Schlactensee

On Sunday, I went back to the Schlactensee with Diego and some friends. The lake is so close to Berlin, you can take the S-Bahn there. But it feels very far from the city.

There is an dirt path around the lake which is surrounded by trees. Through the trees, you can see some of the big houses of Grunewald; but mostly if feels very quiet and isolated.

People are running, walking and biking around the lake, and swimming across it too. It's not too crowded.

I took a dip, and the water was chilly, but it was a nice warm summer day, so it was refreshing.

Peter threw the tennis ball, and Diego jumped into the lake to retrieve it. The picture here is of Peter's wife Gabriela and their kids Phillip and Maria laughing as Diego doggy paddles his way back to shore. He did this a million times.

Later we ate wursts with kraut and drank apfelschorle, an apple juice spritzer. Very German indeed, although only one of us was 100% deutsch.