Saturday, August 26th, Slavonice, Czech Republic

Greetings!

Overseas Adventures Travel has a feature called "Day in the Life" where some of the days are focused helping us learn more about the residents of the countries we visit.  Today, we shared most of the day with Olga Guevaro and her family on her horse farm.  We were not only introduced to a working horse training facility, but to the lives of a couple whose stories again illustrated the political and social trajectories of Czechs over the past seventy years.

We also heard about the lives of the horses on the farm most of which were born here, and a couple whose lives were deeply entwined with Olga's.  Of their deep roots in nature growing up and maturing into adults, she said of her brother and her "He's turning into a  tree, and I'm turning into a horse.".  Watching her play and work with two of her horses in the corral, we could see the deep bonds whch she had developed with them.


Our experience was a lot more than listening, as we did farm stable work pitching straw and hay, and prepared the mid-day meal.  Her husband, Pavel. owns a 1,000 acre farm not far away which produces a large volume of staple food supplies for a large corporate distributor.  Together, they are a great example of successful pursuits of their childhood dreams, despite many obstacles and challenges.

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