Merry X-mas - Here's "For the birds"

My brother gave me a tip about this fantastic vid some time ago!

Chile - a magnificent country!

Chile boarders the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean (and Polynesia) to the west. It was in the Andes an airplane crashed and the story is known as ALIVE


Chile's unusual, ribbon-like shape — 4,300 km (2,672 mi or 430 Swedish mil) long and on average 175 km (109 mi or 17 Swedish mil) wide — has given it a hugely varied climate, ranging from the world's driest desert — the Atacama — in the north, through a Mediterranean climate in the centre, to a snow-prone Alpine climate in the south, with glaciers, fjords and lakes. Source: Wikipedia

Parinacota Volcano in northern Chile


Lake Conguillío in Conguillío National Park in south-central Chile.


A glacier at the Beagle Channel in southern Chile


Grey Glacier in southern Chile.


It's incredible what a various country this is!

Here's the real deal!

Baroque riding is the way to go! This is the FÜRSTLICHE HOFREITSCHULE in Germany

Click this link to see the video:

http://www.hofreitschule.de/page/page_ID/159?PHPSESSID=486b54e6a61f71fdc233a4a58c0e8666

Pictures below courtesy of http://www.hofreitschule.de/

Knabstrupper stallion - I really like the conformation of this horse!


Lusitano stallion - the color reminds me of Merlin Orphéo.


Pura Raza Española (PRE)


Andalusian stallion


Lipizzaner stallion


Another Knabstrupper stallion

Summertime

Michael Jackson walrus dance

A swedish children's programme gets out of hand

Och så lite HASSAN:

I went to the "fox hunting" in Dyrehaven CPH...

...with my friend Rebecka.
The first sunday in November there is a traditional fox hunting called "Hubertusjagten" in Dyrehaven (or The Deer Garden/Jægersborg Deer Park) in Copenhagen. Nowadays the hunting exclude the foxes and the first two master riders wears a little fox tail on their jackets in order to simulate foxes. The event attracts around 40000 people!!! television choppers circle the air.

Dyrehaven is an incredible hughe area only 12 km from Copenhagen central station that covers 11 square kilometres. There are 2000 deer and the area was enclosed a long time ago by some king or something who wanted a hunting area. The nature is beautiful with lots of beech forests!

Beech forest from somewhere else

In the northern part of the park there is a hughe plain called Eremitagesletten which is encircled by forest. In the middle of Eremitagesletten is the Eremitageslottet or Eremitage Hunting Lodge that was built during the reign of Christian the VI.

"The palace is a fine example of the late Baroque period in Danish architecture.
Now, as it was then, the Eremitage is used for royal hunting parties, mainly in Jægersborg Deer Park. The small, compact palace on the top of the Eremitage plain is also known to many from the annual Hubertus hunts." SOURCE

Eremitagesletten


Some more pictures of the palace in the middle of the plain








Every year the sister of the danish queen comes in a four-horse team to watch the event escorted by riding policemen. There are also a lot of other fancy wagons pulled by horses.

Here are some pictures of the event:

Warm up before the event starts (year 2003)


Picture from 2003


During the event the deer get scared out of the forest, this is a pic I found on the net but we could also se a deer bouncing around when we were there


2008 in Magasindammen or the Magasin pond


A Haflinger attended the event 2008, I think they are magnificent these horses, this one was really powerful cantering up the hills with the big rump muscles giving loads of energy - resembling the power of a Quarter or Paint Horse

The pond once again


LINK to beautiful pictures from Dyrehaven, it's worth a visit!!!