Purnuškės village in Nemenčinė District of Vilnius District
Municipality is located north of Vilnius city. In Purnuškės there is
a Europa Park (Europos parkas). According to a calculation by French
scientists from 1989, the center of Europe (Lithuanian Europos
centras) is located here. Geographers from the Institut Géographique
National, the national surveying authority in France, calculated the
coordinates ♁54° 54′ 0″ N, 25° 19′ 0″ E for the geographic center of
Europe, i.e. the centroid of all land areas counted as part of
Europe.
Strictly speaking, the middle point in the forest is
about 762 m south-southwest of Europapark and 180 km below the
surface of the earth. However, the calculation method allows for
this tolerance.
MUSHROOM MANOR STABLES™ For your rest and refreshment from the hustle
and bustle of the city, family entertainment and outings, children's and
adults' horse riding, fun sleigh rides, kindergarteners' and
schoolchildren's outings, education and graduation celebrations, in all
kinds of forms and occasions that only you can think of.
Our family's
private horse stable (although we call it simply stables) is suitable
for recreational and educational events, family recreation and
entertainment - we are waiting for you at the 26th kilometer of the
Molėtai highway, right next to the highway, near the European
geographical center and golf courses.
About children's birthdays:
After arriving, the guests look around, walk around the horses in the
pens and gather in the stables. You look around the stables, we pet, we
laugh. After congratulating the solinezant and presenting the gifts, I,
the gaspador, call everyone in the center of the stables and give a
programmatic speech about the place where we are, why it is the way it
is. What and how, I will tell you a little about horses and stables and
how important the horse is in the life of a Solinezant and in general a
person. I also congratulate the solinezant and give a real horseshoe for
happiness. We chat a little more about how to behave in stables, how to
communicate with horses, how to pet, what can and should not be done.
When I ask all our pets not to give treats, we invite everyone to feast,
the feast begins and so on.
The music starts playing and we have a
snack. All food is not portioned, served on a buffet basis and, as a
rule, in the stables themselves. You yourself do everything as much as
you want, you help the children to serve themselves, who wants to sit at
the table, who wants to stand or any other place, if you find a nice
place for yourself. For larger options, some or all of the action is
moved outside, to an outdoor patio, a carport, and even a garden, and
sometimes some of the food is served in the garden. But that requires
bigger companies and more serious ambition.
The stables themselves
have a table where you can sit, a corner for coffee, tea and drinks.
Some of the food assortment changes depending on the season, but not a
single party has passed without boiled potatoes, which we eat with
semolina salt and simply with our hands, because it tastes better that
way. Sometimes we cook real borscht, and sometimes we serve real
crackers with freshly pickled cucumbers to the potatoes. To drink, we
offer water, cranberry jelly, rhubarb drink or similar. In a word,
tasty, stylish and filling. Small and large will eat, apparently even
those children who do not seem to eat anything at all. Then, right here
in the stables, on a real fire with real ancient pans, we bake real worm
pancakes, maybe even the best in the world. Therefore, the cake you can
bring with you should be small, because you won't be able to eat the big
one.
When the children have eaten their first meal, we saddle up the
pony, take them to the arena and start riding, while the parents watch
everything, take pictures and continue to eat, because the entire riding
arena is clearly visible from the table through the open gate of the
stables. At the beginning, the children go around the circle, then they
get a second one, and the biggest enthusiasts do that. The horse is
usually chosen according to the age of the children, because it is a
very small pony, so two-year-olds ride it, it is bigger, and it can be a
small horse or even a big horse. We seat the children, walk them, give
them small helmets and hold them, or father or mother can hold them to
make them more comfortable.
After riding, the children have a meal,
walk in the stables, talk to the horses, watch and pet them, play and
run outside, but then the cooking of worm pancakes already begins, so
the children gather at the bar, watch the baking process, sometimes
fight over the pancakes and eat until will not explode. Adults will also
have to, but either before the children see, or when they are full, or
when they lose their vigilance.
At that time, it is already time for
the birthday cake, followed by tears that "I will stay here", "I don't
want to leave", "I still need to say goodbye to Pupa".
The
typical format of the celebration is about 20 people, for 3 hours, with
children's riding, main food and drinks, the price is negotiable. In
addition, it is possible to coordinate a larger number of participants
(about 30, 40 or as much as you wish), a longer duration of the event,
larger quantities and assortment of food and drinks, we can ride in a
carriage instead of riding, or you can also ride and ride, you can give
the celebration a theme, increase the educational part , even push out
the cannon and salute with three volleys of celebratory salute.