A New Adventure...

Luis and I started Scuba Diving lessons last week. It is an interesting sport and very difficult at first. This past Saturday was our first open water dive off the coast of Sicily. It was a beautiful spot and there were fish and sea urchins in the water accompanied by a few jelly fish. I had a hard time getting my ears to equalize under the water and my mask was on too tight so now my eyes resemble that of a racoon's ever so slightly from the suction of the mask.

We went out to another spot today for a second dive but only Luis dove today because my ears were still sore and I was tired. It actually worked out good because there were a lot of jelly fish in the water today. Way more than on Saturday. So I layed out on the boat deck instead and got a little sun, something I am trying not to do too much while I am here even though it is tempting. This was actually the first time I had really spent a significant period of time in the sun since we arrived here in Italy. But I used 30 proof sunblock so I didn't really burn. We were only out there for about an hour.

We will go on another open water dive next Saturday. I have decided that one dive a weekend is enough for me at least until I get better at it. Wish me luck!