Sick of pictures of castles yet? I know I’m not! I think I’ve found a new obsession… I love exploring castles. It’s fascinating to walk through them and think about the people that used to live there. It’s incredible that these structures are still standing today. Who knew that piling a bunch of rocks up would […]
After visiting the fantastic Bavarian region of Germany, we moved on to the actual reason for our visit. As a member of Westfalen NA, I was invited to make the trip to Germany to attend the Westfalen Stallion Licensing. Likely this was the kind of invite that is only extended out of politeness, but we took […]
Other than Fussen being beautiful itself, the primary reason to go there is to visit castles. There are two castles there, one rebuilt from ruin in 1832 by Maximilian II, Hohenschwangau, and the other commissioned by his son, Ludwig II, in 1869. The castle was never completed. We decided to buy the “Swan” ticket, as that allows entrance to […]
Upon arrival to Germany, we immediately made a 4 hour drive from Frankfurt Airport down to Füssen. It’s located on the southern border, on the northern edge of the Alps. It was a bit tiring, especially as I had almost no sleep on the plane, and instead felt super groggy from sleeping pills that didn’t […]
I’m back from Germany! Happy to be home, but sad to leave such an amazing place of castles and fabulous horses, definitely two of my favorite things. It was an incredible learning experience. On the horse side, I learned so much about the stallions, the breeding, the inspection process, training, and handling. It is a […]
It’s time! My flight is leaving today, and I will be Germany on the morrow. If you don’t already, follow me on Instagram to see the nearly live action! I’ll be posting Instagram stories of the adventure as much possible…which basically means when I have WiFi. The link is in the right sidebar. I hope […]
Because it’s hard to get people to come over and look at my scrapbooks, here it is in digital form to be forced upon you. This picks up from my earlier complaints about my cruise, and then my post on how amazing flamingos at the zoo are. St. Thomas The next cruising stop was St. […]
This was our first stop. We only had from 7am to 1:30pm to explore. We had no excursions planned, we simply walked off, and starting looking around town. There are many shops right by the pier, from the straw market and tourist souvenirs to high-end luxury brands, screaming out their “Duty-free” status. There’s a public […]
Despite my earlier stance that cruises are terrible and I’ll never go on another one, I ended up on another cruise. Except I justify this by saying that it was (mostly) paid for, and Dave’s entire family was going on it. It was a family reunion of sorts. We were booked on the largest cruise […]
It’s common knowledge that taking care of horses basically means, I never go anywhere. How could you? There’s horses to take care of, chores to do, and no one can take care of your horses the way you do. When you do end up going someplace, you spend the whole vacation worrying if everything is alright. […]