The adrenaline rushed through my veins. I was one with the clouds and could see all the way to the horizon. A feeling of weightlessness and freedom. The world below me suddenly seemed surreal. Like a Playmobil version of my otherwise so familiar surroundings, my home. Only I was up here. Alone with the clouds and my thoughts. Below me, I recognized the Speicherstadt and the Elphi. Viewed from above, everything seemed so new, as if I had never seen this place before. Flying was so unfamiliar and bizarre that everything felt new. Breathing, seeing, hearing, and feeling. The wind on my skin and the fresh air that I breathed in deeply. I only heard a soft rustling in my ears, or was it the beating of my heart? I enjoyed it as long as the adrenaline was still having its effect, knowing that with my fear of heights, I might soon lose control. In my thoughts, however, I was only on this one thing. Freedom. Detached from everything, I floated through the air and never wanted to come down again.