I have learned that being spontaneous is one of the most liberating and sometimes rewarding attributes to have. My plan for this past spring break was to go to Lisbon and spend it with my mother and 2 of my sisters. We had plans to travel somewhere, either eastern Europe or simply take the car to somewhere in Spain. After a long discussion and not really deciding what we wanted to do, we were watching TV and there was a show about fish and my sister at that point said that she had always wanted to learn how to scuba-dive. That is what I did all spring break, LEARN HOW TO DIVE!!
It was such a surprise. I had never even considered scuba-diving, I had bungee jumping, sky diving and vertical climbing on my list of things to do, but scuba-diving had never even crossed my mind. We called a scuba-diving center and took a 5 day intensive course. We learned everything from the physics of diving , managing our equipment to how to react underwater in case of an emergency. The most incredible thing was that during our third open water dive our dive master (instructor) saw a group of fish and signaled us to follow them, so we did so as fast as we could, not knowing what was so special about these fish. Later on, we surfaced only to discover that they were extremely rare fish to the point that during 20 years of diving our dive master has only seen them once before. It was so exhilarating realizing that we were part of that, you need to try it to know what I am talking about. Another thing you never forget is your first breath underwater, it is such a unique feeling and it never leaves your memories. The atmosphere in general was very friendly and happy, divers are a very welcoming group. We made friends, learned a lot and most importantly got a diving LICENSE!!!
Now My sister and I have planned several diving trips, we have our little thing :)
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