This past weekend I went to the Coast of Holland. It felt like I was somewhere else when we arrived. The first thing I saw was a sea of kite surfers and wind surfers. It was very, very windy! My hair was everywhere, but Oslo loved it. He was running

Never mind 15 1 tempis for the Grand Prix, Vitall and I are managing to bang off 20 now almost every day. A big smile breaks across my face every time we finish a line and in my head I’m dancing around in circles going: “yes, yes, yes!

A couple of mornings ago, just before I woke up, I had a dream that I was at the World Cup Final. Yellow was a pervasive colour in the dream (probably the result of a decidedly un-sunny Vancouver spring this year). In my dream Eric won the show jumpi

I had a great time in London. The weather was fantastic – so warm. We did plenty of walking…my feet were dead at the end of the trip. Our hotel was in a great location, right across from Kensington Gardens/Hyde Park, and we were right by the unde

Just a quick final blog to congratulate Eric! It was an amazing feat to come from 17th place to finish second in the World Cup Final – a testament to the tremendous power and talent of this combination. I had watched most of the show from the press

Yesterday was a fairly quiet day with just Vaulting Finals (the very first World Cup for that discipline) and the Dressage Freestyle Final at night. I remain in awe of the vaulting athletes. Their grace, rhythm and courage are fun to watch. As with f

… the German’s have decided they like diet Coke! And regular water (not carbonated)! The same lady that told me the other day that they weren’t popular in Germany and not available for sale served me both with a smile this morning. I was th

Yesterday was a very full day! As you can imagine with a horse show with so many different competitions going on, there is always something that you should be watching.  Though the national show jumping competition featured a speed class first t

to leave something on your doorstep. It’s nothing a little soap and water won’t take care of. But seriously, I will have some Good Friday ruminations to make up for today’s rotten egg of a post. And that’s an Easter promise! &

DAY 6 Two great people arrived today – the “boss” (aka mum) and David. I took Mr. C for a hack this morning on the hills. He took longer than yesterday to focus and stretch, but he did it no problem eventually. I love hacking through th