We hear it is raining in Sydney...

... and to celebrate the apparent breaking of the drought in wintery NSW, we thought we'd share this with you.

Just kidding... actually, the weather isn't quite as tropical as this picture makes out. The photo was taken yesterday at about 6.45 pm, at which time it was a balmy 24 degrees Celcius. However, the water temperature was (depending on which pool you were in) between 28 and 40 degrees Celcius. This was the outdoor part of the complex of thermal baths known as Széchenyi (found in Budapest's City Park). Here is a picture of the indoor part - as you can see, the architecture is art-deco:

We spent about 2 hours at the baths and ended up very relaxed, if smelling just ever-so-slightly of sulphur.