Flying in the air and flying into the water (separately)

Today has been the most fun days so far--I have been laughing so hard that my abs are getting a workout (something that has not happened since the beginning of the month).

We had our normal class in the morning before heading off to Nice for parasailing and banana boating.

The sun was out and it was beautiful, as always. In Nice, the water is the clearest and bluest of all of the beaches, like that at St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Three at a time, we went parasailing along the coast--the second time I have done parasailing since I did it beginning of high school in Outer Banks, NC. I love it then and I love it now. 

You literally feel like you're flying, and not just flying in an airplane. Like in-your-dreams flying. Like I-wish-I-had-this-as-a-superpower flying. Your feet are dangling and the view is...one that people never see unless you go parasailing along the Côte d'Azur because, I mean, you are up in the air over the Mediterranean see. I wish I could have brought my camera up there to remember the coastline, and there aren't words to describe it...spectacular. 

Up in the air!

After that, we had the chance to go banana boating which is basically like tubing except you do it with 5 other people, and you straddle the Flyfish and hold onto the handle for dear life, kind of like bull riding (but with two hands.) And oh my goodness, I screamed and laughed my head off it was so exciting and wild. The boat was going so fast that the "flying fish" was literally almost flying off the water, bringing us with it. I was trying so hard to hold on, but it was futile--I kaplombed off the boat (while laughing of course). But that force, combined with the fact that the friction of the seat and bottom of the raft were so low (water made it slippery) made it so easy to crash into the water. It was so absurd and hard and the fact that everyone was yelling made the ride so thrilling. 

Needless to say, Nice is an awesome place, and the parasailing and fly fishing/banana boating brought some excitement into a day at the beach.