The bumps batter and rattle the buses as they surf the sea of cobbles on the grand piazzas.

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Further down the road, by the Atlantic Beach Club, cars lined Memorial Boulevard along Easton Beach either to gawk at the surfers or surf the gray sea themselves.

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In the clubhouse, in a room overlooking surf rolling in from the Tasman Sea, walls are adorned with black-and-white pictures celebrating beach marching in its heyday.

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We spotted three sea otters lazily floating in the surf.

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Then the second phase: Discovery, where we push a little more and venture out more into the world: exercises classes prepare the body and the mind for such activities as river or sea kayaking, boogie or surf, zip-lining, stand-up paddle, to go beyond our fears.

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