free quark below. Little did I know, as I returned to my seat next to the regional directors of ICLEI, that the chocolate shavings were THROUGHOUT the quark, all the way to the bottom. There weren't many, but this was definitely chocolate. Yet to have got a dessert and then not eaten it would have been rude, I told myself. I ate it.

*** I've discovered its very difficult to be social in an evening when you've given up alcohol and are trying to avoid sugars. What do you drink in a bar? I have found no solution, apart from when non-alcoholic beer is available. Two apple juices later, and my sugar intake for today is seriously higher than normal.

Tonight, Leipzig music festival "Honky Tonk"

Non alcoholic beer for me....