A truly Russian experience is the Troika Ride. It is a traditional sleigh ride with three horses pulling the sleigh - with sleigh bells and all. Dora loved it. We kept singing songs about horses and sleigh rides. We teased her about being 'upsot' and she held on real tight to the sleigh when we went over a bumpy, swaying spot. It was great fun. The day was perfect - a light snow was falling, we were in the woods and it was such fun to have this troika ride!!!
Isn't that a pretty sleigh? And the driver - a sweet Russian girl who has been around horses all her life and 'I just know how to work with horses since I was very young' - all dressed up in a traditional Russian shirt.
Going through the woods in our 'one-horse open sleigh'. Now you know why they have to specify how many horses!!!
After the lovely time riding horses we all had lunch together
these are some great pictures. i'll put that on my to do list for the next visit! Dora- it's good you held on tight and didn't fall out!!
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