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,[...]
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. W[...]
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[...]
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, tra[...]
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 sid[...]
On the first leg of our journey, we traveled from Annapolis, MD to St. Michaels, MD. It took 6 hours, a combination of sailing and motoring. Sail-motoring. I would venture to say it's not really easy to get to St. Michaels by car either. On previous sailing trips we have seen houses with seaplane[...]
We were supposed to travel down to Key West last week, but hurricane Irma decided to come through and leave a trail of destruction. I'm not so out of touch that I think losing out on a vacation is the most horrible thing that could have happened. Obviously, the people whose homes and businesses[...]
I decided to get my brain in gear and get out and ride. The pull was too strong. I keep seeing ads for shows or events I want to do, and I think to myself, wow, if my horses were in shape, I could go do that. So even though I won't be able to do the event in two weeks, I could still maybe do an even[...]
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. Thomas, in the Am[...]
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" sta[...]