Loipersdorf Therme

We just returned from a small vacation with another family (Miriam and Robert and their two children).  We left Graz around 2p and drove the hour east towards Hungary to visit the Loipersdorf Therme.  A Therme is a pool "complex" formed with water from a hot spring.  We visited twice last year in the winter and this was our first visit during the summer.  

There were many fun things to comment on.  We rented a "fun car," or at least I thought a 2-door Mini Cooper would be fun.  I'm not sure the kids had ever ridden in a 2-door car.

We stayed at a place close to the Therme that had really great family rooms.  Two rooms (each with a double bed and a pull-out single) that shared a corridor that had a door that could be locked.  So, adults in one room, kids in the other, and our room doors open.  We also had a patio outside (where the four adults enjoyed conversation and wine that night).

But really, the Therme in the summer is great because it offers a lot of options.  Not only are there the "hot" pools, complete with slides (both with and without rafts), a pretty aggressive lazy river, etc.  But added in the summer is a large "cold" pool with a slide and diving boards (Grace went off the highest of the two, maybe 12 feet above the water?) and a wave pool (which was absolutely Henry's favorite; hanging off Dad the whole time it seemed!).  We bopped from pool to pool on Day 1 and Day 2.  And we spent time with a family that we got to know a little better.