Well, it has been a fun weekend! It all started on the early morning of Saturday, August 28th, at 6am. I had to get up and meet the Sape family at 7:30 to go watch some horse riding stuff. I call it horse riding stuff because I have no idea what the word for it is in English, they said it was called military riding, look at the pictures and judge yourself. So anyway, I met Eva's daughter, Theresia, and Theresia, Karl, and I headed out of town to where this event took place! When we got there I found out I would be working in the V.I.P. dining hall being a bus boy. Severin, Eva's son, and I both did that for the whole weekend. It was just a building where people with special little badges could come into and get whatever they wanted to eat and drink! Since I was working there I also got whatever I wanted to eat and drink! It was amazing, I got to meet a lot of people and see a lot of good horse riding and eat a lot of delicious food! There was a party for all the riders and sponsers on Saturday night, I was able to attend that also and I had a good time. There were other kids there also, Phillip, Karl, William, Severin, Henrik, and I. They were all really nice kids, Williams family owned the land that this was happening at and his parents are in charge of all of it. I stayed the night at Williams house along witht the kids I just listed and we had fun, we stayed in the pool house. In the pool house there was a sauna, so we got into the really hot sauna and then jumped into the freezing cold pool and that was definately good fun! We woke up this morning and headed back to the dining hall to work a little more and watch some more riding! I didn't actually have to work at all but I felt like working and it was a lot of fun! Man, I really love Sweden, this whole experience is great! I came home this afternoon at five and have tried to just relax. I met up with Caitlin and she introduced me to a girl who lives in northern Sweden, that was nice. All in all a great weekend and I am so grateful for being invited to go!
This type of riding might be called a "Steeple Chase". I've seen events like it on TV :) jumping over things, through water, etc. Sounds like you had a fab weekend and met a lot of interesting people! And ate some great food! (guess taco soup is not going to be very glorious anymore for you, eh?)
ReplyDeleteIt's actually Cross Country. Steeple chase is actually a Cross Country race with 10+ horses and riders at the same time, and WAY more dangerous than just Cross Country. I'm so jealous! I wish I could find something like that here! I'm supposed to start riding sometime, but I don't know when! haha. Glad you are having as much fun as I am! :)
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