Mundane Summers

Last weekend of June the temperature reached 41°C as it swept through Europe. Every country has its own way to deal with the heat.Something that I've been doing since I was a child is going to a lake or river and enjoying the water to cool down.Compared to the Netherlands where I grew up most of my life, Polish people don't go to nature because there are no swimming pools or gardens where they can set up their own.Poles just really enjoy the nature because that's how we were brought up. Even city people who have access to swimming pools drive to nearby lakes and rivers for a swim.And those places are often not perfect, usually just a break in the reeds.

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