People-watching on a small beach in the burbs of Zeuthen. Gray-haired, pot-bellied old grandfather burying his little granddaughter in the sand. Fat little child airplane, bare-bottomed, with huge orange inflatable wings, taking off towards the water. Will never make it aloft. Dad and teenage son having one of those "I'm still the man around here" playful fights over some precious beach towel real estate, Dad winning out. Mother seems to have accepted her fate with this pair of monkeys. Yutes hangin' out to the side (marginalized?) by a graffitied shed. Young lovers loving, getting a little too amorous perhaps. Stark naked boy running after beachball and falling flat on his face in the sand. Dad and teenage son still provoking each other.
This place is nice. Funny that I almost gave up on finding right before I actually did. I had walked half an hour, and came to a place that overlooked the lake. On the far sidee a beach was visible, but this was at least another half hour's walk, as I figured it. I was about to go when I became aware of the sounds of children laughing. The beach was only about 50 meters further.
Posted by Alan at August 28, 2002 04:53 PM