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Chapter 13, in which I travel to Bayern and start saying goodbyes

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It seems I have not posted a blog in a while, which is probably something I say in just about every post I write. The last few weeks have been a lot of fun, but also bittersweet as some things are coming to a close. A few weekends ago, we all traveled together to Bayern to visit Johanna's family. They live in a town with a population of 36 people and 36,000 chickens. Needless to say, it was a very relaxing time in the countryside. The weather was great as well, and we went to Volksfest, basically a small version of Oktoberfest. I even got to drink from one of the one liter beer mugs, although my drink was not so much alcoholic and more full of sugar and carbon dioxide. We rode bikes, went swimming, and ate extremely well. At the end, I even got to drive for about 450 kilometers on the Autobahn, the German highway. That was most certainly an experience. Additionally, my time working with the youth group has come to a close, and we had a lock-in event at the church as a sort of w