Surf school graduate - not really.

Surfing in The Hague was great fun. 

First it was not quite 20 degrees C, but nothing four or five layers won't fix.
Then I had a great quinoa salad with fresh acai berry juice.
About an hour later a bit of sun appeared and I was successfully able to negotiate my wet, wet-suit just in time for yoga in the sand.
Finally - the surfing began.

Even though I ripped nearly every nail I have, including a tragic incident with my big toe, those waves are much larger than they look and sometimes it caused me to do underwater sommersaults and smash my face into the ocean sand - it was awesome.

I was lucky to be hit by another surf board only once because I am pretty sure mine hit more than a few people while I was underwater sommersaulting.

Anyway, I was spent and despite my instructor's best urging - I was not able to hop up and athletically smile for the camera.

But I am just fine with that.

Thanks to Lisa and Steve for cheering me on from the beach.