Swimming on Saturday

We slept in today---one of the benefits of: a) having grandparents on hand; and b) Saturday morning cartoons.  The pigeon trainers headed to the park with Abuelo Myron in the morning, and then we went to the pool at the gym we joined yesterday.  The pool is fantastic---enormous and outdoors, with a sliding roof that can be closed in the winter.  Kids' area, lap area, jacuzzi...  In the photo we're in this part where you can kind of lie down in warm, bubbling water.  Check out the rather large woman in the background--this is one of the things I love about Europe.  Even though the pharmacies are full of all kinds of snake oil for losing weight and cellulite, everyone wears a bikini and there seems to be much more acceptance of the whole range of women's bodies than there is in the states.  In my one-piece tank, I was probably the most modestly attired chick in the whole place.  I did some laps and we played enough monkey in the middle to exhaust the kids.  It's 9:15 pm, they are asleep now, and it is perfectly still and quiet outside.