10 July 2026

Summer Holiday, 10 June 2026

Zwenkau, Saxony, Germany

In the end, we reverted to Plan A, as the place the Swan Whisperer thought of in Leipzig was fully booked. And I'm very glad we did! 

It has been a much better day, weather-wise. The clouds have gone, the sun is out, and the temperature has been rising. 

Our first port of call this morning was to a REWE en route to the motorway, where I did a shopping and made sure we had enough supplies to do us until Monday; however, I expect we will need milk, also fizzy water and peppers, so I must try to shop tomorrow. I also want to be able to spend time pottering round a DM and/or a Kik or Tedi! Haven't had a chance this holiday as yet, and, as we are booked in, it won't matter if we don't arrive in Berlin until later. 

Anyway, we had a long drive on the motorway - I knitted and dozed a bit - and we arrived here in Zwenkau just in time for lunch. It is a lovely aire, by a lake - in fact, I think it is part of the Yacht Club. After lunch, we relaxed a bit and then had a cup of tea before going swimming at the bathing beach, which is only a couple of hundred yards away. This was the first time I have used my water shoes, which I originally bought for the Achensee last year, and then we never swam there. 

It was lovely, although horrible getting wet! We pootled around, relaxing and swimming a bit, and either I caught a tiny fish or it caught me, not sure which! Obviously I threw it back.... 

Once we started to get cold, we called it a swim, and came back to the WoMo. I was tempted to get into my dressing-gown and sit outside, but decided I hadn't really had enough exercise today, so got back into shorts and t-shirt and then took the rubbish to the bins, and used the opportunity to have a good walk round the site and take photos of the lake and the beach. 

Then we sat outside drinking, first lemon/mint cordial and then beer, and then I got supper which was the end of the ragu with a pre-prepared rice and lentil mix, and very good it was, too! And it's just beginning to get cool, so in a bit I'll go inside and read! I need to go to bed fairly early, as we must be up betimes so that the Swan Whisperer can parkrun in Leipzig tomorrow. 

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