Today we started with breakfast downstairs, we had rolls, Jack had Nutella, bacon, mushrooms, and baked tomatoes, and Mom had cherry jam on her roll. About 0930, we jumped in the car, set the GPS for Buckeburg, and off we went.
There is a big huge castle complex there that we toured around, complete with canal and ducks! Mom took lots of duck pictures for some reason. While we were waiting for the horse show, we toured the stables, probably about 7 horses live there. Lusitanos, Lippazauns, Barb, and one mini horse with huge mane hair, his name is Jack Sparrow.
As we walked along the ground, we came upon the Park-Cafe, and we decided to eat lunch there. Jack had two Bratwurts and Pomme Fritz, and Mom had potato soup. It was very delicious!
The show started at 1500, and we were able to enter at about 1445. It was cold outside, about 50 degrees, but much warmer inside. They had some blower unit that blew heated air under the wooden theatre seats.
The show started, and they talked a lot, but we didn't understand most of it, because they spoke in German. We understood only one word out of two hundred perhaps, if we were lucky. But when the horses started to perform, we didn't need to understand what the trainers were saying, we just kind of understood what they were doing.
It was amazing how the horses could move their bodies into the air. Mom was concerned that the male trainer was using his spurs too much. I didn't think so though, because I could see he was doing it gently and not roughly, and only in conjunction with a slight tap from the whip when the horse didn't listen.
We got back to the hotel at 1730 local time, and went up to to the room and chilled for a bit, before going down to dinner at 1840. Both of us ordered the cheeseburgers, and we decided to splurge on dessert, but it was not worth the splurge. The dessert was called "Crepes Normandie", but actually should have been "Crepe Normandie" with 8 apple slices. Oh well, at least we didn't stuff ourselves! Off to Wolfsburg tomorrow to see the Autostadt! Then, we have to figure out how to get to York!
No comments:
Post a Comment