Surfs up DUDE!

So it's been a pretty exciting weekend so far I'd say. On Friday, right after work I headed to the local movie theater to see the movie 300, which was just released over here in Europe on Thursday and was an awesome movie. I didn't end up doing else that night because I had to get a good nights sleep for today...when of all things, I was going to attempt surfing. I never thought the first time I tried surfing would be in the middle of March, in Ireland, but apparently that's where it took place. This afternoon, the weather was pretty much perfect (by Ireland's standards), so a guy I work with invited me to go with him to try our luck at surfing. His brother surfs, so we were able to borrow his board and we ended up renting wet suits down at the beach.
The beach was in a town called Garretstown, close to the town of Kinsale that I have mentioned in earlier posts. The place is amazing, as you can see by the pictures I took. At the beach, the waves were about as big as you would want if you have never surfed before, probably similar to the waves at Misquamicut or something. I was able to stand up a couple times, but only for a few seconds. Long enough that I can proclaim that I have surfed before though...hah. Maybe I'll have to buy myself a board when I come back to the States and make it my new hobby. After "surfing" for a bit, I wandered to these bluffs that were right down the road. You can also see these in the pictures, but they were amazing. Some of the bluffs had about 50 foot drops, with some caves and deep holes in them...pretty crazy stuff.

I'm exhausted now, but tomorrow I might take a drive over to Killarney, which is supposed to be a real nice town about 2 hours from here or so. If that falls through, I might be going to play my first game of Squash with another guy that I work with. I have no idea how to play, but it should be fun none the less.