They like to fold up their clothes, place them in a waterproof bag with their wallet and watch, and jump in the Rhine to float downstream. This is especially popular amongst the senior citizen set. We emerged from a week-long hibernation at my sister-in-law's to wander around their neighborhood and saw this guy, his personal effects neatly tucked away, headed for the bank. He was one of several we saw jumping in the fast-flowing river just below the Basel hydroelectric dam on a weekday afternoon. Two days ago (Thursday) we were at lunch at a riverside cafe and I saw numerous heads bobbing in the current.
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