It's funny, I caught up with a friend on Friday night and she called me a dark horse. Apparently I don't seem like the dare-devil type. I have to admit, I don't feel like I'm a dare-devil. I have been tandem sky-diving, gliding, had a joy flight in a tiger moth plane and had a balloon ride, in the past few years but I just figure the fact that my friend is a bit afraid of heights is the reason she thinks I'm a dare-devil.
I did the balloon ride in August 2004 and I was looking at the pics again recently. I may put some pics up of it later. The views from the balloon were spectacular. Here's a teaser...
Oh and if by any chance, you were wondering how the night out on Wednesday was - it was lovely. I had Rabbit and Pork Terrine to start, Spiced Lamb for mains and Triple Chocolate for dessert. The food was mostly really nice, particularly the Rabbit and Pork Terrine - I've never had Rabbit before. The only thing I was disappointed in was one of the pieces of lamb. We were given 3 pieces of it and two were melt in the mouth delicious, but the other piece was gristly and fatty (of course, that happened to be the last piece I tried, so it disappointed me a bit). The dessert was heavenly! White chocolate custard, chocolate mousse and a rich chocolate tart. Since I took my blood glucose levels before dinner (I was feeling a bit weird) and saw a 10 (180), I figured I'd better go easy. So I only had half the tart and a spoonful of the custard. I ate all the mousse though (yum!). Good thing though was that about an hour and a half afterwards my levels were 4.7 (84.6).
It was very strange not to have Chickie there for the night. He apparently had a great time with his grandparents though. I think he really missed us, because he's been telling me he loves me and that I'm the best mum ever, a lot in the last few days (and yes, he's said similar things to his dad too).
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Helicopters are really loud :-( I went in one when I was 6 for a joy ride and it scared the bejezzers outta me...
Good luck!
Chickie was desperate to come with us but I thought it better not to take him. He's only 4 still.
I figure if he's still interested when he's older, it'll be a good excuse to go again ;)
wow. I've always wanted to go up in a balloon but never had the chance, and a helicopter ride would be fantastic.
Am glad to hear that your night out was a success and that Chickie was fine without you
Both the balloon ride and helicopter ride were heaps of fun. If you do ever get the chance to go up in a balloon, take it. It was brilliant.
I might try to get the photos of the balloon ride up today.
Same thing with the helicopter as a balloon....no freakin way man! I'm glad that you had fun though....adventurous people deserve to have a blast for their troubles. Your dinner sounds delicious but Im not sure I could eat Thumper....I'm glad you, J and Chickie survived the evening apart!
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