$6.74 German meat on a stick

He baked a €5.99 pork-and-vegetable kebab in the Airbnb oven, improvising settings and adding soy sauce because it lacked seasoning. The meat became grey, dry, tough and extremely chewy; he called it Germany’s worst meal and considered becoming vegetarian. He visited parks and a cathedral-like building, then used supermarket self-checkout and wore a mask after earlier confusion.

Solo travel remains a series of small errands, with unfamiliar routines and disappointing food intensifying frustration.