Swimming and Opera

On Saturday afternoon we returned to the Zürichsee to go swimming.  We went to the Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen.  We secured a spot on the grass for our stuff and went to dip our toes in the water.  ZDG decided to get wet by diving off of the diving board.  We found a nice place with some shallow steps and slowly got more and more into the water.  It was a bit chilly at first, but comfortable once you were in.

There are a couple of floating docks about 50 meters from the shore and ZDG decided to take LGG with him.  I decided to try and join them, but quickly learned that swimming in a lake with lots of waves is very different from swimming in a pool.  Fortunately a couple of kind souls helped me back to shore before I got myself into more trouble.  After ZDG and LGG returned to shore, LGG and I stayed closed to the shore while ZDG continued to jump off the diving boards and swim to the dock.  After a break for ice cream and a little more swimming we packed our things up to look for dinner.

The previous night we had passed a barbeque stand on the fan mile set up for Euro 2008 and that was our goal.  After stopping for some Indonesian noodles for LGG we found the barbeque stand with the very long line.  The beef was good, the pulled pork okay, and ZDG was disappointed about the lack of potato salad and other traditional fixings, but what do you expect?  As we came closer to Bellevue and saw the huge stadium set up for Euro 2008 viewing, we noticed that the stadium was filled with people.  I guess they were taking advantage of a football-free night to broadcast a performance of Carmen.  There were no more seats left in the stadium, but we found a place where we could see the screen and we sat and listened for a little while.  And then we headed home.