Tag: swimming

The pros and cons of German and British swimming pools

My main sport is swimming. It thoroughly relaxes me and it’s one of the only things that you can do to get away from your phone. As you may know, I spend half my time in Berlin and half my time in London. And I’ve now swam in 4 or more pools in each city, so I feel this gives me a cer...

Swimming in the darkness.

I heard a man scream once, “Oh people, our lord has not destined for us that which is to heal us, he has destined that which breaks us so that we may find the healing with him.” I am not one to rob people of their glee, nor am I one to offer false prayers. I, am well versed of that wh...

Vienna, the ultimate swimming city?

As the weather warms up and the prospect of a summer holiday looking unlikely, many have all been yearning over past summers. I have recently been thinking of my swimming days in what some might think an unlikely swimming destination: Vienna. Austria’s capital city, Vienna, sits on the east...

Swimming Pools (Drank): Why Black Folks Can’t Swim: Racism.

Myparents can’t swim because of racist cowards. These hate-filled white men decided to fill the public swimming pools with concrete than allow black and white people to enjoy the same refreshing cool chlorinated water at the same time. My parents grew up in a desert and they were poor. Not bla...