But now I've got something to tell-- last Sunday I was invited to join my friend Ida's hostfamily and her at a Horserace nearby, and man, I saw some faaancy dresses there ;)
But not just dresses- also the hats of the posh ladies impressed me a lot- especially when they were worn by teenage girls that combined them with gummi-flip flops and pilot-sunglasses ;)
I like the way this event was organized- it took place on a huuuuumungous field where people would pull up with their cars, open their trunks and then serve the finest food out of the trunk and on tables they bring. Flowers, sheets, chairs, silverware, nothing's missing... and then just hanging out, making smalltalk, nibbling on food and watching the horse race.
There were also some tents where you could by ice cream, get your nails done etc and a lot of old timers were there, too.
The cool thing was that we had a spot right in front of one of the jumping obstacles- although this didn't really help me, because I closed my eyes everytime a horse was jumping over it, I just could't stand the thought seeing a horse not making it over it... one jockey even fell down!
So the afternoon passed with playing with the kids, eating food, strolling around and watching the races- and I really loved it...! The owners also came up with some creative ideas for their horse's names- my favorite was "music to my ears" and "Flying Contraption"- funny to hear that 6 times in one sentence...the presenter must have practiced with some tongue twisters ;)
Well, I'm gonna let you go and show you some nice pictures of that successful day :)
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I like - hut mit schirm - bei Sonnenschein :-) genial !!!
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