Sunday poolside...

Today we had lunch at home and then went to an indoor pool in Schwezingen (probably my favorite city in this region so far). The German indoor pool experience is highly evolved. You pay a few Euros to enter and are then treated to what amounts to an indoor water park. At the one in Schwetzingen, there are multiple pools, both inside an out, with slides of various sizes and plenty of other attractions to keep the little ones occupied.

Probably my favorite "feature" is that you can sit poolside and nurse a cold beer while the kids shoot down the various slides like uncontrolled canon balls. You can also enjoy a hamburger and fries or a nice plate of fish. For those that like to toast themselves, you can get your ray tones on at various tanning areas throughout the facility.

My second favorite feature may be the private saunas where you can steam yourself in solitude for the meager price of a single Euro. One shutters to think what must go on in these steamy closets, but in the interest of maintaining this blog's PG-13 rating, I'll change the subject.
This was the third time B and the kids had gone, my first. I'm sure we'll be back. Next on the agenda is to explore the other indoor pools in the region. When we went to the old part of Heidelberg, we entered a mall that had one of these pools. I doubt it's as cool as the pool in Schwetzingen, but location is everything and this one is a 10 minute S-Bahn ride from the soon-to-be Prickril compound in Kirchheim.

After arriving back in Bad Schönborn, we went to our now favorite restaurant, the Glaushaus. B had curry steamed mussels this time; not as good as the variety with gorgonzola, but a close second. It was great to see people filtering in after having gone to Carnival parties. Looks like Carnival is heavily celebrated in this part of Germany. Nice to know the kids will stay somewhat in touch with this part of their Brazilian heritage. I can't wait to take them to the real party in Rio though!