The locker room was pretty interesting. The toilets had doors but didn’t really have locks or, for that matter, actual door latches. In fact, there was a sign in the toilet that discussed conducting yourself in a civil manner. Well, goodness gracious I thought, did we have to actually BE TOLD that? More to come on this locker room later.
The actual swimming pool was five lanes large. Talk about cramped quarters. I felt like it was a smaller version of the Palazzo because people were kind of circling about like they do in the Palazzo. There were the guys trying to pick up on the girls and then there were the various social circles chatting away. I got into the actual swimming area and thought, really, is anyone actually going to get into the pool? I waited for someone else to jump in first because I didn’t know if there were some sort of protocol that I had to follow here. When I finally got into the pool, I thought it was strange that you could get into any lane that you liked. It didn’t matter if you were fast or slow; it was just a huge random congregation. For those actually trying to do a workout (myself and probably only me), it was a little difficult. And not a big surprise to me, but people were swimming like they drive.
I decided that I now understood why I only knew of one well known Italian swimmer. I also decided that I knew why Italians were good at the other water sport, water polo, and came up with three solid reasons:
- It’s the aquatic version of soccer. My friend Brian pointed this out to me a while ago.
- Italy is close to the former Yugoslavia.
- Americans move to Italy to play in the professional Italian leagues.
All in all, not the best swimming pool experience, but I did learn new word when talking to the person next to me. Turns out the 4,60€ was worth it after all.
5 comments:
Buon compleanno Mark!
Tantissimi auguri.
@daia:
grazie mille! ho deciso di stare qui a siena. anche, ho fatto una prenotazione per le lezione private perché è difficile trovare uno/una studente/studentessa per lo scambio. fanno loro esami ora.
Happy birthday, Mark. Keep posting, they're great!
Ottima decisione! Spero comunque che tu possa fare qualche giretto nelle zone circostanti.
@skippy:
Thanks! Will do, promise.
@daia:
Sì, ora sto mettendo in ordine il mio programma per il fine di settimana. Vado a Pisa. Non vedo l'ora di vederla! :)
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