Swimming fun!

Mom and I went exploring today to find the swimming pool.  We took a bus right outside our apartment and 7 stops later we were there.  We couldn't quite figure which door to go in (it was a large building), but we followed our noses and found the pool (Mom says "plywalnia"). You can learn  A LOT from watching other people...
People were checking their coats, so we did that.  Then they took off their shoes and put on flip flops and stood in line to pay.  Since we didn't have flip flops, we just took off our shoes.  We got to the ticket stand and they lady gave us wrist bands, but didn't make us pay.  We watched the people in front of us and saw them touch the bands to the entrance turnstill.  We did the same thing.  There were lockers in the dressing room, but we couldn't figure out how to use them.  A lady showed us.  Pick an empty one and use your electronic wrist band to open it, then lock it - cool!  We saw the sign below as we entered, but didn't think much about it.

Tak = yes, nie = no.  Mom laughed and said that men had to wear speedo suits.  We showered before going in like everyone else, but before we could get to the pool, another swimmer stopped us and gestured to our heads.  We had to have swim caps!  Mom went back out to a little shop we saw at the entrance and bought us both caps.  Mine is a beautiful pink!

We finally got to go in.  It was so much fun!  They had a fountain, a bubbly pool (not hot), a swirly pool (like a lazy river but smaller), two hot tubs, and a long water slide.

 

I'm not old enough to sit in the hot tub at the YMCA at home, but there was no age limit at the pool.  We swam for about 2 hours and finally left because Mom wanted to get home before it got dark.  We changed back into our clothes, gave our wrist bands back to the lady at the desk and went to put our shoes back on.  The lady called something to Mom.  Suddenly Mom realized what she was saying - we needed to PAY, not just turn in the wrist bands.  Mom had to dig out every coin in her purse to cover the cost after buying the swim caps.  You have to pay by the hour - that's why we didn't pay when we went in.  Its a good thing we didn't stay any longer! -Delaney