Ben held a goodbye party at the Augustiner beer garden in Munich.

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Jürgen, a fellow MTV epee fencer.

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Ben getting a snack.

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Margaret learning the art of creating beer gardens' ubiquitous radish shavings.

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Margaret and Ben show off their borrowed Tracht. We figured we didn't have too many good shots of our clothes from the Kocherlball, so we did a separate shooting.

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Together.

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That night, Bad Aibling hosted a fest that exhibited fire-breathers...

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 ... as well as the more traditional whip-crackers. A group of men stand up on the fest tables and crack their (long) whips just inches above the heads of the fest-goers. They whip in synchrony to the beat of band's music.