I got a tan

I went swimming at the local Schwimmbad yesterday. It’s beautiful, clean, and cheap–like a lot of things here. The ground is trash-free because Germans cannot, by their nature, litter. Plus, beer cups have a two euro Pfand on them just in case. (Remember what that is? Read here).

It’s a park with green grass and three or four swimming pools. And even though this is Europe, there was no one sunbathing naked. Germans are more lax than Americans in this regard, but this is not the place for that. A few very small kids ran around naked. (My sense is that child abduction isn’t as obsessed over here as in America).

There is a really fun water-slide. Because it is German-made, it was very modern looking with all-steel construction.

I forgot to bring my swimsuit to Germany, so I bought some new trunks. They are definitely European-looking and probably too short for an American beach.