We left to go into Santa Teresa about 7:30. We had breakfast at The Bakery and order tons of yummy food and I had a very good latte. We've had some really good food and great service this trip. Everyone has been extremely nice and welcoming and again today was no different.
We had surf lessons scheduled for 9:30 and we got to the surf shop about a half hour early. Our lesson was with Javier and he was great. Pretty funny, French and joked around a lot. We had a good time. I have only surfed in Australia with Mesa and Bryan had only wake surfed so we were not experts. We spent some time on the shore going over the basics and when we got to the ocean the waves were big and the current was strong. We were not taking the huge waves but rather were about two breaks in from there. I feel like the waves and current were bigger and stronger than what we did in Australia, but I didn't have to paddle back out to get where I needed to be again. I could just hop the waves. Regardless, it was still exhausting. For the first few attempts Javier pushed us into the surf. I got up on the first push and Bryan was pretty close. I feel like he improved while I got worse. I think the more exhausted I got the less I could remember from our lesson.
Javier just kept telling me to slow it down and do the steps he called : cobra, down dog, back leg, front leg. And when I slowed it down I think I got it. I did about 4 in a row where I rode the wave in and had to jump off when it got too shallow. It felt great. I didn't get much time to watch Bryan but from what I could see he was improving. We were both paddling ourselves in and unless Bryan was off balance he would usually get up. The hard thing was that we were both on the same size boards. Mine felt big and for a beginner but it had to be a bit more unstable for his height and weight. I think he did a great job from what I could tell.
Of course we both swallowed a ton of salt water. Got beaten by the waves and each had to cover our heads to make sure our boards didn't wack us in the face. I said I just wanted to leave with all of my teeth, and I did that. So I say it was a success.
We made our way in around lunch time. It was low tide and he said we could go back out on our own again at high tide at about 3:30. We had the boards but we were both so exhausted and beat from being in the sun all morning and getting our butts kicked by the surf and the current. We both had little naps and tried to cool down.
We went back into town to return the boards and eat dinner. We hit up a nice little pizzeria on the beach where we (again) had a nice view of the sunset. I had a few Imperial beers and we shared a pizza. It was delicious and probably our cheapest meal we've had yet.
Came back to the house around 7 pm and had a night swim in the pool again. Felt nice and cooled ourselves off a bit after a long day.
Tonight is our last night in the house. Seems like it went by so quickly. I feel like we live here and other than us missing Cru and Ella baby, I feel like I could stay longer.
Santa Teresa is such a cute little surfer town and surprisingly has some amazing food and cute little shops with friendly locals. We have really enjoyed our time here.
We have a good part of the day tomorrow to hang out so it's not over yet.
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