Today we went to church at the Chapel beside the Spanish Riding School. It was all in latin but the Vienna Boys Choir were singing during the service. When I say 'went to Church' I mean huddled around the door as the chapel was packed with tourists!
The Church bells ring out all over the city on Sunday morning, 
calling people to worship. A lot of the service was also sung in Latin by the Priests - must be a prerequisite for the priesthood to have a good voice - or maybe thatswhat thechoir boys do when they grow up! Anyway the whole thing was good.
calling people to worship. A lot of the service was also sung in Latin by the Priests - must be a prerequisite for the priesthood to have a good voice - or maybe thatswhat thechoir boys do when they grow up! Anyway the whole thing was good. 
We were not allowed to take photos during the Riding School's performance but it was amazing! The horses are so collected and controlled throughout the performance and the precision riding was like a ballet! When you forst see thestallions you think they are very fat but once they start to work out you realise its all muscle. The riding arena is like a giant ballroom that was built especially for the horses hundreds of years ago. The bloodlines go back forever and only the best performers are kept for breeding. From the whole royal stud only 8 stallions are chosen each year as 4 yearlolds to start their 4 to 8 years of training before they perform the complete program. The Lippzanner breed mature slowly but horses can be performing in the school for up to 20 years! 
If you have a spare 10,000 Euro you can buy the colts from the stud that have been deemed not good enough for the school!
2 comments:
Hi Gilmore girls, I'm home again for acouple of days, good to see your still having fun, hope your feeling better Sarah, did you not get sick Carl.I'd wire you the money for a stallion but I wouldn't want TJ to get jealous, he loves me, came running to say hi today when I got home.
Glad to hear all the boys are well!
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