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Breakfast: Rice crackers with garlic and cheese with mayo. Olives. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh lemonade. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch: Dumplings with eggs and mayo. Dinner: Skipped for another tea. Aches and Pains: Bottom still uncomfortable, but knee somewhat better. So I can stand, but can't sit. I also started coughing in the afternoon. I don't want to get sick again. Treatment: None for today Workout: Took the longer walking route to and from work, but not very happy with uncomfortable pain still there. It's also freezing outside.

Breakfast: Porridge with a banana. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh orange juice. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch: Dumplings with eggs, twice this much. Dinner: Only had a mug of decaff Earl Grey with some milk and cane sugar. Aches and Pains: Got first DONA shot, and promptly almost fainted. Also had a pain in the place where I got the shot. Yeah, in my bottom. Treatment: DONA shot Workout: Walking to and fro the doctor. Also walking to work.

Breakfast: Rice crackers with garlic and Parmesan with mayo. Olives. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh lemonade. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch: Millet balls with cheese and sour cream with a warm salad left over. Dinner: A little bit of pea soup. Aches and Pains: Very bad neck pain and headache. Left leg became very painful in the evening. Treatment: Massage with machine, Flector Gel. A soak in the tub. Workout: Busy day

Breakfast: Rice crackers with garlic and smoked cheese with mayo. Olives. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh lemonade. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch: Millet balls with cheese and sour cream with a warm salad. Dinner: Dried cranberries and grapefruit. Aches and Pains: Very bad neck pain and headache. Treatment: Massage with machine, Flector Gel. Workout: None due to headache

Breakfast: Rice crackers with garlic and smoked cheese with mayo. Lettuce. Dessert after. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh orange juice. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch: Spagetti with fennel and tomato with Parmesan. Dinner: Rum and cocoa muffin with Limonchello Meringue . Coffee Liquor. Then a grapefruit. Aches and Pains: Headache Treatment: 20 min magnetic therapy on knees.  Workout: Running about all day.

Breakfast: Porridge with cinnamon. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh lemonade. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch: Spagetti with fennel and tomato with Parmesan. Dinner: Rum and cocoa muffin with Limonchello Meringue . Aches and Pains: Headache Treatment: None Workout: Cooking and baking

Breakfast: Rice crackers with garlic and smoked cheese with mayo. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh lemonade. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch: Skipped as I was really tired, and fell asleep. Dinner: Rice crackers Aches and Pains: Not too bad. Treatment: None Workout: Just a bit of walking in Tesco, doing a big shop.

Breakfast: Rice crackers with garlic and smoked cheese with mayo. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh orange juice. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch: Chicken with millet and pickles with a little bit of wine. Cottage cheese pie for dessert. Dinner: Rice crackers with garlic and Parmesan. Aches and Pains: Not too bad. Treatment: 20 min magnetic therapy on knees.  Workout: Just a bit of walking.

Breakfast: Rice crackers with garlic and Parmesan. A couple of home made cookies. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh lemonade. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch: Big plate of oven fries with sour cream. Dinner: Cottage cheese pie Aches and Pains: Not too bad. Treatment: 20 min magnetic therapy on knees.  Workout: Just a bit of walking.

Breakfast: Rice cracker with garlic and cheese. Left over pizza pastry with cheese. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh orange juice. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch: Skipped lunch, went on a walk instead. Dinner: A slice of cottage cheese pie Aches and Pains: Was feeling better today. Hence the walk. However, felt really bad about food choices, why I skipped lunch. Too hungry to skip dinner. Treatment: 20 min magnetic therapy on knees. Workout: A walk and a round of Flabelos.

Breakfast: Pizza dough stuffed with cheese and hot dog. Left over from New Year's Eve. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh apple juice. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch: A fried egg, mixed vegetables, cooked millet and a glass of lemonade. Dinner: Two rice crackers. Considered skipping, but my stomach started to hurt. Aches and Pains: Knees acting up, especially the left one having difficulties. The usual neck pain. Passing pain in my ribs on right side. Treatment: 20 min magnetic therapy on knees. One round of Flector Gel on knees. Workout: Just a bit of walking, and standing lecturing for 2 hours.

I've decided to keep track of what I eat for a while. Pictures are great, because this way I can keep track of the portions. Breakfast: Rice crackers with garlic and Parmesan. Coffee with 3 tsp cane sugar and some lactose free milk. Fresh orange juice. Lots and lots of supplements. Lunch / Dinner: Hot dog in pizza dough with lentils and a glass of Stout. Dessert: 3 cacao and cherry cookies Aches and Pains: Knees acting up, especially the left one having difficulties. A stabbing pain on the right side of my spine at my waist when touched. The usual neck pain. Passing pain in my ribs on right side. Treatment: 20 min magnetic therapy on knees. One round of Flector Gel on knees. A hand massage round on back. Workout: A few minutes of walk around town. Recovering from infection treated by antibiotics, so taking it easy this week still.

Growing up in Hungary you're going to expect certain things. For example, everyone is going to be sour all the time. If you're in the service industry people treat you badly, bus drivers are kings of their rides and they shout at you for whatever. Stairs everywhere. You need to keep an eye on your stuff at all times. So even though I'm on the same continent, I still managed to experience a couple of culture shocks. Let's start with trains. I've travelled a lot on trains in Hungary, because I would make the journey between Szeged and Budapest at least once a month to see my mum. I was used to stairs starting at my knees, and keeping my luggage in my sights at all times. Imagine my surprise when there were no stairs on the train from Glasgow, and there was a luggage rack next to the door for my monster suitcase! I had to leave it there, which I found pretty scary. I was compelled to check it every other minute. Of course, I was the only one doing that. There w...

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, and the temperature was possibly even going over 20. On my way to the bus stop I looked towards the meadow on my right, and spotted a brown creature grazing in the grass. I got out my camera, and used the powerful zoom on it to make sure. A deer! She was so lovely, though I couldn't catch a picture of her with her head raised, she was so busy eating. When she stopped, she jumped over a fence, all elegant and graceful, and disappeared from sight. I really felt that I live in the country in that moment. After that I stopped at the co-op, and got two small bags of grapes. They are cheaper if you buy in a bigger portion, but I didn't want to carry so much around. I ate one bag on the bus to Ambleside. It was an open top, and I could finally make use of it, as the weather was turning sunny. I took a few pictures as well. I decided to go to Ambleside, because it looked like a bigger place. I also wanted to get a nice blanket for...

On my way to Grasmere I had to go through Keswick. From the bus I spotted a nice pedestrian street, which had quite a number of tourists milling about, so I decided to make that the destination for my first excursion. The opportunity presented itself on my first day off. I got a quite expensive ticket on the bus, and walked up to the top floor on it. The view there was breathtaking, and I couldn't believe that this was actually where I was going to live for the foreseeable future. The bus took its time, winding around the roads. When another bus appeared coming the opposite way on a very narrow part of the road, I wasn't sure how they could possibly fit. As if they were the knight's bus in Harry Potter, they still made it work. In Keswick I got off at the main bus station. It is possible to change buses there to go to a number of different destinations. I decided to just follow the crowd. I did have two goals in mind. To buy some more warm clothing, and to get a ...