A View From Above

by Calla Jones Corner

Paris Olympics, 2024. Source: Alamy

Ballooning Over Burgundy

I said I’d never go up in a hot air balloon again. But that was a terrified me thirty- five years ago. And here I was, relaxed and enjoying the views of the French Côte d’Or with my family and a handful of French at 1500 meters, hovering over vineyards, pastures, and fields.

In 1979 I was contac…