Hello again dear
blog readers!
I would like to, first of all, start by apologizing for disconnecting and
disappearing for such a long time. I am sorry about that, but I sort of had to
do it.
The reason: (as ‘romantic’ as it may sound) lets say that a “dream came true”.
It was my first time, as well as my country’s (Guatemala’s) first time
to participate in such event.
But things do happen. I learned that it's not so much about effort and working hard, but about just liking what you do. Then, everything works out.
I would like to, first of all, start by apologizing for disconnecting and
disappearing for such a long time. I am sorry about that, but I sort of had to
do it.The reason: (as ‘romantic’ as it may sound) lets say that a “dream came true”.
[Maybe you
remember that by the end of the ‘Horse 'overdose' week’ post I wrote some months ago, I
told you that I would have the chance to compete in my first big/important
championship].
Well, after spending a month and a half at home, doing horse-brainwash/intense training, this finally happened last week.
I had the opportunity to compete in the World University Equestrian Championship (WUEC) which took place in the city of Aachen, Germany; considered the ‘mecca of the equestrian world’ (which at the moment is still my current location for a few more hours).
I would have liked to show you a bit more of Guatemala when I was there… Unfortunately I didn’t have the chance, but I promise I will next time!
So, I have pretty good news concerning the WUEC (I really don’t know if you care… chances are that you probably don’t). I just can’t manage to stop thinking about it since it happened, so I have pretty much nothing else to write about!
Well, after spending a month and a half at home, doing horse-brainwash/intense training, this finally happened last week.
I had the opportunity to compete in the World University Equestrian Championship (WUEC) which took place in the city of Aachen, Germany; considered the ‘mecca of the equestrian world’ (which at the moment is still my current location for a few more hours).
I would have liked to show you a bit more of Guatemala when I was there… Unfortunately I didn’t have the chance, but I promise I will next time!
So, I have pretty good news concerning the WUEC (I really don’t know if you care… chances are that you probably don’t). I just can’t manage to stop thinking about it since it happened, so I have pretty much nothing else to write about!
One of the good news is that those days were definitely, until now, one
of the best days of my life. I really enjoyed competing. I was in a position in
which I didn’t want to lose, I didn’t want to win. I just simply didn’t want it
to end.
The other good news is that I managed to pass to the showjumping semifinals,
and got 5th place in the end.
It was my first time, as well as my country’s (Guatemala’s) first time
to participate in such event.
[There were 26 competing countries, with 3 riders competing simultaneously
as part of their national team as well as individually. It all summed up to 78
riders in total].
So of course, no one ever expected Guatemala making it to the semifinals;
but we did!
It was all very special. Due to the fact that since I was a bit younger
I used to watch the Grand Prix competitions in Aachen’s Soers stadium. It was
until last year that I had the chance to go in person to watch a Grand Prix and
believe it or not while standing there in the audience, I thought to myself: “Maybe
one day I manage to compete in this place”.
Of course I never, ever, NEVER imagined it would be a year later. This
year. Last week.
But things do happen. I learned that it's not so much about effort and working hard, but about just liking what you do. Then, everything works out.
Life is funny. It’s weird… I’m just happy :’)
But ok dear readers, I have to start switching topics; because as I
remember, I made sort of a ‘plan’ when I started writing this blog (‘On yourmarks, get set, g… Blog!’).
And in this ‘plan’ I mentioned that we would start our 3rd school year by doing an internship in India and later on travelling to Sevilla for our semester abroad.
And in this ‘plan’ I mentioned that we would start our 3rd school year by doing an internship in India and later on travelling to Sevilla for our semester abroad.
So now, GUESS WHAT???
Ladies and gentleman, it’s time to go to India. Yes!
The
plane that departs to the ‘land of the tiger’, the ‘land of Buddha’, the ‘land
of the jungle book’… to the MYSTERIOUS SUBCONTINENT OF INDIA leaves in about 7 hours.
So, we leave from Aachen to Dusseldorf; Dusseldorf to London; London to
Mumbai and from Mumbai to our final destination: Pune!
Yes. A very long day and a half awaits! This time I will be 100%
available for writing the blog. Promise, no more disappearing! It will be fun and different,
I reckon.
I AM VERY NERVOUS. Yes sir! And no doubt, that for this 3 months and a
1/2 I will very much miss my four-legged friends..the horses. I’ll see if I
can find myself an elephant instead (maybe a good idea for my curriculum's 'unique selling point')!
Ok readers, I will be writing when I find myself listening to Hindi rather than German!
PEACE,
Your rider/writer
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