Up, up and away!

On Tuesday, 2nd June 2009, we finally took our hot air balloon ride! We had been trying to go for almost a year - the dates we picked never agreed with the weather until now!


It was a really nice experience - to float along in the breeze and see things from a different perspective.


We went with two other couples, so we were 7 people in all including the pilot.

Although we were passengers, we also had crew duties and were involved in the setting up and packing up of the balloon - not what we expected, but it was still good.

We took off at a vineyard and landed in a cow paddock!

Afterwards we enjoyed a champagne breaksfast at Chateau Yering, which was scrumptious! Unfortunately for us we had to share our breakfast experience with the other passengers from our flight. It wasn't that bad, but it would have been nice to have some time to ourselves in that nice place.

Back on the home front, we have been busy organising the little bits and pieces for our trip to Germany. Ulf now has his visa stamped in his passport and we're working out what to do with our little red car before we go. We still need to find a housesitter, organise someone to take us to the airport and pick us up again when we get back, and, of course, sell our six little rabbit babies! By the end of June they will be six weeks old and ready to leave their mother. So it's all happening here at the Jetters!

We can't wait to see our German family and friends again! Yipee!