点评:We were a group of three – two adults and one child (13 years old) – and had booked a self-guided tour. The welcome was very friendly, they took a lot of time with us, and the horse shop is also great.
We were told that all the ponies were very friendly, easy-going, and used to traffic and everything outdoors. Right at the beginning, however, we encountered two trucks, one coming from the front and one from behind. The drivers were very kind and even switched off their engines. Nevertheless, my pony became very frightened and only went backwards. As we did not have a whip, it was impossible to get past. I am used to difficult and spooky horses at home, but in that case you should not say the ponies are completely reliable and used to everything – especially when a child is involved.
We went back and changed the pony. However, the second one hardly wanted to move and would not even leave the property. At that point I also understood why the instructions repeatedly mentioned using a branch if the ponies did not want to walk forward. As we didn't also like to trot so long on tarmac roads, this isn't common at our place.
At that stage we had lost confidence, especially because we had a child with us, so we decided to stop the tour. The General Manager was very kind and spoke to us about a possible solution for another time, but unfortunately that does not help much now, as we travelled here especially from abroad and the tour was expensive.
翻译:我们一行三人——两名成人和一个13岁的孩子——预订了自助游。接待人员非常热情友好,花了很多时间照顾我们,马场也很棒。
他们告诉我们所有的小马都很友善、温顺,而且习惯了车流和户外环境。然而,刚开始我们就遇到了两辆卡车,一辆从前面驶来,一辆从后面驶来。司机们非常友善,甚至熄了火。尽管如此,我的小马还是受到了惊吓,不停地往后退。由于我们没有鞭子,根本无法让它通过。我平时在家养的马也比较难驯服,胆子也比较小,但即便如此,也不能说这些小马完全可靠,什么都习惯——尤其是有孩子在场的情况下。
我们只好返回去换了一匹马。然而,第二匹马几乎不想走,甚至都不愿意离开场地。这时我才明白,为什么说明书上反复提到,如果小马不想往前走,要用树枝引导它。由于我们也不喜欢在柏油路上走那么久,这种情况在我们这里并不常见。
当时我们已经失去了信心,尤其因为带着孩子,所以我们决定结束这次旅行。总经理非常友善,和我们讨论了下次再来的可能性,但很遗憾,这对我们现在来说没什么帮助,因为我们是从国外专程过来的,而且这次旅行费用不菲。