I think this is my all time favorite vacation photo yet! Yes the dog is alive! He Is just sun bathing like any normal vacationer would be doing. When I went to take the photo of the dog, he lazily lifted his head, looked at me in annoyance that I dare bother his nap, and then once he said his piece he plopped his head down, I snapped the photo. One thing that surprised me about Greece is the plethora of stray dogs that are all over the place. The dogs ar...

Tonight/today, opening ceremony began at 8:30pm and we did not get back to our hotel rooms until 3:00 am. Yes you read right. 3:00 am. We never slept through the night. We got back to our room at three and then it was straight into he showers and by that time it was 4:00am we then depending on how long it took us to get showered and dressed in our riding clothes. To be matched with our horses that we had never met before without any sleep, sound fun yet? It cer...

Yoho ho and a ferry trip to athens. As you probably can tell from the small jingle. I didnt receive my land legs until this morning. I felt as Though I was wearing beer goggles. Weird!!!!! Today was not a day that was to talk about . Not much went on today. This is the day. Wake up at 9:00 am on the ferry which was crazy getting onto.So I wake up eat breakfast and then sleep a bit more. Play UNO, after UNO we eat lunch and then before we knew it it, we were in A...

Today is opening ceremonies the feelings of the hustle and bustle of preparing for the games are palpable in the air today. Today and tomorrow are going to be extremely long days. We are told that we are not going to be back to the hotel from opening ceremonies until 3 am. That is the earliest estimation of arrival. From the ceremonies we get to the hotel shower eat and head back to thebus for matching tomorrow. If you know of anyone who would like to donate yo...

Good morning, Today was an incredible day! I TRULY have fallen in LOVE with Rodes! I absolutely love the people here, it is beautiful, and so dis I say beautiful? Because I'd like to say once more it is beautiful in so many different way, culturally it is beautiful, it is physically beautiful, and would be a top spot to see. There is no way one can explain Rode's unless you see it for your self. Today I learned that one of Pantelis horses is a sire of the ...