So Ruth one of the organizers of the program I am here in Europe with, lives on a farm not far from where I live. She has invited me over twice to visit with her family and allow me to get out of my apartment for a while. The first time I was there was about two weeks ago and we went for a bike ride to her apple orchard and after went to a park and played with her kids for the afternoon. Yesturday, again, I visited Ruth and her family. This time we baked muffins and cakes and then she offered me to clean one of the horses. The family has two horses both extreamly large, and had been walking around in the extreamly muddy yard for about a week so cleaning this horse took quite a bit of time. Also Ruth tought me how to clean the hoofs of the horse (no easy task) and afterward as a reward for cleaning the horse I got to ride it around for a bit in the yard. I was going bareback which was a tad intimidating because of how high up I was ontop of this horse. (Also I thankfully had borrowed farm pants earlier which saved me from ruining my jeans). It was so great and hopfully once I get a bit more practise I can go off the farm yard and later trot and gallop and so forth but I obviously have to learn how to ride properly first. Anyway all of this is very exciting and fun and best of all it gives me something to do outside of work.
Today: run, research for spain trip, MTV Germany
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