Seize the Day. And the Evening

Today, the weather is cloudy and the temperatures less than summery. On Monday morning, I left the house in (fishnet, but still) tights to brave the chill. For yesterday, however, the weather forecast was good and so the Mermaid and I decided to go swimming outdoors what with our indoor pool being closed for summer repairs anyway. She suggested the Old Danube. I left the office at 6 sharp, but noticed that the sun had gone home, too. Hmmm. By the time we were approaching "Bundesbad Alte Donau" after a brief detour to grab an ice-cream cone from Schwedenplatz, hordes of people were walking the opposite direction. The Mermaid said she remembered that the Strandbad was open until 8 if the weather was fine. So much for the theory. The two tatooed guys at the entrance eyed us wearily and just said, "Well, you won't get tickets any more." Okaaay. One of them winked and said, "Well, I haven't seen you." ??? After another repetition, we finally got it that we could sneak in for free, but that they were closing at 7:30 already.

Where has the sun gone to?

The water was incredibly refreshing and I was really glad we came, no matter if there was no opportunity to top up our tans. We were the only people in the water...

And pretty much the only ones on the lawn as well:

I loved the retro "props":
Fingers crossed that I'll be able to catch some rays of sun on the weekend...