She nodded. "I was swimming before I could walk. Not everyone in California surfs, but growing up in San Diego, it's hard NOT wanting to learn. Everyone spends so much time on the beach," she said, feeling slightly homesick. Maybe she should have gone home for winter break. 'Hey, I thought you could technically eat fish from the Hudson now?" she asked. This was her fourth year in the New York City area, she knew somet things about New York, at least the lower half of the state.