Pool Review: Palais des Sports de Puteaux - Indoors
1 October 2024 This was almost the definition of a perfect, if too constrained on time, morning biz-trip swim. I had managed to find a...
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1001 Pools
Sep 251 min read
Pool Review: Clissold Leisure Centre (#703)
25 September 2024 As it had been over three weeks since I added a new pool, I was itching to get back out there as a Pool Tourist. I...
Sep 92 min read
Another Luscious London Lido
9 September 2024 This pool has been on my London “Aquatic Bucket List” since before I even moved here as my daughter Maia had swum here a...
Aug 252 min read
Results = Reality - Expectations at Piscine Georges Drigny (Pool #694)
2 August 2024 Knowing how crowded Parisian pools are, I actively sought out 33M or 50M pools when I was in town for the first week of the...
Aug 232 min read
Dancing in the Dawn - Piscine Calypso 2000 (#698)
21 August 2024 Not planes, trains and automobiles, but my feet, metro and the "Wiener-mobile" ... (Transit modes through Brussels - click...
Aug 172 min read
A Crowd-Free Parisian Paradise? (Pool #693)
1 August 2024 The city of Paris (and Lille, Nanterre, St.-Denis, etc.) put on a fantastic show for the 2024 Olympics. I went to Paris...
Aug 103 min read
Form is Function - Piscine Pailleron (#692)
31 July 2024 After a Wednesday morning watching beach volleyball at probably the coolest sports venue I have ever been to ... ... I took...
Aug 52 min read
I wish Leon had swum & won the 200 free instead of the 200 breast - Pool #691
30 July 2024 I firmly believe the 400 Individual Medley is far and away both the most fun event to race and the most fun event to watch...
Aug 32 min read
Watch Ripped Off in Paris - Pool #695
3 August 2024 I almost had a €200 lap swimming session this morning at Piscine Keller, on the western edge of Paris, a stone’s throw from...
Jul 302 min read
Pool #690 - Piscine des Amiraux (Paris)
27 July 2024 The Swim in Paris plan from the mid-2010 period aimed to: Improve and modernize Parisian swimming pools Create new pools to...
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