What a great morning I had!

Hello guys!

So I don't know how it is the weather at you...but we are waiting for 2 months to snow and nothing. Only a little bit, once or twice. So today when I woke up it was so great view on my window. There was a lot of snow everywhere and some beautiful horses. I is nothing compared to have a walk in a snowy weather and stare at a lot of beautiful horses. They were really enjoying the weather too!!!

Kizoa slideshow: horses in snow - Slideshow

The Spanish Riding School Vienna

The world of Lipizzans!

In one of my trips I arrived in Vienna. It is a wonderful city full of history, parks and a lot of things to see and do. As I was going for a walk in the city, I discovered The Spanish Riding School, right in the middle of the town, in a place called Hofburg. I didn't had much time, but I went to the "Morning Exercise", which they do every morning from Tuesday to Friday between 10:00 and 12:00. I think it was the greatest way to start my day. I was really amazed about their beautiful white horses, as they were accompanied by classical Viennese Music. I could see the specific strengthening and building up of the muscles, the horses natural movements, which were developed into the perfect figures of the "High School of the classical Horsemanchip". 

The most important thing is that they have only Lipizzans, which are Europe's oldest horse breed.They are bread from Spanish, Italian and Arab bloodlines, very intelligent and lively, with their classic physique and grace. These horses are perfectly suited for the representative style of the High School of Classical Horsemanship.

There you can also see the performances of those incredible creatures.You will be very impressed to really see the result of years of training of horse and rider in more than 70 classical performances a year.

Another great thing is that you can be apart of a guided tour, behind the scenes of this incredible school. You can have an insight into the most important areas and the stables.

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A wonderful city and an equestrian opportunity

Horse riding in a historical city : Alba Iulia

Alba Iulia is a not so big town in Transylvania, Romania. It is the place where The Big National Reunion had place on 1st of December 1918 which made possible the final union ,of Transylvania and Banat (two romanian regions that were first independent) with the Romanian Kingdom.

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Being a historical city, we can here be part of a lot of events presenting it's legacy. This includes various horse parades with roman soldiers and remakings of different important fights that also include horse riding. Besides this you can also go and take horse riding lessons with some great horses.

Kizoa slideshow: Cetatea Alba Iulia - Slideshow

Horse myths

Myths...

From the early beginnings of men, myths remained, describing the pure and proud figure, the speed, strength, courage and grace. No other domestic pet created such of  a fable as the horse did.
In China the oldest myths speak like the horse was a divine creature. The people worship him and the emperors came to him asking for counsel.
In Japan the legend says that the sun goddess sent her brother to teach men farming. He was killed and from his head came to life a horse.
Arabs considered the horse the most precious gift made by the creator of the world.
Greeks thought that the horse was made by Poseidon, when he came from sea and put his trident on to earth.
And our list can continue, but the important thing is that "The Horse" had a big impact on the men king from its beginnings.

The history of :The Horse

Horse Evolution

Can you imagine a world in which horses of all kind of colors, shapes and sizes (even a bit larger than a small dog) were present everywhere? Well, nowadays, horses are just one small part of an huge family tree that spans millions of years. Unfortunately a lot of branches of the horse family are now extinct.
About 55 million years ago, the dog-sized "Hyracotherium" (known as the first members of the horse family), were present through the forests in North America. Along their history, most horses remained small, but when the climate conditions changed, new species rapidly appeared. That is how some of them became larger and had the familiar hooves and grazing diets that we call today "horses". Only those branches survived to the present days.