{"id":2380,"date":"2013-11-05T20:19:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T18:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsrumybg.myraidbox.de\/wordpress\/katharina-kuhlmann-2\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T17:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T15:05:11","slug":"katharina-kuhlmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibiza-style.com\/en\/katharina-kuhlmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Katharina Kuhlmann \u2013 Entrepreneur, model, PETA activist and Vegan Society ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

I could feel the tension rising as I was waiting for my connecting flight to Ibiza at Palma de Mallorca Airport. I began to wonder whether my visit with a donation of food in my luggage for DUO dogs\u2019 home on behalf of Ibiza Style – the most popular magazine on the island – was even remotely newsworthy. After all, to me the island \u2013 just like Ibiza Style Magazine – symbolizes a jet set lifestyle, decadence and partying of course. To be honest, I felt a bit small.<\/p>\n

\"IBIZASTYLE_KATHARINAKUHLMANN-004\"<\/a>The moment I arrived in Ibiza its tropical heat embraced me by way of a greeting. Since I spent much of my childhood in Homestead, Florida this familiar climate instantly awoke fond memories in me giving me the feeling I was back home again. Nonetheless, uncertainty and nervousness followed me around like a shadow in the sunlight. In no time I was at the hotel – all dolled up – in the hope of fitting in with the island\u2019s style. I was still unaware of the criteria by which I had been invited to this shoot.<\/p>\n

When I got to marc\u2019s restaurant J\u00fcrgen Bushe – the magazine\u2019s publisher – welcomed me with a glass of champagne at the bar. Any stress I might have had was immediately dispelled by the open, cordial way he greeted me, to be replaced by a feeling of relief. \u201cIt\u2019s as if I have been here with him umpteen times,\u201d I thought to myself.<\/p>\n

But then how could it have been otherwise when it turned out that the owner of the restaurant – Marc Lindemann \u2013 comes from Hannover, just like me. The three of us got on like a house on fire right from the start. Marc had prepared a vegan dish especially for me, a scrumptious dessert – also vegan – and a coffee with soya milk. It\u2019s like a dream, I thought to myself. After this evening of outstanding cuisine in such good company I slept like a log in my beautiful room at Ibiza Grand Hotel.<\/p>\n

On the second day we set off for our first shoot at full steam \u2013 something that J\u00fcrgen apparently finds quite normal. \u201cBoy, oh boy\u201d I said to myself, \u201cyou and your big mouth!\u201d Because when he asked me the day before if I\u2019m also interested in polo, I\u2019d enthusiastically replied after a few glasses of wine, \u201cYes, very much, I\u2019ve even played polo occasionally.\u201d However, I had forgotten to mention that it was a few years ago, in 2008 \u2013 when I was on holiday in Argentina with my erstwhile great love, a polo player \u2013 and I only played with children and young people from the village\u2019s polo club.<\/p>\n

However, when Gabriel Iglesias, an Argentinean polo player with a four goal handicap led me onto the field as if I were an experienced player I realized that I still hadn\u2019t forgotten this passion for the saddle from five years ago. I gave it everything I\u2019d been taught in Argentina. I would have gone on playing all day if the heat hadn\u2019t been so merciless. What could possibly be better than a day of rugby on horseback?<\/p>\n

The fifth and sadly final day was my personal highlight of the week.
\nFirst of all, we went to a wonderfully pretty park where I tried to go for a walk with four splendid podencos. On the way there I\u2019d already discovered them in the form of a sculpture on an island in the middle of a roundabout. They seem to be the pride of Ibiza. Actually, I’m really skilled with dogs and also quite strong, since I also ride my two horses with my left and right hands, but these four whirlwinds took me \u2013 and not the other way round – for a walk. It was wickedly funny, especially for the people watching because I got all knotted up in the leads and almost fell over.<\/p>\n

After that we went to see Christiane at DUO dog home.<\/p>\n

\"IBIZASTYLE_KATHARINAKUHLMANN-001\"<\/a>My pallet with 300 kilos of dog food was gratefully accepted and 75 dogs began scampering and jumping for joy all around me, as if wanting to say thanks. I really fell for two dogs in particular. Caramelo (I christened him Tintin) and Pluto. I adopted Tintin and took him straight back home. As dogs are not allowed in hotels in Ibiza, regardless of how much extra you offer, I spent the night with Tintin in the rental car. Now he’s got a nice life with me and my other animals in Germany. More than two years ago he was found in a rubbish container. How sad that on the one hand, a breed of dog is symbolic of an island, while on the other hand dogs that aren\u2019t pure-bred are disposed of as waste.<\/p>\n

In a few weeks I\u2019ll be back on the island, with a vegan cake as a thank you for J\u00fcrgen Bushe and a further donation of dog food for DUO because the one I brought is only going to last for three weeks. And once again I\u2019m not going to be flying back alone. Pluto \u2013 who they tried to drown in the pool when he was a puppy – is going to accompany me. His permanent place in my heart is already assured. Soon he will have a home of his own, along with medical care since he\u2019s got leishmaniasis.<\/p>\n

Along with cute Struppi, aching muscles in my right arm from polo and a touch of sunburn, what I\u2019m also taking back from the island are wonderful moments and photos of Ibiza\u2019s beauty. Unfortunately, I\u2019m also left with the sad feeling that comes from seeing how pitiless people can be to animals.<\/p>\n

Thank you Ibiza for your light and for your shadow. And thank you Ibiza Style for the nostalgia I now feel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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