Spanish Riding School 3

The black saddles are the training ones and the white are the performance ones. Each horse gets one saddle, they are good for the lifetime of the horse. They do have to be adjusted every couple of years though since the horses back changes as muscles develop.

Spanish Riding School - Check

July 17th 2012
Today we finally got to see the famous Lipizzaner horses, well a few of them anyway. Our first stop today was to the Vienna Bag store. Vienna makes colorful, lightweight canvas bags - handmade according to Old Viennese bag making traditions. We got there at 10:58...but they didn't open until 11am. We went to a nearby book store and spent a few minutes in there before coming back to the bag sto ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more

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