Can’t help but notice everyone is dressed for chilly weather at the beach.
Does the Baltic ever warm up enough for a comfortable swim?
The time of day was sunset. The torch walk is actually a children’s event organized by the hotel staff. They do it once a week during the summer. We missed doing it the other years so I was really keen to finally get it done.
I had many great swims.
Stay active.
Takes only a few minutes of active swimming to acclimatize.
If not you will slowly freeze.
Most all the people I seen in the water were swimming or playing.
Those who don’t soon leave the water.
In the 70s, we went swimming in the sea off the coast near St. Petersburg. Could have sworn Kojak's brother was on the beach. Ugh, the women were as huge as whales and wore string bikinis which were hidden by rolls of fat. When they'd bend over, they were pasty white under the fat but horribly sunburned on top. We didn't know until too late that women who shaved their legs were considered prostitutes. Men just peed right out on the beach.