As is often the case, there was a fencing meet on my birthday this year. I traveled with several members of my club, MTV, to Ingolstadt for a local tournament. I finished 8th out of 30 and received an umbrella for my efforts. It was okay; I could have done better.

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Awards. My teammate Ariane took third (on the right of the two on the 3 box).

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Afterwards, a bunch of us went out to dinner at an Indian restaurant in Munich to celebrate my birthday. (Vanessa, Margaret, Andrea, Carmen, Mahdad, and Justin)

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Ambiance.

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Margaret and beer, an artful shot by Ben.

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Ben had baked a cake, completely unbeknownst to me, and managed to smuggle it up to Ingolstadt and back down to Munich without me even noticing.

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Vanessa and Margaret