Some impressions:
- For those who chose to swim laps in the pool, the breaststroke was the discipline of choice.
- Not everyone wore Speedos, but unfortunately, more people wore Speedos than did the breaststroke.
- The cost for one hour of swim time was about $5 US. I'm guessing that's not where they make their money -- the fee for every 15 minutes overtime was an extra 20 crowns, or more than a dollar.
- The U.S. facilities have their "lazy river," the Czechs have the "wild river." The jets that push people along are strong enough where I once had to grab the rail to avoid plowing into someone.
- Their "toboggans" -- or what we Americans would call the tube slides -- didn't have anyone at the top telling people when it was their turn. They just had a light that changed from red to off. People respected this, unless you count the three people who went at once as not respecting this.
That's all. Off to Dresden tomorrow for a return trip.
And by the way, it's snowing now.
Did people (freestyle swimmers, i.e. people not doing laps) stay out of the lanes? I found this to be a major annoyance out in my parts (East Bohemia) As a devout lap swimmer, I'd be paddling along and suddenly some maniac in a Speedo would do a cannonball right into my lane! Of course I'd have to punch them in the neck and threaten to cut them, which usually curbed this behavior...ok, that last part isn't true, but the first part is.
ReplyDeleteThere was one lane designated for laps and people seemed to honor that. Others did laps in the main pool with people who were most definitely not doing laps; I think people tried to be courteous there as well. I, for one, waited until one swimmer went the other way before I dove off the starting blocks (and hit the bottom).
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