Scuba Diving.

David and I have been interested in scuba diving for a while now. It just so happens that our friend Denis Grandidier used to be a diving instructor at a pool very close to our apartment. So yesterday he told us about an informational gathering that they would be having...followed by a baptism into diving! (Baptism, meaning that we got the chance to try it out to see if it was something we would enjoy and may consider pursuing)

So this is where it all took place. After we went through a room with some pictures and videos all about scuba diving with this club we went to the pool!

It's been so long since we've been to a pool, just being there was exciting. Anyway, below is a picture of my instructor (the one with the blue swim cap on). After they give you a brief orientation of the equipment and what you'll be doing, you get an instructor who takes you around the pool to make sure you don't have any problems. His name is Reggie (probably spelled "Regis" but I'll call him Reggie).

Although we weren't able to take pictures of ourselves we were able to take some of our friend John doing it, because he showed up later. (He had Reggie too)

For some reason they require you to wear swim caps...even when you're just coming to swim at this pool for fun. So they gave them out for free to anyone who wanted to get baptized. David's was black and mine was blue - of course. In the pool they also put some pictures of fish and had a tube releasing bubbles to create a more realistic atmosphere. (hahaha) I told Reggie that they needed to add some of those mechanical fish that swim on their own. He said that he had some at home...but he couldn't find them. Oh well!

For the pictures that they took of everyone, with a waterproof camera, go here. (There aren't very many of us...but you can see, in general, what we did.)

http://nautilus.asso.fr/

Then to "Photos"

Then to "Baptêmes 12/5"

So, by the end of the day it was official! We were baptized!

And we have certificates to prove it :o)

Because of all this we plan to join the club when they start certifying people again in October. It's going to be a lot of fun. We will be doing it with our friends John and Katherine and whoever else we can recruit from now until then. Woohoo - scuba diving trips to come!