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20/08/2012 22:09
No Work Day!
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012
We got to sleep in until 8 am. At 9:30 Group 1 went on a trail ride while the others relaxed. We were led by one of the Stallions with a flowing mane. We passed through a lot of obstacles including fallen trees and rivers. We galloped in the fields and...
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17/08/2012 12:50
Our last work day
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
The countdown has started, the last working days, everyone wants their tasks to be completely done. Changes are getting obvious to see and we are all proud of what has been achieved.
As for this day, in the morning, the stables were cleaned as usual,...
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16/08/2012 17:49
Special events
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2012
Flag time is back again and our working day has started according to our beloved CISV rites. Special events of the day time: Kuba has ridden a stallion and has fallen down (but it was a pony!). Gio, Martina and Luisa have had their first galloping experience and...
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15/08/2012 09:51
Rollin´rollin´
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012
We started our day rollin´and rollin´and rollin´the straw balls, it was funny and a bit tiring. Then the other group was at the stable preparing the horses for the horseback riding. At the same time the other group was cutting the wood and they put it inside the...
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14/08/2012 13:09
A relaxing day
MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012
Today was a relaxing day. we went on a very long horseback ride. It took us three hours to get to our destination, which was a café in a village named Vonoklasy. We were divided into three groups, where one group rode to the destination, while another...
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13/08/2012 12:43
A tidy barn
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012
In the morning we cleaned 1/4 of the barn and found inside unbelievable things including a violin. Then we had 1 hour riding and Francesco and his horse Velas became one. In the afternoon we continued the cleaning of the barn and for the second time in its life the...
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12/08/2012 18:46
Still enthusiastic about work
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2012
As the past days in the camp, tasks were assigned to various groups.Some tasks from yesterday, like the saddle room and the barn cleaning, needed to be finished. So by noon every group achieved its task and split into two groups for riding.
One group went...
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11/08/2012 18:02
Ride & work
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012
Today, we had the new riders in our group have their first lesson. Luisa, Frank and Giovanna were scared at first but then started to enjoy it. Like every day, we also cleaned up the horse stables. In the afternoon we split into our work groups. One cleaned the...
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10/08/2012 17:54
Work & ride
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012
After a long night by the fire yesterday, some of us would probably have prefered to sleep longer, but we all got up for breakfast at 8. Stunningly, Kuba and Frank had already been up washing the dishes from yesterday. At 9 o´clock, the experienced riders, which...
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09/08/2012 17:45
A completely different day
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2012
We had no work at the campsite today but were driven around as real tourists. We went to South Bohemia to a farm managed by the Prague ZOO; here they take care of special horse breed: Mongolian "punk" horses which have been living here in the Czech Rapublic for...