Badi Beautiful!

The hot weather has finally reached us in Canton Zurich - took it's bloody time. It's here and, like the UK, it's stonkingly hot. Most days are now between 28 - 34 degrees. Wonderful.

In this landlocked country it's been a job finding some swimming areas where we could cool down. There are so many beautiful lakes which offer amazing facilities but tbh they are still rivers. Clean fo' sure but there's no avoiding the fact ducks still shit in there. So we investigated The Badi. And we haven't looked back since.

A badi is an outdoor swimming pool.

"So what?," I hear you cry. Why? Simply because they are beautiful. Thompson's Holiday they are not.

The water is crystal clear and a perfect temperature. There are several pools for different needs: kiddie, lane and paddling pool. We were in the huge shallow pool and ranged from 40cm to 120cm in depth. And it has a slide! Perfect.

There are others, of course. The one by lake Zurich is another favourite (below),

with lake swimming (25 degrees water temp at the mo) and an almighty backdrop view of The Alps.

So this week, Big B has some time off and whilst I'm sunning myself, ice cold beer from bar in hand, Daddy and Daisy are having quality time at the Badi.

And I made a mental note of my happy place.