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Nov 2006: II World Conference for Natural Hoofcare and Holistic Horse Treatment

Six South Africans have attended the Second World Conference for Natural Hoofcare and Holistic Horse Treatment from 13-15 November 2006 in Tuebingen, Germany.

Delegates from many countries attended the conference, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Chechnia, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and the USA. Each country or region reported on their local hoofcare situation

Building SA-Swedish relations at the Wurstkuche




The busy conference registration desk at Hotel Stadt Tuebingen




A representative of the mayor of Tuebingen welcoming us to their town



South Africans participating in a guided walking tour of Tuebingen



Picturesque Tuebingen



Dr Strasser presenting her paper: „Relationship of Body Posture to Hoof Situation“



People flocking to speak to Alexander Nevzorov after his moving presentation



Attendees at the dinner dance held after the conference



South Africans dancing with the Strassers



The day after the conference, one of the presenters at the conference, Andreas Kummer, invited us to visit his natural fertilizer factory in Grimme, near Leipzig (previously in East Germany).

Andreas had a sports-car for the Autobahn!



En route, we went shopping for wine in the historical town of Iphofen, in the Steigerwald



Stables In Grimme, we visited his offices, factory and also his horses (of course)



Then we walked along genuine cobble-stoned streets to go shopping for excellent goats' milk cheese



Andreas also showed us the old farrier shop that he converted into beautiful dancing studios for his wife



On my last day in Germany, the owner of the guest house, Frau Emma Dieter, invited us on a professionally guided tour of their local castle, the Burg Hogenzollern.

The friendly and comfortable Guest House



A view of the Hohenzollern Castle through the Black Forest



Stuttgart Airport Too soon, it was time to return to Stuttgart Airport and board a
plane going home, where we hope to implement our new knowledge about hoofcare.