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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\"hot-air<\/p>\n

It happened again! We had to wait 2 years for it but it happened – that magical Oz moment of my childhood dreams. Let’s forget that with age and height I suddenly became a little more terrified of heights than I used to be. I’ve jumped off a cliff to glide over the beaches of Rio – only had my\u00a0eyes shut for 5 minutes. I’ve hiked up volcanos & mountains (as long as I don’t look down, I’m just fine). I’ve ridden in the tiniest helicopter and it wasn’t till towards the end that I really needed that thing to land. But my ultimate dream? A hot air balloon, that’s what!<\/p>\n

You can spot the balloon often enough in the skies over Uz\u00e8s – even spotted them over the Intermarch\u00e9 supermarket in Montaren. They go wherever the winds are pulling them (not too much, not too little).\u00a0 I’ve been told that as they are at the mercy of the weather, they could call you up the night before a possible flight to either cancel or be up and ready by 4 am.<\/p>\n

We’ve sometimes had the pleasure of hearing them when they blast the fires as they pass over our house. While I have been into a balloon once, in Paris at the Andr\u00e9 Citro\u00ebn<\/a> park, it was tethered to the ground and there was no hot air – not fair. So when I heard about the Envol\u00e9e C\u00e9leste coming back again, I was all about it. I have to say that the price of a ride calmed me down a bit but I suppose if you share a ride with a few friends it could be doable.<\/p>\n

It was a beautiful (warm), October day in the Pays d’Uz\u00e8s. Apparently too warm for the hot air balloons though. Something about up-winds of hot air making it possible that the balloons would take off to far off lands. Remi (our soon to be 4-year old), was invited to a birthday party of one of his classmates and the child’s mother had the brilliant\u00a0idea of holding this gathering at the Pont du Gard.<\/p>