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RE: My 2017: Just a normal day - a Thursday in a great company
What a lovely view from your window! You picked the right day of the week to film. I would look forward to horseback riding every week too. :)
Yeah, I was lucky to get a great deal. Usually horse-riding lessons are around 20 euro but as I had some knowledge of how to take care of horses before and I am looking after the big guy, I pay the same amount for the whole month, which is great and lets me actually do that.
Woooah, that's an amazing deal! Sign me up haha. Around here, a single lesson can go for $60 USD and boarding's around $800 a month... not exactly feasible. And they look like lovely horses to care for.
Wow! Most places where I have gone horse-back riding have had the same prices (Latvia and Germany) I was a little surprised that if you ride on your own it is cheaper but I also found out that others charge the same(around 20 eur per month) if you take care of their horse. Horses need exercise every day and their hooves should be cleaned every day as well(to prevent small stones from being stuck in there), but most owners have no time to do this every day so they are looking for someone who can do it. They also want someone who has a good relationship with the horse, there has to be trust. So you are actually doing the owner a service in a way, but you are also using their resources(horse :D). That is why there is such a symbolic price for it here.
I clearly need to move there! That's a really good relationship to have with the owners. The prices weren't so crazy where I grew up, but where I am now most people work for tech companies and real estate prices are outrageous, so "luxury" stables capitalize on that.
I like the label ''luxury'' when what really matters is not how luxurious the stable is but how the horses are treated. If they are asking for higher payment, I sure hope they are treating those horses with apples every day and a specialist is riding each and every horse, again, every day. Or at least making them stretch their legs. I have seen some expensive stables that do not take care of their horses good, especially the big ones that do not have enough workers but enough space to rake in some of them dollars.