Jun 22
This spring I took part in a course of horsemanship where Uwe Jourdain did his very best to teach riders who spend most of their time riding underneath the sky and our horses the art of circus riding. I really enjoyed the course and learned a lot from Uwe.
So I was glad to get involved when Mr. Jourdain asked me, if I would be willing to support a group of young girls who practice a very interesting form of riding. Just with a rope around the horse´s neck they perform all the “tricks” most of us struggle hard to get done with saddle and bridle. The “Brave Summer Riders” as these girls call themselves are coached by Uwe Jourdain and are supported by their parents. I really enjoy seeing such close partnership between riders and their horses and this is why I gladly support these brave riders (not just in summer). Tonight I received the first pictures from the team´s captain Christin Turck and wanted to share them with you right away.
Jun 22
I started out this weekend with a fierce discussion on graph theory on Saturday. Surely I gave more ground than I normally would have, as I spent Friday night at an Irish birthday party. Well, this discussion is about how far it went for work this weekend.
The rest of the weekend I had great fun with my family. We spent our weekend in Feuchtwangen (Franken – that special part of Bavaria) and Augsburg. Besides tasting the great local food (and beer) we had the pleasure of taking a very broad cultural trip.
Saturday evening we saw Shakespeare´s “As you like it” in Feuchtwangen. As we attend the theatre festival (Kreuzgangspiele) in this beautiful city almost every year, our expectations were high and they were met to the fullest. The cast, directing and the translation were really great. The people organizing and playing this performance really brought honor to that famous quote from “As you like it”:
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.
On Sunday we jumped from the ironic but highly decorated world of Shakespeare back to the childhood days. We visited the “Augsburger Puppenkiste” (probably Europe´s most famous puppet playing company) and saw one of the classical fairytales “der gestiefelte Kater”. The play was done absolutely beautiful and gives truth to the saying that you have lost your childhood when you start seeing the puppet strings while watching the play.
So you can see. Besides the great feeling of meeting up with the family we did work on our education and on staying young and educated.
