Pulvermaar Volcanic lake 2015

It's been very hot here in Germany. Today the high was 93ºf and since we had a Friday off and it wasn't a German holiday we decided to check out the Pulvermaar figuring it wouldn't be to busy. The pulvermaar is a lake that was formed when a volcano sank and then filled with water.

                                                              Arial shot of the lake
                                                            Photo found via google

It took us about 45 minutes to get to the lake. We saw a parking lot so we parked and started walking. Then we found out we had to walk about 1km because we parked in the free parking instead of driving down the hill to pay 1 euro to park. We finally made it down the hill to the entrance. It was 4 euro each for an all day pass to swim in the lake and swimming pool. They had a kiddie pool as well for children.

It's common in European countries to change into your swimwear in a changing room that doesn't have a door. Im not the brave so I changed in the bathroom. We then went into the lake> The water was freezing cold but felt great in the hot weather. There were stairs that led into the lake and as soon as you stepped off of them the water was already over my head. Out a little bit was a deck with two diving boards.

After swimming for a bit we rented a paddle boat and rode out around the lake. The sun was so hot so we would paddle to the shade for a bit and just relax.

We rode on the paddle boat for a bout an hour and then we went into the swimming pool but the water was only waist deep so we decided to go back into the lake. We swam out to the driving boards and sat on the deck for a while watching people dive in.

We got to the lake around 1pm and it started to get packed shortly before we decided to pack up and go home around 3. We spent just over two hours there and we had a blast. We'll definitely be going back again this summer. It was a close and fun day trip.