Kurfurstenbad

Amberg has an awesome kurfurstenbad, aka public pool. I'm not even sure I would call call it a pool, because it is more of a complex with several pools, some hot tubs, and many, many other fun surprises. Cameron and I went on friday night, and still cannot get over impossible it would be to have this sort of fun in America.

First let me describe the complex. Indoors there is a lap pool, a deep pool where people were scuba diving, a pool for water aerobics, a kiddie pool, and a very large pool with various waterfalls, alcoves with jets, and other fun surprises. 

The pool continues outside (yes, even in the winter) where there are more jets, waterfalls, and a very strong lazy river that pulls you around in large circles.

This pool has to be the coolest thing ever open to the public. Buuuut it could never be this fun in America, because someone would sue the city and ruin it for everyone. For example- there aren't lifeguards everywhere; there are a couple of people sitting in a glass room playing with their cell phones and surfing the web. In the middle of the very strong lazy river there is a huuuuge rock that could do some serious damage. There is nobody monitoring the water slide- just a red light that turns green when it is safe to go down. I did not see a single "no diving" sign, warning sign about the dangers of hot tubs, or even the depth of the pool posted anywhere. We kept pointing different things out and saying "you could never do that in America"...

What's the deal? What is it about Americans that they can't take responsibility for their own actions, so that maybe we could have a totally awesome public pool?

Check out more pictures on the Kurfustenbad website.

Oh yeah, and there is a cafe poolside- in America they would need to post a warning about waiting 2 hours before swimming after eating.