Hot Air Ballooning

During our France holiday in Sept, we went over to Dijon for a few days. I chose Dijon as a stop because I wanted to visit the vineyards of Burgundy. Dijon is the main city in the area of Burgundy. And Burgundy is the place for good wines. The world's most expensive vineyard, Romanee Contii is located right in the heart of Burgundy too.

We did hot air ballooning during one of our days there. It was a new and wonderful experience, flying over countless of vineyards, small towns and the forest areas where we get a nice view of the autumn foliage. WF managed to capture the entire experience on video. And I've edited the clip where it showed how the balloon got inflated and how we flew up.



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As for landing, we can't record it down as we needed to brace ourselves for the fall. Ask me when you see me in future. Its easier to describe verbally.



If you're interested in doing hot air balloon in Dijon in future, you can contact Air Escargot. They don't fly everyday, so make sure you get the dates right before you start to plan the trip.

And in all French style, we celebrated our landing and the enjoyable journey with champagne.