Bach and beer in Leipzig.

We spent last week in Leipzig, Germany attending various concerts as part of the annual Bach festival (Bach spent a large period of his life working here).

Hightlights included visiting an old church where we were treated to a concert on 'Schreiber's organ' built some time in the 1600s and a trip to a brewery where we filled our bellies with free flowing beer and lard and blood sausage sandwiches whilst we listened to an awesome barber shop quintet sing numbers from Mozart to Billy Joel.

We also visited the old Stasi HQ, now a museum, where we saw examples of spy gear used by the secret police in East Germany during a time when no one was free from suspicion. This included pre-packed disguise kits like the construction worker alias which contained essential items such as a fake nose, wig and hard hat.