GOURDON: PARAGLIDING

GOURDON: PARAGLIDING-COME FLY WITH ME

Gourdon  is an anchient and picturesque perched village in Provence, France.Tourists love to pay the village a visit. You find many boutiques, a glass blower, nice restaurants, an early – 17 century fortress, just to mention some good reasons to go there. The chateau was completey rebuilt in 1610. Gourdon is rated as one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France. Queen Victoria visited the site in 1891 too. I agree to all the nice comments said about the village – and I will add: A nice place to watch paragilding in air while drinking good French wine  making an attempt to enjoy the view from the village. If you stay at the beach in Nice during summertime, you might discover that every five minute a plane is arriving the city. At Gourdon you will not find many planes in air making a lot of noise, but a lot of paragilders who want to greet you

. The paragilders are discovering France from above. No engine is used. They  are experiencing the freedom from traffic noise, freedom from traffic jam, freedom from walking people and traffic lighst. No bicycle paths to pay attention to. You are your own master and leader.  I must admit that I have never done it myself, paragliding – only watching the brave pilots. Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: Lightweight,freeflying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The flight can last for hours and cover many hundreds of kilometres.  Take a look at the photos I took  of the brave pilots in March 2014. Above all: Go to Gourdon and enjoy the view and the paragilders.