Escape from the Heat

As you may have heard, it's unbelievably hot this summer in Germany. And since there's no air-conditioning to be found in this country, the only way I had to escape the heat this weekend was to go the pool. So that's what I did Saturday and Sunday.

I was suprised at how many swimming pools they have here. They really like to swim I guess...

Entrance costs 3.6 euro, without a membership. Inside, except access to pool and stuff, you get a locker with a key you can wear on your wrist.

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I had lots of fun diving of the boards, but not from the top one (I ain't crazy like these crazy German kids). I did, however, see 8 year old boys jumping from the top one... no restrictions here in Germany. Until one of the kids landed badly and the paramedics had to take care of him - then they stopped the access to the top diving board. Go figure. I guess they suddenly remembered that it's not a good idea to let kids jump off 15 meters.

A video of the pool area:








Anyway, Dash to everybody in Israel - good luck avoiding those rockets. Stay strong.