That's a literal translation, anyway of what we did yesterday. We had no classes for Christi Himmelfahrt (Ascension Day), and it was one of the first warm days of the season, so we and a number of students went out to the Gaensehaeufel (goose island) to go swimming. It is hard to imagine just how huge this place is if you haven't seen it. You pay your fee and you get a locker key. There are buildings, named for each letter of the alphabet and each one is divided into small rooms which each have about 50 lockers in them -- you do the math. Here is Joss, who thought he'd gone to heaven -- the whole world is his bathtub! He didn't want me to hold his hand, but when a wave came, he'd fall in face first.
Then there are several pools: the wave pool, where Will is checking out an incoming wave, then the baby pool, which is a lot like the splash park at home, then two pools in the middle. These are lined entirely with plates of metal. I can only assume that this heats them up better, but it sure feels nice on your feet.
The pools are great for hanging around with your dad or people watching (oh, the people watching!). It's a perfect place if you're contemplating your next tattoo or piercing or bathing suit or plastic surgery, because there is every body decorated and dressed every way you can possibly imagine. My personal favorites were the big buff guy with the incorrect english tattoo right across his front, and the pregnant woman in a bikini with tatooed wings on her back.
Here's Maddie and five of the students on the slide in the other pool. I don't know that I saw Maddie all day. She has eschewed her family in favor of hanging out with the girls nearly twice her age (and really, who can blame her?). They are very nice to her and never tell her to put her napkin in her lap. Gaensehaeufel also has a restaurant and shop and showers and places for all kinds of beachy pursuits. They even had a pavilion by Nivea with workers who will beslubber you with sunscreen (Rob tells me that he forgot sunscreen one time last year and had to go to the Nivea pavilion -- had to assure the workers that he could beslubber himself and if they could just get the kids . . . ).
The complex also has a beach on the Alte Donau (the old Danube) where you can swim around in the river. This is Maddie's very favorite part. Will liked it enough to go jumping into it, but Sebi came out of it weeping that Will tricked him into going and that the pool had rocks on the bottom of it! I hate to admit it, but I'm with Sebi -- why go swimming around in some rocky green water with fishies when there are great pools to be had 30 yards away?
That's a literal translation, anyway of what we did yesterday. We had no classes for Christi Himmelfahrt (Ascension Day), and it was one of the first warm days of the season, so we and a number of students went out to the Gaensehaeufel (goose island) to go swimming. It is hard to imagine just how huge this place is if you haven't seen it. You pay your fee and you get a locker key. There are buildings, named for each letter of the alphabet and each one is divided into small rooms which each have about 50 lockers in them -- you do the math. Here is Joss, who thought he'd gone to heaven -- the whole world is his bathtub! He didn't want me to hold his hand, but when a wave came, he'd fall in face first.
Then there are several pools: the wave pool, where Will is checking out an incoming wave, then the baby pool, which is a lot like the splash park at home, then two pools in the middle. These are lined entirely with plates of metal. I can only assume that this heats them up better, but it sure feels nice on your feet.
The pools are great for hanging around with your dad or people watching (oh, the people watching!). It's a perfect place if you're contemplating your next tattoo or piercing or bathing suit or plastic surgery, because there is every body decorated and dressed every way you can possibly imagine. My personal favorites were the big buff guy with the incorrect english tattoo right across his front, and the pregnant woman in a bikini with tatooed wings on her back.
Here's Maddie and five of the students on the slide in the other pool. I don't know that I saw Maddie all day. She has eschewed her family in favor of hanging out with the girls nearly twice her age (and really, who can blame her?). They are very nice to her and never tell her to put her napkin in her lap. Gaensehaeufel also has a restaurant and shop and showers and places for all kinds of beachy pursuits. They even had a pavilion by Nivea with workers who will beslubber you with sunscreen (Rob tells me that he forgot sunscreen one time last year and had to go to the Nivea pavilion -- had to assure the workers that he could beslubber himself and if they could just get the kids . . . ).
The complex also has a beach on the Alte Donau (the old Danube) where you can swim around in the river. This is Maddie's very favorite part. Will liked it enough to go jumping into it, but Sebi came out of it weeping that Will tricked him into going and that the pool had rocks on the bottom of it! I hate to admit it, but I'm with Sebi -- why go swimming around in some rocky green water with fishies when there are great pools to be had 30 yards away?
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Sounds like you guys are having a great time.