As a result of a permanent annoying and absolute stubborn friend,
I finaly agreed to attend a beginners course for scuba diving!
* * * ( Rainer L., yes that was the guy.. ) * * *
The course was held at a swimming pool near Darmstadt / Germany.
After a few standard practices,
the diving instructor decided to let me swim around by myself.

During the first minutes it was pretty exciting, but after a short time it started to get boring.
Well, what do you expect in a swimming pool. All you can see are tiles.

After the course, I was asked:" did you enjoy the experience?"
My respond to that question was:" Yes, It was awesome!"
There was nothing you could see, so why say awesome....
Anyway, a few months later I had finished the final test.
Now I am an OWD "Open Water Diver"

It's now or never! In 2006 I complete the deep and underwater navigation Adventure Dives With Rene who is a PADI Instructor on the Maldives. Then, I selected three additional dives to move a level up. Now I am: "Advanced Open Water Diver"