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We started our second day with a delicious breakfast prepared by Olinda, the mother of our friend Una. Coffee and orange juice were accompanied by homemade bread prepared with many spices. When bread is smeared with butter, cream cheese and homemade jam berries of both local and other fruit: the rubharb. We also ate crepes, or “pancakes crisis” as they call it in Iceland. This is because they are made with leftovers from the preparation of porridge, which is a typical breakfast food in times of crisis.

After breakfast we take a walk around the farm, we approach the horses has Olinda. She trains, and presents exhibitions and competitions. In total there were 29 horses of all ages, including three of them born just a few months earlier in the spring.

Horses are very curious and approached us as we walked parallel to them, allowing acariciasemos. It was her way of greeting and welcome us to Iceland. Also arrived just in time to witness the whole process of courtship and romance that took place between a pair of horses on the farm.

Icelandic horses are different horses from around the world. They are slightly smaller and have lots of hair on the head. These horses have a lot of will and energy, but, nevertheless, also have a very sweet temperament. They are horses with a lot of resistance and have five different ways of walking or jogging. One of these is very stable trot, the rider barely seen the horse’s movement when performing this type of jogging.

These horses are isolated from the rest of the world, Iceland’s policy is that once a horse leaves the island, though only as to present it in a contest – can not return to it. Thus, not made mixtures Icelandic horses and other horses. This is why the characteristics of Icelandic horses have survived intact for centuries.

Snati came with us to see the horses. On the tour, tried to help, barking at the horses and trying to control them, how they “protect” during the trip. Later, once we set our bags and got ready to leave, we bid farewell to Olinda and Snati. It was around 13:00 when we started our journey along the south coast of Iceland, which would take us down the road to the area of ​​mountains in the center of the country.