First steps with some hesitation, then faster and running.. Then, the feet that were cut off from the ground, the soft change of the wind to your skin and silence. Peace with silence. Does silence ever come with peace? Especially if someone who talks as much as me would say this?
If they were asked to describe peace beforehand, I would say the sound of the waves or the chirping of a bird in the forest or being on the road.. From now on, I mean being on the road or floating in the sky with a paraglider.. I experienced paragliding for the first time in Tekirdağ Uçmakdere. Why am I so late?. Yes, the beginning As a person from Çorlu, this flight was the first sign that I would look at Thrace, which I always put in the background, as perhaps one of the safest areas of single-woman travel in my travels.
First we stopped on the hill where we were going to make the jump.. We watched the athletes and their preparations. After saying that this is how it is and enjoying the view, we rushed down to eat Tekirdağ meatballs to feed our hungry bellies.. None of us had the patience because. Since the meatballs were too big, I ate their meatballs and left their bread.. (Yes, don’t be surprised, I eat meat a few times a year, and Tekirdağ meatballs is one of the meats I can eat without discomfort).
What was I talking about, not a jump?! I immediately signed myself into one of the groups that would make the jump first.. I was dying to be among the first to experience such an experience.. While the instructors were preparing the equipment, I both examined the campsite and spent time with the puppies.. When the teachers called our names, we immediately got into the minibus and went up the hill.. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to offer you janjan selfies because I don’t have a camera suitable for shooting and I don’t have the courage to carry my phone because I don’t have a pocket.. What I’m about to show is all my feelings. Hoop what did I say in the first place. Peace!
My heartbeat hasn’t accelerated for a moment, on the contrary, it may have even slowed down.. I could hang in the air for hours and watch the view.. I never felt like we were on the decline. If I wasn’t sensing that we were approaching the ground, I would have thought we were floating in the air.. There was an indescribable calm and peace on me.. When I’m calm, my normally silent mouth shuts. I can’t talk. And that only happens when I’m sailing, on the road, or when I’m lovingly put to sleep. Ha, many people say, you were already traveling. It’s not like that. 4 days road, not the road for me. When you say road, you will go away, you will not come for a few months. You will know that everything has changed but you will hope that nothing has changed. Hope! Biggest supporter to succeed. With your hopes, you will parachute from Uçmakdere and land in Rishikesh.. You will never come back again!
Then a warning: “Run while descending Tuğçe, just as you do in takeoff, don’t stop”. A gentle glide. Runs a few steps and I’m back where I started. Hello world, I’m back!