For those of you non-horse enthusiasts, or perhaps more honestly, all "ya'll" living far from Kentucky, you may not have heard of the World Equestrian Games. For the past few years the Bluegrass has been all abuzz about hosting these games, the equine equivalent to the Olympics. This year, 2010, Lexington was chosen to host the WEG games, the first time the games have left European soil. So this was big stuff! Roads were patched and paved, buildings painted, towns spruced up for the projected influx of hundreds of thousands of visitors, many of whom from foreign lands.
The games covered the last week and September and the first week of August. Our streak of unseasonable weather continued, ushering out one of the hottest, driest summers on record and bringing in a cold snap complete with rain. I hope all those poor tourists brought some warm clothing to wear!
My parents were able to come down for the last weekend of the games and we took the oppurtunity to tour Lexington and see all the events and sights created especially for the tourists. Like the thouroughbred statues, sponsered by businesses and decorated by local artists...
We also stopped by the city block that was televising the games...
As well as enjoying the beauty of Lexington...
And...no words to describe this lunch advertisement near Rupp Arena...
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