I'm a simple emigrant and I visited the Erding Thermal Baths

From the approach you already get the full impression that this complex certainly has some kind of prestige, because it’s simply enormous: its area is about the size of 26 football fields, I measured by eye. And it turned out to be the largest thermal complex in the world. Can you imagine how many people are usually there, so we decided that, being the smartest, we’d go on Monday. But it turned out we aren’t the smartest, so there were still quite a lot of people; next time we’ll test the hypothesis “go on Tuesday.” At the entrance they immediately give you an electronic bracelet, with which you tap around the entire complex like at festivals, and then at the exit you pay your bill. Inside there are a ton of different thermal pools, loungers, wellness zones, saunas, restaurants, bars, and slides. A full-day pass costs 52 euros, and for just 8 more euros you can access a separate area without kids. I definitely recommend going there too, but only if you came here without children. Water in the pools at 34°C is heaven for me, because the water is always colder than my friends’ water, and with energy-saving in Germany some public pools have lowered the water temperature so much that it feels like I’m doing Epiphany dives. I already have a favorite pool: it’s outdoors with hot water and a current that carries you around in circles, pure bliss. The funniest thing is, of course, the slides. They have all kinds: long, fast, twisty, with tubes and without. I’m quite a scaredy-cat, but there are options for folks like me too. So at first we went tubing, we grabbed a family tube for three with the girls, and we sat on it on a sandbank right away, apparently a typical family looks different. But a kind guy nudged us and we rode off with the wind and with screams. Then we rode a couple more slides until the queue built up. I bruised my sides and gulped water through my nose, but that’s not important—it's part of the fun, right? Then we ate at a burger place; don’t forget to go in that exact order: first the slides, then the food. The burgers were good, not Michelin, but I don’t eat Michelin‑rated burgers anyway. So maybe it could be Michelin. Also in the big pools there are bars and you can order cocktails right from the pool. It seems you’re allowed only three alcoholic cocktails per person, but the non-alcoholic ones were fine for us. In short, all lovers of thermal baths, pools, and wellness should definitely go! By the way, there’s also a second part there, also gigantic, but nudist. We didn’t go there, of course, but if you’re a fan, go ahead! I’ll drop a link to the thermal baths in the comments along with a couple more life hacks. #useful #German_trips