{"id":4012,"date":"2013-01-01T00:06:40","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T00:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2016-03-02T20:01:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T20:01:18","slug":"in-with-the-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/in-with-the-new\/","title":{"rendered":"In With the New&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/in-with-the-new\/img_8861-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4015\"><img data-attachment-id=\"4015\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/in-with-the-new\/img_8861-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_88611.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"550,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G11&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325257974&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8861\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_88611-235x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_88611.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4015 pp_post_image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_88611.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8861\" width=\"550\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_88611.jpg 550w, http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_88611-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And in what seems like less than a blink of an eye, a brand New Year is with us once again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcome 2013, it&#8217;s lovely to have you here!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I quite like this time of year, and all the hope and possibilities that lie ahead.\u00a0\u00a0 As it stretches out long and empty before us, I know I am lucky to be able to look forward to lots of things: &#8211; 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