First Jump!

So that everyone gets to witness my first jump on horseback - not even 40 centimeters - but I am happy I made it!

Speed on Horseback

This is what full speed on horseback looks and feels like:

Landscapes and Animals in Tenerife

We have been up the mountains in the North of Tenerife by horse, car and foot. Here are some of the wonderful things we saw.

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Pilot Whales Caught on Video

Video Footage from our Whale Watching boat trip in Tenerife:

Going to the Beach

What a way to celebrate Christmas, at 20 degrees C with sunshine and at the beach! See some impressions of a relaxing Christmas 2011.

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Whale Watching in Tenerife

In Tenerife, we had an opportunity to see various groups of pilot whales. Resident populations can only be observed in the waters of Hawaii, California and here in the Canary Islands. Pilot whales are up to 9 meters long and amongst the largest of the oceanic dolphins, exceeded in size only by the Killer Whale. The whale in the photo below is about 6 meters and one of the larger ones we saw. See more photos here

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In Full Motion

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On Horseback in Cantabria

We spent a week traveling on horseback in Cantabria, Northern Spain. Take a look at the beautiful surroundings of the Cantabrian mountains we saw on four legs. What a way to see the world!

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On Horseback in the Madrid Mountains

Cabalcampo is the horsefarm es la finca donde montamos a caballo desde hace un año where we have been riding for a year now. Las rutas a caballo discurren por las preciosas montañas, pinares y campos de la Sierra de Madrid The routes lead through the beautiful Madrid Mountains. Pictured is Rubio, En la foto de abajo aparece Rubio que es el caballo con que mas salgo yo the horse I ride the most. Check out how beautiful horses and scenery are. Aquí se puede ver la finca y los demás caballos maravillosos.

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And here's a video to transmit an impression how much the horses enjoy the space and freedom in which they live on the farm. El siguiente video demuestra como los caballos disfruten de la semilibertad en que viven en la finca de Cabalcampo.

Alcalá de Henares

is one of Spain's many World Heritage Sites, with its university dating from 1499 and the birthplace of the famous Miguel Cervantes, who wrote Don Quixote.

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Por ásperos caminos voy siguiendo

el fin dudoso de mi fantasía,

siempre en cerrada noche oscura y fría

las fuerzas de la vida consumiendo.

Y aunque morir me veo, no pretendo

salir un paso de la estrecha vía;

que en fe de la alta fe sin igual mía,

mayores miedos contrastar entiendo.

Mi fe es la luz que me señala el puerto

seguro a mi tormenta, y sola es ella

quien promete buen fin a mi viaje,

por más que el medio se me muestre incierto,

por más que el claro rayo de mi estrella

me encubra amor, y cielo más me ultraje.

Miguel de Cervantes

La Galatea, Libro V

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