On Sunday a couple of friends and me went to Universal CityWalk, as one of our friends’ birthday present was the iFly they have over there. It is an indoor skydiving experience. Even though I don’t believe it comes anywhere close to actual skydiving, which I have done 2 years ago. Jumping out of a plane, getting closer and closer to the ground until the parachute finally opens is something completely different than seeing the floor only a couple of feet underneath you and of course you also do not experience this moment sitting at the edge of the airplane, your feet hanging out of the plane, waiting to be pushed out by your instructor. This gives me chills just thinking about it again, and I will never forget the stupid smile I had on my face the entire day after the jump, against which I simply couldn’t do anything. But the indoor skydiving is a good start I would say and it is supposed to be fun, even though all the people look more like they are in pain, as their faces are deformed by the strong air pressure 😉 It was a lot of fun to watch, especially with the sound effects of all the kids going ohhh and ahhh every time somebody would fly up high 😀 And also looking at 5 year old kids going for a fly being bent over so much, almost touching their helmets with their feet, because of the air pressure, but still feeling like superman 🙂
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