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A SCENE STRAIGHT FROM A JULES VERNE NOVEL
From: The Boston Globe
Date: 19890212
Author:Richard Pennington, Globe Staff
LIPICA, Yugoslavia - When I read in Fodor's guide that one could ride Lipizzaners in northern Yugoslavia, I knew it would be hard for me, a horse owner and enthusiast, to resist going there. I scheduled my visit toward the end of my trip, and splurged on a good hotel room and fine food.
Lipica (pronounced lip-PIZA) offers something for just about anyone interested in horses. Hundreds of thousands of tourists come to see the daily performances of the Spanish Riding School movements: the piaffes ("trotting on the spot"), passages, pirouettes, courbettes, levades and caprioles. There are ...
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