Introduction

12:48am Munich - Clear skies, mild star-sprinkling.
Just came back from swimming at Michaelibad.

Supposedly, Germans eat plenty of wursts and wash them down with plenty of beer. This unhealthy diet is patently false. The typical family has a well-planned meal prepared with fresh ingredients. The nitrates conspiracy: the world has a large supply of nitrates, which are pumped into bratwurst tins/bottles/packages (my wurst bottle had a thick, crisp lining of precipitated nitrates). Instead, please consume the fresh cherries and sauerkraut, both of which contain health-promoting substances.

Frivolous spending of the day:
1. Peter Handke's Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter.
2. The Langenscheidt Series' Deutsche Grammatik - kurz und schmerzlos.
3. Langenscheidt Worterbuch.

Next Monday sees me proceeding to the Bavarian Alps for a water engineering project. Details will surface in a week's time, post-project.