Visited Nayal in Italy at Fontanella Magic Arabians.

Aj Nayal . His tail was straight up.

 I took my husband, and two kids, and went to Italy to visit Nayal.

It was so exciting to see the sign: "Fontanella Magic Arabians". I recognized the logo from Facebook, and when the gates opened, I got a lot of butterflies in my stomach, and I could see large fields of mares with foals, yearlings and 2- year old horses.

We drove thorough the gates, and saw the big oxes with tremendous horns, the Italian Puli donkey, mini ponies and even a llama and some chickens. The nice, green grass with a lot of palm threes gave us a gate up to the stables,
and Mr.. Fontanella and his secretary waited for us up whit the office.

The hospitality of Mr.. Fontanella was really good, and we got to see his museum of trophies and horse equipments. Even the kids were amazed.

Aj Nayal. Straight egyptian stallion.

And then it was time to meet Nayal. I was a bit scared that he would not be as nice as the pictures. Pictures can be just the best moments, and when you see the horse in real life, it is often not as good as the pictures, but with Nayal I was not disappointed.

The  stallion was galloping in the paddock like a norwegian snow storm, and two trainers helped driving him around. They didn`t have to do much. He shook his head, and waved his mane, and the tail was like a flag in the wind behind him. His big, black eyes followed the trainers, when he ran around.

It took some time before he could go down to a trot, but when he did, my heart almost stopped. It was like he floated above the ground! He was like a unicorn-pegasus, and I knew I did the right choice.

I didn`t "talk" the same way his trainers did. 

After a lot of pictures, and videos, he came down to a walk, and wanted to say hello to me. I had some carrots and an apple for him, and he had never tasted apple, so it took him a lot of time to figure out how he could eat it without taking all the apple inside his mouth at one time. But eventually he put it on the ground and took smaller pieces.

Then Nayal came over to me, and he sniffed me in the ear. If I was a bit unsure at the start, it was all gone now. He was so calm and gentle, even though he just ran a round at high speed in the paddock.

Aj Nayal. Ay Ayal AA x Nashwah AA

The trainer came over and put on his halter, and gave the lead to me.

I have just recovered from a broken ancle, so I was walking very slowly with pain, and normally I wouldn`t have taken the lead of a strange horse, but Nayal was so calm, and he just held his head in a low position and told me not to worry, he wouldn`t do anything.

We did just a little training session, and I found out he was easy to move around. He had no problem moving his hind or his front, or back up, and go foreward. A good start, I think.

Nayal was curious and kind. He wondered who I was, and I did, clearly, "talk" in a different way than his trainers.

After the visit we went to Napoli and saw Vesuvio and Pompeii. All together we had a perfect holiday, and I got to see Nayal two days in a row. Now I can`t wait until he gets to Norway...

Aj nayal