2006 Clinics 

Arizona

 And 

Germany

September 20th-October 5th

We were able to travel to Germany to conduct clinics and symposiums thanks to the hard work of Christina Porkert and Phillip Widlicky and the generosity of many wonderful hosts and hostesses.

The weekend of Sept23rd and 24th found us

at ELIESENHOF

a beautiful Quarter Horse breeding and reigning training farm belonging to

Gabi Resch and Niko Kalaizidis in Welzheim, Germany.

We stayed at the wonderful home of Frau Uta Mundlein,

our friend Dorothee Kieckhefer's mother.

in the beautiful town of Schorndorf, Germany.

Christina and Uta

in Schorndorf

We were thrilled to visit the famous STUD

at Marbach, Germany on a day trip with Christina and Uta.

We also spent a wonderful day visiting vineyards

and eating Schwabian food with Phillip and his father and brother.

Wonderful food,beautiful countryside, and excellent company.

We also visited a Porche mechanics shop of a friend of

 Luther Widlicky and

saw some beautiful cars.

Max, Phillip, and Luther

Tuesday and Thursday the following week

Ned conducted evening symposiums in Mannheim,Germany

and

Helga and Klaus Brunner and their two sweet daughters

graciously hosted us.

We drove on to the Basel, Switzerland area Friday Sept. 29th to do the last two day clinic on Saturday and Sunday and were hosted by Christina's dear friend, Marita Walliser who opened up her wonderful stone 300 year old cottage type home to us.

Our thanks go to Maja who provided the wonderful traditional Swiss food for both clinic days .Delicious!

And to all who did not let the rain dampen spirits either day or prevent them from participating. Their enthusiasm was contagious!

Ned and Christina

Switzerland

All through the trip we have been treated to the most wonderful

 cooking and melt in your mouth deserts like none we had ever tasted.

And most importantly we feel we made good friends in Germany,

Austria, and Switzerland.

Love of horses is certainly a universal language.

Christina was an excellent tour guide and companion throughout

the trip and we miss her cheerful spirit, warm smile,

and variety of interests.

We left her in Austria were she is giving her love

and care to some very special Arabian horses.

We very much enjoyed spending time and stories

with  Christina's employers,

who have the same love and fulfillment 

from their horses as we do

with ours.And again, shared many laughs and wonderful

food during our short time there in Austria.