While on vacation in France we did a lot of swimming! The weather was amazing and our kids love the water so it really was a no-brainer. We had some fun lakes nearby (as seen by a previous post) and we also had some great public swimming pools close by. The big town nearby, Oyonnax, had a great indoor swimming pool with this awesome retractable dome for the summertime. It was also fully equipped with a great water slide and indoor & outdoor baby pools! This was the public pool (not some fancy thermal spa place) and really put my memories of the grandeur of the Barberton Natatorium to shame.
Now onto the amusing part...when we were searching online for a swimming pool, I was reading through the pool guidelines at a few of the local pools. Most of them specified "no beach shorts" according to google translate. After a little internet research, I found that meant they only allowed Speedo-like attire for males. Well, we only brought beach shorts and there was no way we were going to abandon swimming the entire vacation. So, Dan made a quick run to Casino (French answer to WalMart) and picked up some Tiny Trunks (a little less revealing than traditional Speedos...).
I have done my fair share of trying to understand the reasoning behind this. I finally stumbled on this article that shed some light on the matter.
They aren't just singling out males either. I tried to go down the water slide in my tankini (with a little skirt around the bum) and was told I was prohibited from doing so. The lifeguard said I was fine to be in the baby pool, but I wasn't permitted onto the slide with it.
Go figure.
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| Picture cropped :) |
To be honest, most of our guys now prefer the French trunks to their "bulky" swim trunks.
Moral of the story: Don't knock it till you tried it... just don't try it when we're around :)
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