la Concha Verde, the local swimming pool

It is perhaps beyond my writing capabilities to describe the Borso swimming pool. Here are some facts:
Entrance fee is not cheap, at 7 Euros, about 10 bucks.
There's a 50 meter sqaure pool.
A lap pool with 6 lanes that is 25 meters.
There are two large slides with separate pools.
There's a kid's pool.
And there are two outdoor hot tub pools.
It's Monday and there must be, about 500 people here. Yep, and about 350 bikini's, whether they should be on that person or not.
And I am the only person in a racing triathlete suit.
But here is the nuttiest thing: at one end of the 50 meter pool there are 12 people doing a spinning class, in the pool, on spin cycles! With an instructor out of water and a big stereo system behind him. It's a real scream!

I tried to swim laps but the lap pool only has one lane reserved for swimmers!
And despite the sign one mother kept allowing her anoying brat to jump in the pool in that lane and wasn't even watching out for swimmers!4 laps of that and I was done.

I figure you need to be here when the place opens if you want to do laps. But thatls prime tempo pe les bici.

The lifeguards here are the alpha versions of even our usa guards, struting back and forth poolside in their skimpy red speedos flirting with all the women.

Contrary to the seaside beaches here all the women wear tops, althoughs under the age of 8,it appears, do not.but if you are female and lying on your stomach it appears to be permisable to be topless.

Bathing caps are maditory for man and women unless your head is shaved. And there are a lot of italians sporting my look here.

Despite all the bikinis there are no thongs here. Not sure why not, but maybe they are not in vogue this far north and inland.

There are hundreds of orage and yellow targeted umbrella in the ground that dot the grass hillside around the pool, and they and the the chairs under them are free, but I think you need to be here early to score one. There are a few trees and I am under one, as most people here prefer the sun.

BTW, the spin instructor is still at it, after 30 minutes, although he appears to be winding down.

Nope, he was taking a break, although his class wasn't. Now he's back on the bike, blowing his whistle and looking as cool as he can be with his shaved head and shades, atop an exercise bike poolside!

I just walked off the large pool length and it's 43 yards, which is a strange lenth given that it has swimming diving started blocks marked 1-8.

Btw, all the lifeguards here are way darker than Obama!

It does appear that a LG has finally shown up to stand over and police the one lap lane. Nope, he is gone. It's still too chaotic and dangerous to try.

While there are a number of people with tattoos here the percentage is far lower than in the usa.

BTW, one hour in and Mr.Spin is still at it. Though I haven't recognised one song, as it seems to be a mix tape of all techo. OK, now I recognise Call Me, by Blondie, from American Gigolo, but not the singer in this version.

It seems strange that the public pool near my house is empty most summer days while this one is so packed and clearly the place to be.

I mean what else is there to do on a 90 degree lazy Monday August day in Borso Del Grappa? Absolutely nothing.

And there's no better place to be than here.