Hot air ballooning

Hot air ballooningAt my 40 years birthday, some of my friends gave me a gift voucher to a hot air balloon, because I always said that I was getting old. They meant that a trip in a hot air balloon would tell me that I wasn’t old yet. When I came to the place where the balloon was, I was very surprised to see how big it was. I greeted at the guy I should fly with. He was a nice guy called James. He already has made the balloon ready to fly, so we hurried to go. Finely we left the ground and rose higher and higher. At least we couldn’t see my friends anymore. It was very beautiful to look out over the water and se all the small boats. At a time we flew over a little town, where the people stopped their cars and looked up to see the balloon. I remembered a very cool red car with a girl who was very happy to see a hot air balloon. The man who was in the balloon with me said that he knew that girl, and she always wanted to see a hot air balloon and fly in it. Unfortunenately her father doesn’t let her do it because it is so expensive, and he is afraid of heights. Then I got the idea. I could pick her up, if it was all right with her parents. So we flew down to them and asked. Her father wasn’t happy about it, but in the end he said yes. Then we helped her up in the balloon and left the ground and flew away. The girl thanked us very much and she was very happy. I’ve been so glad to see the girl smile so much because of me. The girl told us that it has been her biggest dream since she was five years old. After two and a half hour we should land again. So first we flew back with the girl and then we fly back to the place where I started. I said goodbye to James and thanked him for a very nice trip and for picking up the girl. I told him that it was the best birthday I ever had.