This summer I went swimming...

We went to the river Gradac yesterday to escape from the infernal heat. It's been 40C. We weren't quite sure where the "swimming hole" was (or even if it was any good,) so we just walked up the road following the river. There's a dam that makes a sort of lake area at one point; lots of kids jumping in and even a lifeguard. We walked up further and saw a path going about 10 feet through the brush to the bank, and climbed down to find some nice small rapids with a little pool after them. The water was really cold, it was muy odlicno.

I went again today with one of our professors, Predrag, and he took us to the "real" swimming hole, which has a small rocky beach and a beer/coke stand. They also have tomatoes. But no ice cream. Predrag says "tomato" with a high english accent, it's very amusing; especially because he tells us that people with croatian accents sound like they have sticks up their asses. We sat around and talked about life and the plight of Serbia and books and ecology and things.