tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610202561873186392024-03-18T20:43:53.594+01:00European Natural Soaking SocietyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-75345076980015396452024-03-17T16:09:00.001+01:002024-03-17T16:19:37.641+01:00Blissed<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31r_RFkwKNFQOO1ts45B8L4emDd9lk0sjcboEDZ-bVLxUQ1r-ISccaNEh_SpdvLkBeBNWTOzPeKVRiuo18YSl1KnjBZZk1W_uYDBrhYr9Fp5BgvQmoTgCSb8VT__ITIn-1J1qy_aueA4_GJ7Z8L8G7EmWfw4ah5DISAiA07NXppPU7d9VmE0AQWxnVsfR/s1800/324401772_872450530669032_1718807617825377771_n.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31r_RFkwKNFQOO1ts45B8L4emDd9lk0sjcboEDZ-bVLxUQ1r-ISccaNEh_SpdvLkBeBNWTOzPeKVRiuo18YSl1KnjBZZk1W_uYDBrhYr9Fp5BgvQmoTgCSb8VT__ITIn-1J1qy_aueA4_GJ7Z8L8G7EmWfw4ah5DISAiA07NXppPU7d9VmE0AQWxnVsfR/w320-h400/324401772_872450530669032_1718807617825377771_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alexastals/?e=d3fa5af7-b84d-48f7-9ade-a34a0a472c6e&g=5" target="_blank">alexastals</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Contemplative Silence 🍃✨️</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#natura #nature #naturaleza #feelblessed #feelfree #freedom #naturalbeauty #hotsprings #aguastermales #wat</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">er</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oddly my choice to include wellness news (based on the increasing difficulty of access concerning wild hot springs in Europe and the possible similarities in experience) continues to result in truckloads of articles to share.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But then first the few links that are in hot-spring /soaking relation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://indie88.com/cascate-del-mulino/" style="font-family: verdana;">Indie88</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Jan. 10) on Saturnia (Italy). The lure of nature's health elixir no less. A lot of tips, f.i. come early morning. Or late afternoon.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Public initiatives from Switzerland are the inspiration to a similar call in Aachen, Germany. Thank you Hans for providing the link.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the center of Burtscheid (a former town in it's own rights but now a suburb of Aachen) the action group <a href="https://www.waermkomp.jetzt/%C3%BCber-uns">Waermkomp.jetzt</a> seek to establish a pop-up small thermally sourced pool for soaking. If you have experienced <a href="https://europeannaturalsoakingsociety.blogspot.com/2022/09/norms.html" target="_blank">Baden</a>, you'll have an idea.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>TF1 en Auvergne</i> has a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=737639064702391" target="_blank">report</a> (Feb. 15) concerning the Croizat hot springs (France). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this report it is reflected upon how popular taking a soak is. This despite that the local authorities have had a ban on soaking in place since 2016. It seems all happy soakers and the local government not in communication modus.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">The report though does </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">elicit </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/4045479715473141/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=7464159816938430" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;" target="_blank">feedback</a><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"> (Mar. 11) from the Source Chaude Croizat Facebook page. Which confirms that there have been <i>gendarmes</i> handing out fines. And furthermore, it's shared that EU will probably</span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/4045479715473141/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=7459466614074417" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;" target="_blank">assist</a><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"> (Mar. 11) in financing the upper Dordogne protection plans (?), which might see the soaking site improved and officially approved. So not all doom and gloom?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Guardian presents an </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/mar/12/galicia-spain-scenic-free-thermal-spring-baths" style="font-family: verdana;">article</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Mar. 12) on Galicia's Ourense and the soaks to be had locally.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">“Ourense is the thermal capital of Galicia. Not many people realise, but we have about 70 thermal springs pumping an estimated three million litres of thermal water daily,” Karlos Sanmartín, a local tour guide, tells me</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Locals, in-the-know expats and a small swell of tourists bathe in Ourense’s hot springs year-round, keen to take advantage of the supposed therapeutic benefits – from easing arthritic pain and soothing skin conditions to aiding circulation and respiratory issues. It’s not as popular as Hungary or Iceland but thermal tourism here isn’t new.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Roman soldiers came almost 2,000 years ago to use the city’s mineral-rich waters as a form of post-battle convalescence. “They used the hot springs as a place of rest, healing, leisure and relaxation, but also as a place of worship,” Karlos says.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As closing time approaches, I watch as steam rises and melts into a black sky sprinkled with stars that seem to dance to the trickling sound of water. I whisper a little thanks to Karlos. He was right: moonlit bathing is magical'.</span></div></blockquote></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddleJq5v4CT4Pg4hVOZNTBQ7G74xIXcubVQYRjcrvYcci6tuR1Hv-dXPa4F76IuJZaBFG55b7x6fOFPhS4s5hpFFcMjvumb40uJbD8eFZ58rDbZchb1NsHAY_7yshbHvlkgziDtvOInnqjdGN_PF6R2hAkAJIYnnOhF_lw4IHuuPr_U1dpZA7yVGMKVHf/s1440/133360895_132622725332565_7604811083453618092_n.jpg" style="font-size: 1.0625rem; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddleJq5v4CT4Pg4hVOZNTBQ7G74xIXcubVQYRjcrvYcci6tuR1Hv-dXPa4F76IuJZaBFG55b7x6fOFPhS4s5hpFFcMjvumb40uJbD8eFZ58rDbZchb1NsHAY_7yshbHvlkgziDtvOInnqjdGN_PF6R2hAkAJIYnnOhF_lw4IHuuPr_U1dpZA7yVGMKVHf/w400-h400/133360895_132622725332565_7604811083453618092_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cha_l_heureuse/">cha_l_heureuse</a></span></i></div><i style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Découverte de sources chaudes naturelles lors d'une randonnée.. Cette baignade dans une eau à 28 degrés (imprévue par -4 degrés) était magique ! Eaux thermales volcaniques sur un site datant de l'époque Gallo-romaine. Ressourcée, purifiée, recentrée ! Voyager m'avait tellement manqué ! 🙏🏻⛰️</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">_______________________________</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#photodujour #queyras #thermes #sourceschaudes #eauthermale #mountainslovers #naturel_shot #naturelovers #naturephotograpy #hikinglife #natureshot #mountainliving #mountainphotography #hautesalpes #paca_focus_on #serrechevalier #lundi #lundisoir #traveltagged #visitfrance #alpesfrancaises #hautesalpes #regionpaca #natureshooters #discoverworld #wintermood</span></i></div></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Community</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Onward. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To sauna culture reflections. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reddit on a Therme Erding <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/nudism/comments/1azx09k/therme_erding/">experience</a> (Feb. 27), though heed, Therme Erding is hot spring sourced:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'Can't recommend Therme Erding highly enough!</blockquote></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of Germanys larger broadsheets (<i>Frankfurther Algemeiner</i>) <a href="https://www.faz.net/aktuell/reise/ins-vabali-oder-ins-liquidrom-wellness-in-berlin-19581488.html">looks</a> (Mar. 13) at what's on offer in Berlin. Wellness-wise.<br />Basically it's the bigger Vabali complex. And the smaller Liquidrome.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">TTRWeekly <a href="https://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2024/02/searching-for-the-worlds-top-spas/" target="_blank">notes</a> (Feb. 20) the website <a href="https://www.spaseekers.com/spa-insider/inspiration/spa-trends-2024/#locations" target="_blank">spaseekers</a> reveals what they believe to be </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>'... the most popular spa destinations for 2024'. </blockquote></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Presumptous possibly? Romania is trending, </span></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"><blockquote>'... but spa destinations in China, Nepal, and Vietnam figured in the top 10 list'.</blockquote></span><div>The <a href="https://www.saunachannel.com/post/pirts-ritual-latvia">Sauna Channel</a> adds a video and explanation concerning the Latvian pirts ritual. Closely linked with sauna usage:</div><div></div><blockquote style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">'The crackling of the wood-burning stove provides a comforting soundtrack as participants surrender to the warmth, allowing tensions to melt away.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nauris Zutis, with his wealth of knowledge passed down through generations and refined in the crucible of experience, employs ancient techniques to facilitate the detoxification process. He skillfully utilizes aromatic birch twigs, dipped in water infused with herbs, to enhance the cleansing ritual. The gentle swaying of the twigs against the skin stimulates blood circulation and awakens the senses'.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ly374TPOzoll7ok3SZik6Mo_d_uRTG1dlLqVNef1xiCDW46_Y7GVjxRmI3i_xNRJPLWR41yZYVXFVPRDiqHx3acUusNBXeRRwnDyADjLpnBO77_Ez02QNUBaXLWL2qe2_ydkn0H06yMYlKMjUw2LTYPBviBfbgIKEJjZ-D6TPeuNqQYWQAuTbDlA5iab/s1440/429782540_3807017329623962_6023196379163447460_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ly374TPOzoll7ok3SZik6Mo_d_uRTG1dlLqVNef1xiCDW46_Y7GVjxRmI3i_xNRJPLWR41yZYVXFVPRDiqHx3acUusNBXeRRwnDyADjLpnBO77_Ez02QNUBaXLWL2qe2_ydkn0H06yMYlKMjUw2LTYPBviBfbgIKEJjZ-D6TPeuNqQYWQAuTbDlA5iab/s320/429782540_3807017329623962_6023196379163447460_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Emulating the old days in Basel, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kollektiv_hotel_regina/">kollektiv_hotel_regina</a></span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Brunnen Gehn /////// So 25.02.24 ////// Merci ////// schön wars</blockquote></span></i></div></span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">BBC<span> </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80nx81wxk7o">notes</a><span> </span>(Mar. 3) how the mobile seaside sauna trend is becoming more and more popular. This article with regard to Wales:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'They are more commonly spotted in the corners of gyms and luxury hotels - but saunas are starting to pop up on the Welsh coast.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Swansea's Gower peninsula in winter may seem like a strange place to relax in your swimsuit, but more and more people are visiting, keen to chase away the rainy day blues.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is the Scandinavian model being followed - where people can move from the cold of the sea, quickly to the warm.</div>The British Sauna society (BSS) was set up almost 10 years ago with a focus on bringing the authentic sauna to the UK, and said numbers have doubled, with an increasing amount outside.<br />Starting at a low base, it's not too difficult to double numbers. It also adds:<br />Gabrielle [Secretary of the BSS] added some people have suggested it is like going into a therapy room, adding: ‘’When you look at what has been happening in the UK - the closing of pubs and community centres - I think it has potential to actually start replacing those things'.’’</blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"></span></p></span><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These final comments were then promoted on the BBC </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/posts/pfbid0p4hL2B4MLueTFrG8DFrCQMh1Zmu5YSKvmWCDhLThqAPnGNj9go85jLjPyrgeWQKql" style="font-family: verdana;">Facebook</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> page. This post then garners nearly 100 comments. Reading these comments, it's quite surprising to see the ignorance of sauna culture (no, it doesn't mean you drink in the sauna), still a long way to go there in the UK.</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.britishsaunasociety.org.uk/directory">BSS</a> has actually an updated directory of all UK </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>"Public Authentic Sauna's' </blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">with annotations when these are by any body of water.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A find. <a href="https://www.thesaunaproject.net/project/saunareise">The Sauna Project</a>. It is dedicated to </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'artistic research on Finnish sauna culture'. </blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With stories, films, photography, exhibitions and the possibility to sign up to sauna trips in Finland.</div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><b style="font-family: verdana;">Confide</b></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How then to navigate the respective sauna cultures in Europe?</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Creating a storm. On Facebook. </span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Asanti (one of Belgiums older wellness destinations) has <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ASANTITHERMEN/posts/pfbid02Zo6HXCLx6YUTQhRJLyidFPTUePyMmZs7TyTDmLWoABkbqjQRvxCftFZkoA7NhADWl" target="_blank">announced</a> (Feb. 17) the possibility to come on over, but in bathers (if needy), though only on the Tuesdays. Forthcoming, the Tuesday will be clothing optional. </span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The storm: 175 reactions. </span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nudity is the equalizer. Shifting from this opens up voyeurism potentials, possibly resulting in lower body confidence to the non-bathers users. And using the facilities is about being zen.</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owners see it differently: possible new clientele can find their way here and get used to sauna's and take a next step towards the unclothed usage.</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My point would be: if we agree that bathers are unhygienic, how then does this play out? Are the sauna's scrubbed more, does the added chlorine (from bathing close / possible inceased use in water) shoot up? </span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, the owners are looking for ways to attract more and possibly more satisfied clients. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">As from the discussion that may mean losing others. </span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maybe owners have learnt a thing or two in the process.</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Tinos; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlm8GX68G-j1S-kUNq5bSdVeQE3D-yrS7U7wXWoHLfphN65o-xDAzPeAwEyi_lrLQqmXeoMM7OCL123u4nQQfKH1ouo7X2vVodLB8FU5LiGpXjc5yxrGudUszeENZ-q2PKJvIg__LZtV7P8ayIaQ8KwtUJhZAZ0sV0thedzTy9-UTsf6pf6rLOq5u3FIy/s1800/430610304_385893254161814_4920589132128620549_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlm8GX68G-j1S-kUNq5bSdVeQE3D-yrS7U7wXWoHLfphN65o-xDAzPeAwEyi_lrLQqmXeoMM7OCL123u4nQQfKH1ouo7X2vVodLB8FU5LiGpXjc5yxrGudUszeENZ-q2PKJvIg__LZtV7P8ayIaQ8KwtUJhZAZ0sV0thedzTy9-UTsf6pf6rLOq5u3FIy/s320/430610304_385893254161814_4920589132128620549_n.jpg" width="256" /></a> </div></span></span><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Are we pro or con? </span></i><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thermaecom/">Thermae.com</a> for the Belgium spa's Thermae Boetfort & Thermae Grimbergen (Belgium):</span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Immerse yourself in luxury. Our Jacuzzis are the perfect place to relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. 🌿💧</blockquote></span></i></div></span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div>More on Euro sauna culture, but now from the US point of view. </div></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">None other than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/travel/nude-spas-saunas-europe.html#commentsContainer" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Feb. 26). Highlighting the clothing rules:</div></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'Had I ever seen so much bare flesh in one room? Naked in a mixed-gender Austrian sauna, I sat opposite two dozen other nude people on wooden benches. Even after more than a year of living in Europe, as an American, I still felt a little uncomfortable sitting there in nothing but my own skin'.</blockquote>It's as if North Americans defend themselves because their genetics are different. They're not, it's all socially constructed.<br />The author describes in detail the <i>Aufguss</i> process, but still seems to be hung up on certain issues:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'For some Americans, including me, nudity, especially in a mixed-gender environment, can initially feel extremely uncomfortable. Keon West, a </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">professor of social psychology</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> at Goldsmiths, University of London, explained that cultural standards often affect what level of nudity people find tolerable: In some places, seeing women with their hair uncovered might feel racy, while in others, stripping down on a public beach is perfectly acceptable.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">“You might think the Germans are a bit risqué, whereas they think they’re normal, and you’re a bit silly,” Dr. West said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In a number of studies, Dr. West and his team have found that being naked around others can increase self-confidence and life satisfaction [really?]. “If you go to a naturist event, you see a lot of normal people, people who aren’t airbrushed and aren’t Beyoncé, and you realize you don’t look bad compared to the average person,” Dr. West said. “And you spend time naked in their company and nothing bad happens. No one says anything bad to you, no one laughs at you.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some Americans have found that the discomfort of being nude in the sauna is fleeting and has a worthwhile payoff.</div></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The article elicits 500 comments no less! Most in the line of: nudity means nothing. Others feeling more uncomfortable, because what the article implies is that US culture is the lesser of European culture, and we are the US of A? Very little comment on the sauna culture itself ... Can resist this share:</div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'But actually, again, having those hangups is very North American. There's no reason why you couldn't go into a European spa with a mastectomy. It's not like it'd be in the US, with people gawking and judging. I've been to a fair number of European spas and walked through FKK beaches and it's not about having a perfect body to show off. Different mindset, more about health'.</blockquote></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Airmailnews shares another (typical?) US <a href="https://airmail.news/look/issues/2024-3-1/naked-and-unafraid">experience</a> (Mar. 1) of the open sauna culture of central / west Europe:</div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'But the nudity—total, stark, unignorable—scared me senseless. Is it because I’m an American or just too literal that I associate it with sex? According to my Viennese friend Karin, who invited us here, “That is not a very Austrian way of thinking.” Unlike me, these Europeans don’t have to suppress a snort when they see random genitals. Here, the sauna is a centerpiece of community life, a municipal institution on par with the public library. Karin’s octogenarian mother, who lives in the countryside, frequents hers several times a week. When she needs a break from the heat, she plays cards and drinks tea in her towel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The women around me, walking and chatting from tub to sauna, didn’t seem the least bit self-conscious. I wish I could say the same. On my first dip in the outdoor pool, I was halfway submerged before I flung my caftan toward a lounge chair. Most days, I really like my body, but apparently not enough to parade around in the nude altogether.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And it is here, every day at 6 P.M., where the Krallerhof’s guests gather for the traditional aufguss ceremony, in which a saunameister pours water, often infused with essential oils, onto the hot stones and then circulates the vapor through the air using a large fan or towel. At first, I resisted the idea of squishing my hips against a stranger’s in such conditions, but I suppressed all instincts to flee. Out of national pride, I hung my robe on a peg, smoothed my towel on the bench, and took a seat, rounding my back and crossing my legs in an attempt to disappear.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the clothed world, we are bankers, lawyers, teachers, entrepreneurs, and parents, burdened with a variety of complexes and complexities. But without our daily costumes, we were more alike than different. I tried not to look, but I’m a journalist. I wasn’t going to miss the rare opportunity to study this mishmash of humanity in all its glory.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We’re just bodies, after all. We have stretch marks, patchy bits of hair, soft arms, softer bellies, freckles, veins, and scars. We droop and sag; we look inelegant when we walk. And yet, together, what would be flaws seem to lose their power. It’s one thing to know that penises and breasts come in all shapes and sizes; it’s another to witness 50 of them at once, as individualized as characters in a Tom Stoppard play. It’s all so real that it can’t help but be beautiful.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Eventually, I gathered the fortitude to join them. By the end of our week at the Krallerhof, I was spending more time in the sauna than on the slopes. It began to work its magic on my mind; I became less self-conscious, less self-critical, less prudish. I’m older now than I’ve ever been—that’s the way time works—and yet floating there in that cold plunge, I felt as fresh as a newborn. And I was even able to start looking at all those bodies—and myself—directly in the eyes'.</div></blockquote></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELhfgkdDJWxe-bDic_joPpS6Hjk5n7obaN7PNbzVNhqrOR570GUQkfXu6W_PRxJO_6bKbE2PpfHijBDCmXHp2fPbTO8jDqn5r0JtvQ2dKHuBPGpi4Q0Ls-wXTbZjhgJhuV23fUp8hJhwrzO9_7vxvP8dtv0JUyrtDF0IDgVvaXssddgc_0o3QVojUnL7Q/s1800/431030374_911033947472915_5442183510613675296_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELhfgkdDJWxe-bDic_joPpS6Hjk5n7obaN7PNbzVNhqrOR570GUQkfXu6W_PRxJO_6bKbE2PpfHijBDCmXHp2fPbTO8jDqn5r0JtvQ2dKHuBPGpi4Q0Ls-wXTbZjhgJhuV23fUp8hJhwrzO9_7vxvP8dtv0JUyrtDF0IDgVvaXssddgc_0o3QVojUnL7Q/s320/431030374_911033947472915_5442183510613675296_n.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/banya_lovers/">banya_lovers</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Что делать , если работа не отпускает практически никогда ? Когда уже вышел с работы , но думаешь о задачах? Когда выходной день с близкими людьми, но в голове задачи...задачи...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Когда праздник, радоваться можно , отдыхать, а в голове проекты...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Я знаю способ !</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Взять индивидуальную баню на 1-2 человек</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Вчера я парил двух классных парней, предприниматели, но, работа не покидает их практически никогда...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>В таком процессе , я стараюсь направлять внимание на отвлекающие моменты, а именно , места , где человеку классно когда то было, ощущения в теле, чувства</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Я провел два коллективных прогрева , с бубном, с глюкофоном, но парни сидят в голове и работе</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Идём дальше...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Поочередно беру их в работу, отмечая их особенности мысленного восприятия, медленно прогреваю вениками , контраст в парной, очередной нагрев, заставляю нырять в ледяную купель, кричать там , дабы дать выплеснуть эмоции</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>В какой то момент замечаю, что Сергей слегка прикорнул на диване , расслабившись...процесс запущен</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Баня- легальный кайф❤️ Берите на заметку</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Парни сказали огромное спасибо, что наконец отвлеклись 🙏</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Благодарю их за доверие🥰</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Нужна помощь в активации Здесь и сейчас? Камон🤗</i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div></span></i></div><span><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">We're not there yet. But nearly. </div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Paul and Marina <a href="https://paulmarina.com/german-sauna-rules/">share</a> (Jun. 9) with you the ultimate (?) German sauna rules. As you can imagine (= wrong word?) it's a long read:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Saunas are a safe place where people from all walks of life, from all over the world meet. You will find teenagers there with their parents, 60 – something couples, 30 – something groups of boys and girls and 90-year-old male and female sauna veterans.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">People are courteous and mind their own business most of the time, but you can get into a friendly chat with other sauna visitors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">People walk around nude without swimming wear. Some people have a towel wrapped around their body or waist, others like to move about in robes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sauna visitors usually sit on a towel on the wooden benches, some lie on it to take a nap in the sauna room.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Your upper and lower body will be exposed, just try to sit comfortably but in a normal fashion and in time you will get the flow and forget that everyone else is nude as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mobile phones are not allowed, you can't take pictures or film in a sauna. If you see someone doing this, you can report them to the sauna master.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">No body shaming!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Be courteous and keep other people in mind at all times.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Behave like an adult. Yes, there are nude people running around, it's normal and ok.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Don't yell around, don't speak too loud with your friends in a sauna room. You are not alone and there are other people using this public facility'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even German speakers can learn a thing or two:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'Don't reserve a sun bed if you are not going to use it. You can reserve a bed for an extra fee at certain spas'.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It comes complete with German sauna vernacular.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSh_szR1FWY3gVH-RE19NT3MXfAieF79oC8HpZbnQSvthz43acZ5Aw17SfIe684aLDrkkYmtj5yMMMoObR5hyFimsmCUmciv_HjPPghnIrtEs__ao85wcoaFAYKEUgPf-BwVi6EGnmii-S8D0agYkpTHJviaXPpDb9sk6Io8L-hSVNcyrOInijdwvB896M/s1080/428486932_457587373360765_1751391031750023961_n.jpeg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSh_szR1FWY3gVH-RE19NT3MXfAieF79oC8HpZbnQSvthz43acZ5Aw17SfIe684aLDrkkYmtj5yMMMoObR5hyFimsmCUmciv_HjPPghnIrtEs__ao85wcoaFAYKEUgPf-BwVi6EGnmii-S8D0agYkpTHJviaXPpDb9sk6Io8L-hSVNcyrOInijdwvB896M/w400-h400/428486932_457587373360765_1751391031750023961_n.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_swallow_escapes/" target="_blank">the_swallow_escapes</a></span></i></div><i style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">[ Les bains romains ]</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">En Espagne, vous trouverez encore de nombreuses ruines des bains thermaux construits par les romains. Certains sont accessibles toutes l'année, d'autres plus mystérieux, n'apparaissent que quelques mois dans l'année lorsque les réservoirs d'eau sont à sec, laissant la place à des résurgences d'eaux chaudes au milieu de ruines.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#hotspring #spain #travel #secretspain #bainsromains #eauxthermales #aguacaliente #girlwhotravel #vanlife #roamtravels #igersspain</span></i></div></span></blockquote></i></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-4822579044024807312024-02-13T11:15:00.003+01:002024-02-14T08:12:06.870+01:00Everyone<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSV1_yd8nuIJgtNDaAkUB8WCOUnw_ExazSnanybsSgX2rCxUUTBxORDDi3QngOmNES6ktO6A71ooLgVnTsgXGzZk3Csrf8zxNRXylHBRojjWA6iPYqSjRkUFTRnPeXYhxCcACn7zG3Q9zCmC1Tc39Oh6j5FZplTPdojiPfaqR2IIp_FZkeX_HDSN4KXzW/s1800/419079638_332621649546851_5733658798985867707_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSV1_yd8nuIJgtNDaAkUB8WCOUnw_ExazSnanybsSgX2rCxUUTBxORDDi3QngOmNES6ktO6A71ooLgVnTsgXGzZk3Csrf8zxNRXylHBRojjWA6iPYqSjRkUFTRnPeXYhxCcACn7zG3Q9zCmC1Tc39Oh6j5FZplTPdojiPfaqR2IIp_FZkeX_HDSN4KXzW/s320/419079638_332621649546851_5733658798985867707_n.jpg" /></a></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/badekultur.ch/">badekultur.ch</a></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thermalwasser für alle: In Baden und Ennetbaden kann unter freiem Himmel in "Heissen Brunnen" gebadet werden.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Das Projekt wurde realisiert vom Verein <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bagno_popolare/">@bagno_popolare</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>badekultur.ch - Badetücher mit Lokalkolorit</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#retro #swissdesign #swissdesigners #aare #regionaleprodukte #produitslocaux #badekultur #badekulturinundennetbaden #sommeramzuerisee #sommeramzuerisee #leaulairetmoi #rhiischwümme #rhyschwimme #wasserschloss #thermalbaden #aareschwimmen <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aargautourismus/">@aargautourismus</a> #wasserschlossaargau #baden #ennetbaden</i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ennetbaden/"></a></i></div></i></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another packed-to-the-rim post on Europe's soaking and bathing culture. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let's start with the latter, afterall it's the main purpose of this blog.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://joycemol.com/2024/01/13/discover-the-best-hot-springs-in-europe-for-a-relaxing-getaway/" style="font-family: verdana;">Joyce Mol</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">shares (Jan. 13) her best soaking finds of Europe no less and her personal experiences. Iceland to Turkey.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A French </span><a href="https://www.natureetsourcechaude.com/blog/sources-deau-chaude-sauvages-pyrenees-orientales/" style="font-family: verdana;">post</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Nov. 5, 2023) concerning the wild hot springs of the Têt and Tuch valleys.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saunachannel has <a href="http://www.nudeblog.ru/bathpoint/saunachannelge">asked</a> Nudeblog to produce a film on Georgian hot and mud springs (Dec. 14). It results in a good overview of what's on offer in Georgia.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2m6FZNpxAT3wRUTWzcYYGNYgJfkZlCGIEX1Vv160k6y6S_wV4zhTonkcgaPOezMDhD22Tz4f06uP1cEAjcjrglYot4iMNyjoqwZwJvbDlvJ29WA1gqvdecJ7scodBzoqpPkBCSfgtOLhZ6R5BlXbELJ9RatS6ytO71CYnVyPfbxT6Rft4DghFho-i-hSD/s1799/407436050_18316519090142652_1735884009994269973_n.jpg"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2m6FZNpxAT3wRUTWzcYYGNYgJfkZlCGIEX1Vv160k6y6S_wV4zhTonkcgaPOezMDhD22Tz4f06uP1cEAjcjrglYot4iMNyjoqwZwJvbDlvJ29WA1gqvdecJ7scodBzoqpPkBCSfgtOLhZ6R5BlXbELJ9RatS6ytO71CYnVyPfbxT6Rft4DghFho-i-hSD/w320-h400/407436050_18316519090142652_1735884009994269973_n.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nudeblogru/">nudeblogru</a> at Nokalakevi:</span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Снимали для <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saunachannel/">@saunachannel</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Пленка by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sashakulak/">@sashakulak</a>. Часть 1</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Сакартвело’23</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over to Italy where most of this posts soaking info is referred from.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://rometravelogues.com/best-thermal-baths-near-rome-italy-hot-springs/" style="font-family: verdana;">Rometravelouges</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">(Jan. 23) has a good post on the hot springs (commercial or free) reachable from Rome, mostly to the north.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">San Filippo is the northern most. </span></div><div><div style="font-family: verdana;">Here's a recent <a href="https://www.placesofjuma.com/bagni-san-filippo-tuscany-italy/">post</a> (Jan. 9) solely on this terme libere by Juma.</div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUvDPvXyZ2q8EGBLlA5WBJfKYlvL_2738r-UV5nZJF5KlmQw1UhmemFd2qzSU8ZGa1OZqIdxcG1mQPw_5bx7ejsa4S5_DrTp7AYPbRZV_dsDWw6S-QAVP_XMHf3y790TrNSumIsSBF8LjtyJLFfMQvleIOJBgj4raAe8b4Whehb8IFsMHG0wHz0Kdu9lB/s1800/413908956_18035280682643942_2619435536063642710_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUvDPvXyZ2q8EGBLlA5WBJfKYlvL_2738r-UV5nZJF5KlmQw1UhmemFd2qzSU8ZGa1OZqIdxcG1mQPw_5bx7ejsa4S5_DrTp7AYPbRZV_dsDWw6S-QAVP_XMHf3y790TrNSumIsSBF8LjtyJLFfMQvleIOJBgj4raAe8b4Whehb8IFsMHG0wHz0Kdu9lB/s320/413908956_18035280682643942_2619435536063642710_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/daniraccagni/">daniraccagni</a></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">LOVE IS MY MANTRA</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you have made.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you want a different result, make a different choice.</span></i></div></span></blockquote></i></span><div style="font-family: verdana;"><div>An <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/tuscany-wellness-terme-di-saturnia">article</a> (Dec. 23) from Vogue magazine on Saturnia hot springs (Tuscany):</div><div></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'It’s just before sunrise, and the lights of Terme di Saturnia resort are already out of sight. I’ve been walking in the dark for less than a mile, through the rolling hills of the Tuscan countryside, in pursuit of one of the region’s wonders: Cascate del Mulino, a 3,000-year-old travertine hot spring believed to have sprouted in the Etruscan era. Save for a few other intrepid souls who are also braving the crisp morning air, I’m alone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arriving at the waterfalls, set just below an old stone mill, I drop my robe and rest it on the white pebbles surrounding the springs before tiptoeing into the first of the steamy pools. The chill of dawn on my skin ceases as I float in the sulfuric waters, resting at a temperature of around 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Soon, the crowds will arrive, but for now, I enjoy the oasis to myself, allowing it to both soothe and transport me. I wonder what it was once like to arrive here when the area had no resort or hotel nearby, when the Etruscans, and later the Romans, first began looking to the springs as a sanctuary for healing'.</div></blockquote><div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the rest it's a write up on the adjacent resort. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also note that once the sun has risen, these soaks tend to be packed beyond limits.</div></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">A recent posting (Jan. 28) from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02NqUhino6zouHue7qbbmsdLMxAvTbtXwbsFihzeKrfGZKxjKoXZFygBG4a8tLfzLcl&id=100079814201866">Termalismo medievale in Toscana. Il bagno di Caldanelle</a> implies a beautiful soak near Sasso Piano:</div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhszG5yboQnREJur6Qz7qR_y0QV7YEKQ3dLqt-5YaeIxXeEY9Qd05zxn3mNKoLm8FmWhGqR6rShQWuyv6Zc06tqG_FbTwHa5P7QvMDPlfNfAU7SR0csB5K9X5FDXGiTzN5eL2pCZvEi4PUIe6ZX02PtQH69x9qczVuELUKpZxXBYFIQ4KXDk1mJdGBQe9rJ"><img height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhszG5yboQnREJur6Qz7qR_y0QV7YEKQ3dLqt-5YaeIxXeEY9Qd05zxn3mNKoLm8FmWhGqR6rShQWuyv6Zc06tqG_FbTwHa5P7QvMDPlfNfAU7SR0csB5K9X5FDXGiTzN5eL2pCZvEi4PUIe6ZX02PtQH69x9qczVuELUKpZxXBYFIQ4KXDk1mJdGBQe9rJ=w320-h240" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/3087798491239896/user/682873838/?__cft__[0]=AZUzVwciwYm5um-hG2zzYfJc8zmT7Rk6WPss_m4k9BY-BVVRbZP_-yyqsMwIoRqTsjiVOpRgqV6QzgMn4mVdiEtcOGrSCBtnVdulw8khpU9AG-ZEg6UrdVIC_zSDRISWpKoTyybMzXfE1MhHGUjNnqIsW9CsaU7sIdLFEbDBOrAj5wugE0qoZHuh1nhVLmOZG2U&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R">Betty Bungle</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/3087798491239896/?__cft__[0]=AZUzVwciwYm5um-hG2zzYfJc8zmT7Rk6WPss_m4k9BY-BVVRbZP_-yyqsMwIoRqTsjiVOpRgqV6QzgMn4mVdiEtcOGrSCBtnVdulw8khpU9AG-ZEg6UrdVIC_zSDRISWpKoTyybMzXfE1MhHGUjNnqIsW9CsaU7sIdLFEbDBOrAj5wugE0qoZHuh1nhVLmOZG2U&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R">Toscana is wonderful</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>At the ancient Etruscan-Roman thermal complex of Sasso Pisano, hidden in a bush, a small source of very hot water (65 degrees <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t50/1/16/1f525.png" />).</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_DYndc_-axY" width="320" youtube-src-id="_DYndc_-axY"></iframe></div></span></span></i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DYndc_-axY" target="_blank">The Abandoned Village Spa Day You Can't Miss in Spain</a> </blockquote></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Shifting to the intermedium, mineral springs. Not hot, but naturally sourced.</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The blog Wandering Carol has quite a spate of entries posted concerning bathing / soaking.</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There's this <a href="https://wanderingcarol.com/unesco-great-spa-towns-of-europe/">post</a> (Jan. 10) on UNESCO recognized great spa's of Europe:</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><blockquote style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'With my recent trip to the German spa towns of Bad Ems and Bad Kissingen (I also went to Karlovy Vary in Czechia, but I’ve visited there a million times so it didn’t add to my total), I’ve nearly reached my goal.</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m determined to visit the 11 UNESCO World Heritage Great Spas of Europe. My count now stands at nine'.</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Later that month she </span><a href="https://wanderingcarol.com/bad-ems-german-spa-town/" style="font-family: verdana;">reports</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">(Jan. 25) on Bad Ems:</span></div><div><div style="font-family: verdana;"></div><blockquote style="font-family: Tinos;"><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">'From the picture it looked like Bad Ems would have everything I want in a spa town: Belle Epoque architecture, a scenic setting, fresh air and plenty of nature to get out in.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Best of all I learned Bad Ems has 15 mineral springs that are still used in spa treatments and healing therapies today'.</div></blockquote><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">The article looks extensively at everything one would want to do as well as a review of Bad Ems therme and (not hot) springs.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Earlier (Dec. 9), she had an extensive <a href="https://wanderingcarol.com/spa-in-karlovy-vary/" target="_blank">post</a> on Karlovy Vary as well <a href="https://wanderingcarol.com/bad-kissingen/" target="_blank">one</a> (Dec. 21) on Bad Kissingen.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsFzDib86gY1J6v4gcoM6PBWogGbudauFRHXmFUn8aM-PPKGo0pqVCfl0NxGMVOtPH7lZUwmDE1H4U_nEfdzkEH-9HdWuhK_TIfffh93LNbch3VrX_ZQUGVUH6llw3wsEsfcimofLTCXnYWbJnZPMqElWIdAdxQ88ftBTB751D3y-bb1B-Z95kKnHxwdg/s1440/418435812_18030922360758553_8300721321446534030_n.jpg"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsFzDib86gY1J6v4gcoM6PBWogGbudauFRHXmFUn8aM-PPKGo0pqVCfl0NxGMVOtPH7lZUwmDE1H4U_nEfdzkEH-9HdWuhK_TIfffh93LNbch3VrX_ZQUGVUH6llw3wsEsfcimofLTCXnYWbJnZPMqElWIdAdxQ88ftBTB751D3y-bb1B-Z95kKnHxwdg/s320/418435812_18030922360758553_8300721321446534030_n.jpg" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hamammagazine/">hamammagazine</a> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">🌿 Ruth Kaplan’s Bathers 🌿 </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">From the thermal waters of Iceland to the historic bathhouses of Hungary - every photo in the ‘Bathers’ series tells a unique story of culture, relaxation, and connection. Kaplan’s lens captures more than just moments; it captures the essence of communal joy. 🏊♂️💦 </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">more on Hamam:Strange</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Focus.de <a href="https://www.focus.de/experts/reise-trend-2024-warum-die-wellness-branche-vermehrt-auf-biohacks-setzt_id_259548548.html">notes</a> (Jan. 5) the newest wellness trend: Bio-hacking. Basically incorporating all available techniques to ensure a healthy stay:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'With the help of modern technologies, a special diet, exercise and other methods, sleep should be improved, stress reduced and one's own energy reserves mobilized. Biohacking also includes tracking your own health values. For biohackers, measuring pulse, blood pressure and weight is just as much a part of their routine as regularly monitoring their own blood values. Fitness trackers, smartwatches, smart scales, home blood tests, sleep monitoring apps and food diaries are essential tools for biohackers. Wellness hotels are increasingly offering health checks or basic sports medical examinations before a biohacking retreat. Here, certain weak points and risk factors can be uncovered and a tailor-made nutrition and fitness plan can then be created'.</blockquote><b>Lovesauna</b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATjkIhocbPYL4uWvZfN67t91QhPjk1Atu7IKY3a-FgQUvD5x0cbP7oiKFQ7h2grRGyLVGqW4NOlRkq-gn6lPjuf1wvbmJcMe8TTfcpBf818kC3ZjE4vcDuKlIwnKWBRxwwKscM1NjzQYs25UTXdDQB99GBV-jc2GsOjiE3R6S-K4yf4acWFB0EDR9NwVc/s1440/318204157_553137603297070_2142341979790798292_n.jpeg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATjkIhocbPYL4uWvZfN67t91QhPjk1Atu7IKY3a-FgQUvD5x0cbP7oiKFQ7h2grRGyLVGqW4NOlRkq-gn6lPjuf1wvbmJcMe8TTfcpBf818kC3ZjE4vcDuKlIwnKWBRxwwKscM1NjzQYs25UTXdDQB99GBV-jc2GsOjiE3R6S-K4yf4acWFB0EDR9NwVc/w400-h400/318204157_553137603297070_2142341979790798292_n.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sauna_akka/">sauna_akka</a></span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lankea loveen.</span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Suomen ensimmäinen mobiilihoitosauna Lovi avaa ovensa. Perinnesaunotusta, perinnehierontahoitoja, vihdontaa, villiyrttihoitoja.</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Vaivuin Lauran hyräillessä saunaloitsuja tilaan, jossa tuntui että olen taas äidin kohdussa tai vähintään kehdossa oman äidin hyräillessä lauluja. Siinä ei tuntunut olevan huolia, ainoastaan ihana rento ja turvallinen tila."</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tänä talvena Sipoonjoen Perinnesaunalla on mahdollista päästä tutustumaan Mielikin metsän Sauna-Akan saunahoitoihin Loven lämmössä. Varaa itsellesi yleisen saunavuorosi lomassa vihdonta tai vaikka yrtti- tai pesuhieronta. Pitkän kaavan perinnesaunotuksia tulossa myös tarjolle. Nautinto on taattu!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tutustu ja varaa saunahoitosi vellossa, www.vello.fi/lovi. Linkki Sauna-Akan biossa.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Huom! Saunamaksu ja saunahoito maksetaan erikseen. Varaa saunahoitosi yleisen saunavuoron lomaan! Nauti maasavusaunan lempeissä löylyissä ja perinnesaunottajan taivaallisissa hoidoissa. Kerää voimasi ja nollaa itsesi!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#perinnesaunottaja #saunaculture #finnishsauna #healingsauna #kansanperinne #kylpy #vihdonta #hieronta #kansanparannus #parannussauna #sauna-akka #loitsu #saunotus #bathing #perinnesauna</span></i></div></span></i></blockquote></span></div><div><div style="font-family: verdana;">Over to the sauna news.</div><div style="font-family: verdana;">From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Sauna/comments/18lzwqc/only_a_naked_sauna_with_boys_and_girls_is_a_good/?sort=new">Reddit</a>, an overview (Dec. 2023) of European sauna etiquette. </div><div style="font-family: verdana;">And nearly 100 comments on how this overview is missing all kinds of nuances. </div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Clearly European sauna culture is more diverse than the map below suggests, with lots of niches. So complex.</div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FskjFnM6v-KE035oSP3_rXvWbW5OGk43y7Fs5_MEUFLCt-_0THmbBKy6Zkh97ltuvP_vda-2VUHyU-_aNAQsUAP0aWesrs2MGzNyi3aLhdWmPN8o0NJkdVko33_DpBRCS-ie7WsEe9YI58tzlc-yo-9UjBjK686NCVzaVDETke7Hu5eX0RC20etvn6qA/s960/sweid8lon87c1.webp"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FskjFnM6v-KE035oSP3_rXvWbW5OGk43y7Fs5_MEUFLCt-_0THmbBKy6Zkh97ltuvP_vda-2VUHyU-_aNAQsUAP0aWesrs2MGzNyi3aLhdWmPN8o0NJkdVko33_DpBRCS-ie7WsEe9YI58tzlc-yo-9UjBjK686NCVzaVDETke7Hu5eX0RC20etvn6qA/w400-h209/sweid8lon87c1.webp" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/opinion/learned-how-to-be-naked-2890169" style="font-family: verdana;">Inews</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Feb. 5) columnist Sarah Magill comments on German sauna culture:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><blockquote style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">'Entering a sweaty wooden cabin full of happily naked people for the first time in Berlin was uncomfortable, of course. I found myself grappling with self-consciousness on two fronts – over my own body and in an attempt to conceal my intrigue at the variety of appendages on display. But I enjoyed the ritual of the sauna, especially the Aufguss (meaning “infusion”) procedure, during which a member of staff pours scented water on hot coals and skillfully disperses the resulting heat around with fans, for an even, more intense, sensation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But in Germany, saunas are a common feature of most sports facilities and there are at least 20 public saunas in Berlin alone. Sauna culture is a big deal here. Last year, well over a quarter of the German population frequently went to the sauna or steam bath in their free time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Having become accustomed to the German sauna etiquette, I was struck by the complete absence of it during a visit to a local health centre in southeast London last year. Everyone was sitting directly on the wood in soaking wet bathing suits, creating an overpowering smell of chlorine, until one elderly gentleman doused the coals in far too much oil he’d brought in a bottle from home. People were also coming and going after only a few minutes – seemingly not knowing what they were supposed to do in there. A German would be bemused, I thought.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It made me realise that the UK would really benefit from adopting German sauna culture. By introducing more public saunas and promoting a nudity-friendly environment, Brits could gain access to the physical and mental benefits long cherished in Germany'.</span></div></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.sustainablejourneys.co.uk/the-spirit-in-the-steam-getting-into-sauna-culture-in-finland/?fbclid=IwAR1TDt9yhUjN-19yUV7OFfHeHtnLeid4869AB-HzkbooemX3FjXe-il9z64">Sustainablejourneys</a> (Jan. 16) has a look at the sauna culture of Finland and notably that of the city of Tampere:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'There are a staggering 60-odd saunas scattered across the Tampere metropolitan area but most, like this one, Rajaportti – strangely perhaps to outsiders who generally associate saunas with the luxurious spa retreats where they are most commonly found in other parts of Europe and North America – are quite modest affairs. Here, in a squat, unadorned building where entrance fees are collected without ceremony at a hatch, the pomp and priciness of much Western wellness is refreshingly absent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">‘I think of myself as a sauna classicist,’ confides Lembke [Alexander Markus Lembke], who is also available for hire as a guide to novices unfamiliar with Finnish sauna etiquette. ‘A real sauna is very different to how the concept has been interpreted in other places, and I want to show people that. Rajaportti is in a working-class district, you could be anyone coming in here, rich or poor, and when you do you’re all equal. The most shocking aspect for those coming to a Finnish sauna from the UK, or the US, is that everyone is naked. No clothes. Remove clothes and you take away miscommunication. In saunas here you encounter all body shapes and sizes, fat, thin, the old, the young, little ones of just a few weeks old, all equal, all relaxing and sweating. It’s a healthy thing for society.’</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once disrobed and inside, it’s all about the steam. Lembke’s role at Rajaportti is as saunan lämmittäjä (sauna heater), an art that he assures me is so complicated to perfect that it is considered a highly regarded job'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/06/the-sauna-secret-why-finland-is-the-happiest-country-in-the-world">The Guardian</a> also delves into Finnish sauna culture (Dec. 6). Surprisingly with reference to Tampere again!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'But in Finland not only are saunas plentiful – an estimated 3.3m for a population of 5.6 million – but the culture around them is unique. Having originated to fulfil a very practical need for heat and sanitation, the sauna’s significance in Finnish society now goes far deeper – perhaps even to the essence of what it is to be human.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">....</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tampere’s public sauna legacy goes back to the early 19th century, when the city was an industrial centre, out of a need for a communal place for primarily working-class people to wash, says Tuomas Paloniemi, from the tourism bureau Visit Tampere. “They needed to bathe, and bathrooms or private saunas were not so common in those residences.” By about 1820, there were more than 100 public saunas in the city, he says.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sauna definitely contributes to Finland’s happiness levels, Koskenniemi [Janne Koskenniemi, the executive director of the Finnish Sauna Society] says. He compares the impact of regular sauna-going to having therapy. “When you’re in the sauna you’re naked in the physical sense, and you’re naked with your thoughts and your standing in society. It’s just you.”</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">Now I'm slowly losing my bearings: where are we? </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Let's continue with a sauna review then, from nearby Norway. Womanshealthmagazine accepts a paid sojourn (thus very positive) to the Wells spa in Oslo. The <a href="https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/travel/a46305995/the-well-review/">report </a>(Jan. 17):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Situated in the midst of the Norwegian wilderness, The Well is all about taking time out from your daily (stressful) routines and making time for slowing down, eating well, resting and de-stressing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since it’s surrounded by this frosty dreamscape, both the spa and hotel take inspiration from the Nordic woodlands. It’s the kind of place that might actually prompt you to feel a little less prudish (read: British), since all cares about nakedness are left firmly at the front door'.</div></blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n61bPJcZnU-dkMvAlhzefUwPTK0JKT0Jo6vbqiLCf0VOsAkYydqMZX5R_QaZ7gSViBtCa4tOsGkN0MjRQSm4ietc8wAZmV2a7lYGtf5VfjVAvRpwOCxsmQjz60LJMYJAinCXDDkJw14SXa1Yxn9zXjRd1GVBHFgjA6cXQpWpIwUO_UGZnwrkXmbjklEI/s1800/336126654_224026280159612_7774800787720685616_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n61bPJcZnU-dkMvAlhzefUwPTK0JKT0Jo6vbqiLCf0VOsAkYydqMZX5R_QaZ7gSViBtCa4tOsGkN0MjRQSm4ietc8wAZmV2a7lYGtf5VfjVAvRpwOCxsmQjz60LJMYJAinCXDDkJw14SXa1Yxn9zXjRd1GVBHFgjA6cXQpWpIwUO_UGZnwrkXmbjklEI/s320/336126654_224026280159612_7774800787720685616_n.jpg" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/_natalis._/">_natalis._</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><blockquote>ℛ𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓍 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 ♡</blockquote></i></div></i></span><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then to the <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2024/01/14/the-sea-sauna-craze-its-like-a-modern-day-pub-except-you-leave-feeling-great-and-with-a-natural-healthy-high/">Irish Times</a> (Jan. 14), as it looks at the emerald isle's own soaking traditions:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Beach saunas have been a phenomenon of the past 12 months, and yet getting sweaty has a heritage in Ireland dating back to ancient times.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A 2021 study by Katie Kearns and Timo Ylimaunu recorded the sites of 290 sweat houses in Ireland, with the majority being found in Leitrim and its neighbouring counties. This was followed by Leitrim County Council’s Leitrim Sweathouse Project, conducted in partnership with the Heritage Council, which trained volunteer archaeologists and researchers, and added 19 more to the tally. They are sure there are more'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The article concludes with mentioning a couple of seaside sauna's from around Ireland.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This fits here. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/07/outdoor-saunas-freezing-dips-and-remote-hutting-how-scotland-fell-in-love-with-scandinavian-winters">The Guardian</a> (Jan. 7) looks at the burgeoning Scottish sauna scene:</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>'This is Scandinavian winter living par excellence: but it’s not a Norwegian fjord or Swedish forest – it’s the banks of Loch Fyne on the west coast of Scotland. This is one of a growing number of Scandi-style outdoor saunas across the coastline where locals and visitors gather through the long, dark northern winter days in search of company and warmth, and to boost their physical and mental health'.</blockquote></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Gift</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some real news items.</div></span><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">As reported late last year, the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-68022308?fbclid=IwAR0nFa0s71ZbZH97Lywy4ng-WGdwp9KlixitogBzw_8ik2ToB_5270jZeVs">BBC</a> (Jan. 19) now notes:</div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'A Finnish sauna that was gifted to the UK after the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65335311">1948 Olympic Games</a> has been granted Grade II-listed status.</blockquote></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Märkische Allgemeine <a href="https://www.maz-online.de/lokales/teltow-flaeming/ludwigsfelde/kristalltherme-ludwigsfelde-beschwerden-ueber-sex-und-belaestigung-in-fkk-therme-S7EZUVK5FVENTJ2CTNXWQ7IM4Q.html">reports</a> (Jan. 24) on problems with the <a href="https://kristall-therme-ludwigsfelde.de/" target="_blank">Kristalltherme Ludwigsfelde</a>. Apparently complaints are of guests getting too excited. </div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A day later there's an <a href="https://www.maz-online.de/lokales/teltow-flaeming/ludwigsfelde/sex-vorfaelle-im-fkk-bad-ludwigsfelde-gerd-bittermann-betreiber-der-kristalltherme-im-interview-7A53RB7465B4HBK6GMMMFK4PRM.html">interview</a> with the company's CEO (Kristalltherme Ludwigsfelde is one </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">of Kristall Bäder AG) w</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">hereby he explains that with nearly 500,000 annual visitors there's always going to be a very few who seem to go beyond the rules. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">So much for society wanting to extend the nakedness = sex.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23Js_pp8bOj1a8hSmrhZIQWkENMW8ejU7nVtGaHUGmlo1urSMNrgPrJFhO2maRqG2Olh_688FDm15C_TH2rQkhyDSo74mFxPhQV0yx5Sqe_WwcIvCcSEdaWK3kOpJO-NX59D_nZEhZNUBFBX6kQo6neM6I1T5lOj5Izb95ihHbjnzRfTJiFAOZ5f7eIr0/s1800/424427948_1602224213857997_7508726628587817440_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23Js_pp8bOj1a8hSmrhZIQWkENMW8ejU7nVtGaHUGmlo1urSMNrgPrJFhO2maRqG2Olh_688FDm15C_TH2rQkhyDSo74mFxPhQV0yx5Sqe_WwcIvCcSEdaWK3kOpJO-NX59D_nZEhZNUBFBX6kQo6neM6I1T5lOj5Izb95ihHbjnzRfTJiFAOZ5f7eIr0/s320/424427948_1602224213857997_7508726628587817440_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/badekultur.ch/">badekultur.ch</a> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Im Zürcher <a href="https://www.instagram.com/museumgestaltung/">@museumgestaltung</a> entdeckt: Historische Werbeplakate für Badekuren in Baden und St. Moritz</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Die Ausstellung "Talking Bodies - Körperbilder im Plakat" läuft noch bis 25. Februar. Sehenswert!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">badekultur.ch - Badetücher mit Lokalkolorit</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#retro #swissdesign #swissdesigners #serviettedebain #segeln #rudern #societenautiquedegeneve #schweiztourismus🇨🇭 #tourismswitzerland #suissetourisme #regionaleprodukte #produitslocaux #regionduleman #vaudtourisme #badekultur #badekulturinundennetbaden #sommeramzuerisee #sommeramzuerisee #leaulairetmoi #rhiischwümme #basel #baselswitzerland #rhyschwimme #zürich #züri</span></i></div></blockquote></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-family: verdana;">Finally sauna and culture. </div><div style="font-family: verdana;">From the <a href="https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/movies-theatre/2024/01/16/a-soul-cleansing-ritual-smoke-sauna-sisterhood-reveals-untold-secrets/?fbclid=IwAR1sDlWtlm7BPj3FOF3pRTwjqMx2OMFZRU7SX5Bb5gEJ7b9BPsSvZutagPE">Reykjavik Grapevine</a> (Jan. 16), they look at how Iceland contributed to the success of Smoke Sauna Sisters:</div><div style="font-family: verdana;"></div><blockquote style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">'To learn more about Iceland’s creative input, I met the film’s co-producer, Hlín Johannesdottír, at Sundhöllin public swimming pool on a busy morning right before Christmas. With water steaming on the rocks, we sat for a chat in the warmth of the public sauna.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Could the Icelandic hot pool culture compare to the sauna rituals? Hlín isn’t positive. “The smoke sauna is like a whole different level. Nothing that is talked about in there goes out anywhere.”</div></blockquote><div style="font-family: verdana;">Sauna Times lastly <a href="https://www.saunatimes.com/sauna-products/your-own-finnish-smoke-sauna-are-you-ready/">reports</a> (Jan. 7) on building your own Finnish smoke sauna.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-46453613916886235352024-02-13T11:13:00.000+01:002024-02-13T11:13:33.346+01:00Precious<span style="font-family: verdana;">Another short sauna (and wellness) review. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This time the facilities of </span><a href="https://www.pfalzblick.de/en/" style="font-family: verdana;">Pfalzblick</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (<i>Wald Spa Resort</i>), </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">located on the outskirts of the small town of </span><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahn" style="font-family: verdana;">Dahn</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (southern Rheinland-Pfalz), surrounded by the e</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">xtensive forests of the Pfalz.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The wellness facilities are based over two locations. One in the older building and a brand new sauna island. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The older facilities have two sauna's, a steam bath and a jacuzzi. It also has access to an inner pool, though this a textile required facility, to complicate matters. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new facilities have two sauna's, a steam room and access to an (unheated) swim lagoon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This set up is not too ideal, certainly difficult to sell to outsiders, who would pay extra for the split set up?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The old facilites have actually seen better times and it's unclear why they are still in operation. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new facilities are very nice, but as they are in a seperate building, these only may not afford the extra visit. As for instance the <a href="https://www.felsland-badeparadies.de/">Felsland Badepardies</a> is just 2 muntes further, which incorporates all facilities under 1 roof.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The experience was ok, the <i>Aufguss</i> sessions were the highlight, also evidenced by seeing how many guests made it to these. But even though this had it's own charm, having personel usually doing other work and then doing the <i>Aufguss</i> sessions doesn't always result in an excellent experience for sauna goers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My ratings are based on the experience of wellness itself, virtually all other reviews refer to the resort as a whole.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And during my stay, the new steamroom broke down, which would have otherwise added a slight variation of the experience. All 'n all? 7.5? </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Possibly a summer experience whereby the swim lagoon would be easier to use might lift the experience. With the temperature of the lagoon in winter varying from 1-5 C, there's precious little fun to be had. So <b>7.5</b> it is.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hotel+Pfalzblick/@49.256282,7.6037033,10.5z/data=!4m25!1m13!4m12!1m4!2m2!1d3.5709178!2d51.387174!4e1!1m6!1m2!1s0x479661779150db8d:0xd55dd435ef0566f4!2spfalzblick+wald+spa+resort!2m2!1d7.7778!2d49.14573!3m10!1s0x479661779150db8d:0xd55dd435ef0566f4!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d49.14573!4d7.7778!9m1!1b1!16s%2Fg%2F1trqg4gd?entry=ttu">Google</a>: 4.5 stars (900+ reviews), though virtually all of this is based on the resort itself, not the wellness facilities.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.nl/Hotel_Review-g1085434-d261088-Reviews-Pfalzblick_Wald_Spa_Resort-Dahn_Rhineland_Palatinate.html" target="_blank">Tripadvisor</a> also rates it with 4.5 stars (400+ reviews).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pfalzblick.de/reviews?locale=nl_NL" target="_blank">Facebook</a> rates it even higher 4.6 stars (500+ reviews).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.leadingspa.com/en/spa-hotels/hotel-2438-pfalzblick-wald-spa-resort.html" target="_blank">Leadingspa</a> notes 97% satisfaction for wellness facilties, whatever it means.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-36351233047164707822024-01-15T21:11:00.003+01:002024-01-15T21:11:39.986+01:00Wise<span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuq2h4lBs09DbwiKbjTJzyEe3Vci_RxhoDGwBy1KExEy2RCEernqE8DgWv8M2dlYYjjsSOxwJBgq7oS09EQN0fX8TvLo8UI-tVCssqovpdOmBzEMYhyphenhyphen0t7wULpH8_123i0BdJA4Y7unTzUju4VSJXL-RgWF4_xFAZMa-XVicV93DT4CPqgqudP7Goa4jz/s1440/368150060_270218895822494_3529487775559028_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuq2h4lBs09DbwiKbjTJzyEe3Vci_RxhoDGwBy1KExEy2RCEernqE8DgWv8M2dlYYjjsSOxwJBgq7oS09EQN0fX8TvLo8UI-tVCssqovpdOmBzEMYhyphenhyphen0t7wULpH8_123i0BdJA4Y7unTzUju4VSJXL-RgWF4_xFAZMa-XVicV93DT4CPqgqudP7Goa4jz/w400-h400/368150060_270218895822494_3529487775559028_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/valuvalentino/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">valuvalentino</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wise is the man who contents himself with the spectacle of the world.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#terme#sansaturninoterme#wild#sardegna#sardinia#naked#dude#cool#me#travel#experience#happyness#love#bearded</span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#tatoo</span></i></div></blockquote><p>A start of sorts, a last grasp (?) into the backlog of links Ie collected through the years, though admittedly these are mostly from more current dates.</p><p>Italy it is. Sardinia, Calabria, Lombardy and Tuscany.</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtcCYnkSAqsj8aIQZsrIXglt-aPDDrGUL2RgwjX3USPcmopUjk0vkVIO0T_bksg4iwIXmIv6Ei601IkSHymL68FiE42GlBTiUXX6h2j4RMMRuczwsQpS_NCP53Rje5XDqVSDrdGUvOSzv-KLRp3DYTlKrlXnoWzCGiLKt0l5Xzfmx83g097qIwYHAYX3C/s1440/400980973_185794144584987_7055643643645868292_n.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtcCYnkSAqsj8aIQZsrIXglt-aPDDrGUL2RgwjX3USPcmopUjk0vkVIO0T_bksg4iwIXmIv6Ei601IkSHymL68FiE42GlBTiUXX6h2j4RMMRuczwsQpS_NCP53Rje5XDqVSDrdGUvOSzv-KLRp3DYTlKrlXnoWzCGiLKt0l5Xzfmx83g097qIwYHAYX3C/s320/400980973_185794144584987_7055643643645868292_n.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mateusz.piotr.wisniewski/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">mateusz.piotr.wisniewski</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Forever summer #foreversummer #termedicaronte #hotsprings #zdroj #lazne #italia #wlochy #italy #italiano #uomoromano #uomoitaliano #calabria #kalabria #lameziaterme #uczesiewloskiego #stoimparandolitaliano #wdrodzedopracy #onmywaytowork #sanitasperaquam #weekendvibes #nofilter #bezfiltra</blockquote></span></i><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRCfplqFf3ULlxL_UNQoojg8fe6CErZF7_qHR6seVkfMiiYdIdUPtMQzLkhLHG9k417VPGNx9EvLtgnIK-jsWH9ekrn-TtiwuHaTvZT9CHtzlvBrJz8_BiwafLNX_6EfnXhMkYDjWB6IzxfaWy9Pp9rAY8ny8PgTrzR8_7csBVea3XCPuvdxmJYiiULgs/s1440/358608217_18372686962034760_4059148087253206057_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRCfplqFf3ULlxL_UNQoojg8fe6CErZF7_qHR6seVkfMiiYdIdUPtMQzLkhLHG9k417VPGNx9EvLtgnIK-jsWH9ekrn-TtiwuHaTvZT9CHtzlvBrJz8_BiwafLNX_6EfnXhMkYDjWB6IzxfaWy9Pp9rAY8ny8PgTrzR8_7csBVea3XCPuvdxmJYiiULgs/w400-h400/358608217_18372686962034760_4059148087253206057_n.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cinzia_gaia/">cinzia_gaia</a><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">La Pozza di Leonardo</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bormio</div><div style="text-align: center;">#onfilm</div></blockquote></span></i></span><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlFzt1ehjgMSzUGDBjp3ZRTHvekArrlc4VlyUUf_G5IZSWJL-rLZTAqCGPZotKcBEeOyCbvRk0Nc_65fC6WnG6D_CWsKbLC_C4RS7b4ink21GCiuwKpo88SfXQG4uZLJ3d_v30T2WK-DwoH8hFtScQEDvo7jKpup2TSFF-d0fqLFXyB1Hox7hHnOJy8WN/s1800/416653874_293166489952900_5892528410604083252_n.jpg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlFzt1ehjgMSzUGDBjp3ZRTHvekArrlc4VlyUUf_G5IZSWJL-rLZTAqCGPZotKcBEeOyCbvRk0Nc_65fC6WnG6D_CWsKbLC_C4RS7b4ink21GCiuwKpo88SfXQG4uZLJ3d_v30T2WK-DwoH8hFtScQEDvo7jKpup2TSFF-d0fqLFXyB1Hox7hHnOJy8WN/s320/416653874_293166489952900_5892528410604083252_n.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kinkalow/">kinkalow</a></i></div></span></div></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Feeling very grateful to end one year and start the new one surrounded by nature in the hills of Tuscany soaking in mama nature’s healing thermal hot springs 💙🕊️💫😌♨️</blockquote></span></i></div></i></span><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Naturally</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQpeuNGL86KKLVibCT4UHz6RXtSApa4F6xLlC5BIK6-XMoXW7BnM27HxWxDBzsB97qHNKvgC0O2-ApcmVhyHNIjw1kRwwFXyUEGJeXOGrCdmrAo_PSU4KPA18egXITr5HpARulD2hUjjvViS-ebyYX6sh7IfqV7paAGpIbZT6aRcEqMZETXKHZOseLadz/s1440/366080081_18396360781011556_2701230241210462126_n.jpg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQpeuNGL86KKLVibCT4UHz6RXtSApa4F6xLlC5BIK6-XMoXW7BnM27HxWxDBzsB97qHNKvgC0O2-ApcmVhyHNIjw1kRwwFXyUEGJeXOGrCdmrAo_PSU4KPA18egXITr5HpARulD2hUjjvViS-ebyYX6sh7IfqV7paAGpIbZT6aRcEqMZETXKHZOseLadz/w400-h400/366080081_18396360781011556_2701230241210462126_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/silvia.sweetlife/"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">silvia.sweetlife</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">l’Occitanie aussi 🤩💦</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#pyreneesorientales #payscathare</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#leaucestlavie #vantrip @lucampierre #occitanie #aude #gorgesduverdouble #sourceseauxchaudes #voyagerenvan #offroad #roadtrip #vwt5 #ladolcevita #slowandsimpledays #naturalité</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Miscellaneous: France and Bulgaria.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKJ6lWjKxYf4DHpjKaMiDaMB5mhyphenhyphenE1btCUGOoUOZ-8O54GdKi03cGCVNW3TjRlXzglGzhIbw5caYp27E8TuFY2PLX7tFSy82I51eFgfICTxeYWFz59ognh_WI-RiR-hsi7CcAM1gfAh3HXFxg0UJVPzE1ctWmr2zZ1Tz0BwxeZxi4cWEd9N50fPvwvs5b/s1440/398157838_18398088034009558_2326226003745131258_n.jpg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKJ6lWjKxYf4DHpjKaMiDaMB5mhyphenhyphenE1btCUGOoUOZ-8O54GdKi03cGCVNW3TjRlXzglGzhIbw5caYp27E8TuFY2PLX7tFSy82I51eFgfICTxeYWFz59ognh_WI-RiR-hsi7CcAM1gfAh3HXFxg0UJVPzE1ctWmr2zZ1Tz0BwxeZxi4cWEd9N50fPvwvs5b/s320/398157838_18398088034009558_2326226003745131258_n.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hide_onsen_packer/">hide_onsen_packer</a></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">パンチャレボ温泉 in ソフィア🇧🇬</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">ブルガリアの首都ソフィアからバスで1時間</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">ダムの近くに沸いている</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">ダムから流れる水を横断しないといけない</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">そしてこれがめちゃくちゃ冷たい</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">決死の覚悟で渡った先にあった野湯</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">誰かが置いたバスタブは藻で溢れてました</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#世界の温泉 #onsen #hotspring #hotsprings #海外の温泉 #温泉 #温泉バックパッカー #温泉好きな人と繋がりたい #♨️ #露天風呂 #温泉旅行 #天然温泉 #秘湯 #バックパッカー #backpacker #世界一周 #海外旅行 #travel #旅 #trip #旅好きと繋がりたい #写真好きな人と繋がりたい #秘境 #絶景 #風景 #ダレカニミセタイケシキ #ダレカニミセタイフウケイ #野湯</span></i></div></span></blockquote></i><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIbxVnpIrpgDDcanK7xn8niQsucvaQOJgP0d3-mVze3lt2gCDgewiwM9W5yl0dz3D2smWtlxgNUtg6x6Sr5FnMi5jXPB2hVSzMXnKIf-0AkP5ZXWJqk65jtVGw6VD2maVVF8Ia_rhoi2XaxBzBCoNh_O0JjImT5XmG72FE9x6t2518DD6fevak-mxpqUI/s1200/418864717_749650273862846_1532541384675953035_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIbxVnpIrpgDDcanK7xn8niQsucvaQOJgP0d3-mVze3lt2gCDgewiwM9W5yl0dz3D2smWtlxgNUtg6x6Sr5FnMi5jXPB2hVSzMXnKIf-0AkP5ZXWJqk65jtVGw6VD2maVVF8Ia_rhoi2XaxBzBCoNh_O0JjImT5XmG72FE9x6t2518DD6fevak-mxpqUI/s320/418864717_749650273862846_1532541384675953035_n.jpg" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thermalassociation.bg/">thermalassociation.bg</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">❄️♨️ХАЙДЕ НА ЗИМНА БАНЯ В ЖЕЛЕЗНИЦА!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">😯👍Две смели дами от нашата асоциация-Юлия и Бранимира, посетиха банята в Железница и не само я посетиха, но я и ползваха. Твърдят, че при минусови температури навън, водата не се усеща като студена, въпреки че температурата ù е едва 27°С.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Стиска ли ви да опитате, а!?😉</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">👉🎥В коментари публикуваме и видео, за да видите състоянието на банята...Очевидно работи само едното отделение, а другото е напълно запуснато.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#ДаБъдеБаня</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Sunset</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJAEgn6k71ZhwyRuppFfslB3zuhXYPE_MHVfaW6iFomM1IZHWNcZXmDvCMX5r69Jh1Vi2IVV37TulWT_Nb2Xbxh4Lh-JlXG0YXvf4IUHXJY1LvuQNhpqQowLPChA7owe1_hJOSev2p5Cy-Za1YqD7PVfC2LHM7-up5aIzKILCvgI1Yq9N4kBpcTDT0eni/s1350/254429286_171475081865311_6926694539203268304_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJAEgn6k71ZhwyRuppFfslB3zuhXYPE_MHVfaW6iFomM1IZHWNcZXmDvCMX5r69Jh1Vi2IVV37TulWT_Nb2Xbxh4Lh-JlXG0YXvf4IUHXJY1LvuQNhpqQowLPChA7owe1_hJOSev2p5Cy-Za1YqD7PVfC2LHM7-up5aIzKILCvgI1Yq9N4kBpcTDT0eni/w320-h400/254429286_171475081865311_6926694539203268304_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/victoria_cello/">victoria_cello</a></span></i></div><div style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#Nordic postard ✈️</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">📸 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_giuliagalante/">@_giuliagalante</a> 🐀❣️</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#iceland#island#travel#traveldiary#hotspring#nature#wonderful#wanderlust#connect#tb#bath#naked#intothewild#visiticeland#ringroad#roadtrip#postcard#trip#journey#adventure#iminlove#stunning#northernlights#north#goldencircle#geysir#arcticfox#mouse#sunsetlovers</span></i></div></blockquote><p>Then to add more, a couple of wintery pictures from Iceland to heat you up. </p><div style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/iceland/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></a><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/sunsetlovers/"></a></span></i></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0p5kMtxeeIQ4txOd0xvo0muOsyq1muhDdtqMSfCYXxaW2Mg4sQMI_Bhn1YMPaG8uhPFsRkAGjzgRhH50qx2gMRspI2AW0005kl5Ub08PUg9LI2Gp-bxW6QFFRBO_FTTt1Y7w_uT1tyjQ6TYK7myDsh7N2O3qyLl8NEeBRR9DTLpGLuhZeHiLa26btA6w/s1440/271314872_918070902404285_8902762644950540783_n.jpg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0p5kMtxeeIQ4txOd0xvo0muOsyq1muhDdtqMSfCYXxaW2Mg4sQMI_Bhn1YMPaG8uhPFsRkAGjzgRhH50qx2gMRspI2AW0005kl5Ub08PUg9LI2Gp-bxW6QFFRBO_FTTt1Y7w_uT1tyjQ6TYK7myDsh7N2O3qyLl8NEeBRR9DTLpGLuhZeHiLa26btA6w/s320/271314872_918070902404285_8902762644950540783_n.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nomadic_cosmopolitan/">nomadic_cosmopolitan</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote>When all of Reykjavík has covid, you go on an isolating winter road trip to the west fjords</blockquote></div></i></span></div><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3yroPjwStR3JrIdjfIPd8Lu2_BfKRMU6-Yl-KCmvnO1mvHjZv0Hs6LW4aPEH36-AY33KCnIPnmu0XAXfYAwtldX_WKlnbdX61MmRaC7GhbQRkI5MkidnP4NNpITN7otHItUwlEFNeVwxsHzUDcoRnjBS6UrKZCH5IylUtLvLJV46N-2S7bZtAM4X56mm/s1800/311653157_5582529078489733_1310770254014473461_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3yroPjwStR3JrIdjfIPd8Lu2_BfKRMU6-Yl-KCmvnO1mvHjZv0Hs6LW4aPEH36-AY33KCnIPnmu0XAXfYAwtldX_WKlnbdX61MmRaC7GhbQRkI5MkidnP4NNpITN7otHItUwlEFNeVwxsHzUDcoRnjBS6UrKZCH5IylUtLvLJV46N-2S7bZtAM4X56mm/w320-h400/311653157_5582529078489733_1310770254014473461_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/eydis_wildatheart/">eydis_wildatheart</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">When you feel overwhelmed (like I feel most of the time because of my ADHD) the best thing to do is to enjoy time in nature - even better. Naked in nature 😆</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Thank you beautiful, talented <a href="https://www.instagram.com/simeoptics/">@simeoptics</a> & <a href="https://www.instagram.com/icelandicselkie/">@icelandicselkie</a> for the most adventurous & amazing day</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#nakedinnature</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#hotsprings</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#icelandnature</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-8384836273451930802024-01-05T12:44:00.006+01:002024-01-05T12:56:53.734+01:00Smoking<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Used the past festive days to catch up on (indoor) stuff, mostly seasonal.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Museums, art exhibitions and food. And catching a film.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Followers of my blog will have been pre-warned concerning the film Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, first mentioned here a year ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">With a traditional Estonian smoke sauna (Unesco <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/smoke-sauna-tradition-in-voromaa-00951" target="_blank">recognizes</a> these as part of Humanity's cultural tradition) as decor, a group of females regularly get together to undergo the sauna process and share their experiences and what then become their stories. Very genuine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's heartwarming how during 2023 this film has gathered steam during the year, going from being something from a quirky niche product to a mainstream award production possible blockbuster. Well just short of I suppose; the topics covered are too upfront as well as the confrontation with real bodies will frighten the mainstream media.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I predict that 2024 will see smoke sauna's pope up all over Europe, all eager to cash in on the trend, while visitors of these will be waiting for the stories to unfold. Intimacy though might be a pre-requisite. And from my knowledge most sauna goers value the ensuing silence.</div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iu6388qtvk0" width="320" youtube-src-id="iu6388qtvk0"></iframe></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Trailer</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The film is certainly well worthy of your attention. This obvious work of love is a very good intro into the sauna culture with emphasis of this Estonian tradition. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And Estonian culture with emphasis on women's issues.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And highlights the need for safe places to let loose all that society unleashes on women.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Go and view it. Or rent it, watch at home.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There's a lot additional info out there, most already featured here before. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When there's more to report upcoming, just keep this blog in mind.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-56192131394603086052024-01-05T12:34:00.003+01:002024-01-05T12:34:58.871+01:00Furnitured<span style="font-family: verdana;">A wee entry.</span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.dagjesunparks.be/m/west-coast-wellness/NL" style="font-family: verdana;">West Coast Wellness</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is a smallish sauna complex located on a recreation park near the southwestern Flemish coastal town of Oostduinkerke / Nieuwpoort.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two indoor sauna's, one outdoor, a steamroom and an outside pool, the lay-out is very orderly and easy to understand. There's also an empahtically called bistro. Quirky could be the coolish bath inside the steamroom (why?), while in the winter all the sunbeds are cramped indoors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My own points would be just <b>6.5</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gosh, why? </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well the bistro was very spartan like furnitured. While what was on offer matched the furniture style. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The sauna's were good though, so all was not lost. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <i>aufguss</i> was without enthusiasm, such that this lack was in itself an attraction. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other guests (i know not much can be done about this) were a bit iffy. Taking glass drinks into the pool, smoking directly after the door, using your phone in the changing rooms; maybe management might need to be a bit more hands-on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Entrance was €27,50 a near-bargain in the current wellness / sauna market of Belgium. But not really worth it. Maybe in the summer, when you can also work on your tan, there's a nice field and the cooler outdoor swimming pool would be more welcoming.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Others visitors were mostly couples many with the need to address their shameful lack of bathing costumes: cover-ups are almost ubiquitous. Culture clash so near French border?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other reviews from the internet:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <a href="https://www.relaxy.be/publieke-sauna/oostduinkerke/783-west-coast-wellness/">Relaxy.be</a> notes 8.5 out of 10 (28 reviews); a Flemish wellness site, very optimistically rated.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SunparksWestCoastWellness/reviews?locale=nl_NL">Facebook</a>: 4.3 (from 50 reviews), many reviews in French (French speakers seem to often come here).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.nl/Attraction_Review-g230023-d12819419-Reviews-West_Coast_Wellness-Nieuwpoort_West_Flanders_Province.html">Tripadvisor</a> 3 stars (from 20 reviews), seems better atuned.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Finally <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sunparks/@51.1310713,2.7140265,17z/data=!4m8!3m7!1s0x47dcbcdec1f30d01:0x97a0539ba5bdf13b!8m2!3d51.131068!4d2.7166014!9m1!1b1!16s%2Fg%2F11g6q3b83v?entry=ttu">Google</a> 3.9 (100+ reviews), though unclear whether what is reviewed is the wellness only.</div></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-54797371354865301142023-12-11T14:40:00.000+01:002023-12-11T20:15:48.787+01:00Stunned<span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd31KvY3cnm1LFiJEoRCFUqDKA7F4LvAYqCj6TDQIt2_4XBrTqLqRLSQYOY8KkInOmrzqxr-wgXTlUfNMribbcexzW8_L0HdabKlkDguloQbBlqitPa3ZWMyhQ7mclqO9gHouMQwC0WPXjBDym5pa25MrAUw134SnfJE3H7peKxvF1O2StQRwBbQqmIQwM/s1152/404002430_1576645012871422_5102272781964799151_n.jpeg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd31KvY3cnm1LFiJEoRCFUqDKA7F4LvAYqCj6TDQIt2_4XBrTqLqRLSQYOY8KkInOmrzqxr-wgXTlUfNMribbcexzW8_L0HdabKlkDguloQbBlqitPa3ZWMyhQ7mclqO9gHouMQwC0WPXjBDym5pa25MrAUw134SnfJE3H7peKxvF1O2StQRwBbQqmIQwM/w320-h400/404002430_1576645012871422_5102272781964799151_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hap.pytravels/">hap.pytravels</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Happy Thanksgiving from Iceland!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">❄️☃️🥶🧊🇮🇸❄️</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#beautiful #girl #enjoying #europe #europetravel #adventure #carefree #sexy #blonde #toplessful #toplessfun #gotopless #topless #toplesshiking #toplessthursdays #skinnydipping #nudeinnature #nudeoutdoors #nakedinnature #iceland #icelandtrip #icelandtravel #freezing #coldswim #coldplunge</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i>Not hot, but very cold (above). As a starter.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Following, lots more to heat us up. All in Icelandic style.<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZgRWeOMQ_03S0cC-3ffawXOokKj96eTpdrCFM6ciJdgtlQSVYjh0kcwTj_1yQi5GTGveJAPk2JCTT_CYodb_TGtPzMYOtVnCmKCkbCA26SDHNMJNqwWcJhOPBdAH0CWWdJCV9ZFb2KjmQoarXaKW5BPeeP8b4qqPrMo6MPpNZ0tQUXN-MmywuZog3bBc/s1440/277860783_1165142004239249_7011773122813608378_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZgRWeOMQ_03S0cC-3ffawXOokKj96eTpdrCFM6ciJdgtlQSVYjh0kcwTj_1yQi5GTGveJAPk2JCTT_CYodb_TGtPzMYOtVnCmKCkbCA26SDHNMJNqwWcJhOPBdAH0CWWdJCV9ZFb2KjmQoarXaKW5BPeeP8b4qqPrMo6MPpNZ0tQUXN-MmywuZog3bBc/s320/277860783_1165142004239249_7011773122813608378_n.jpg" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nomadic_cosmopolitan/">nomadic_cosmopolitan</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Getting our hands dirty and cleaning this hottub with a little #algae therapy 😂</blockquote></span></i></div></span></i><b>Gold</b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitl15_8j-4_kmfypv_z2kXmM7mJ-JJwYPg2ZhwABhWWOFzaGbZG5AvZf6k3A-Eqj_8J1hM2SOEY4YaQQYmJU_wU419EeWBHyb14dwyUs1Zm-McrPkzM1xOcPlKJDt0gV1bPDL7PMKEbNL4LLIjkevEnKkC1G0pf6v7CFsukkfqVt0BScrZpZvkjV1i7oOt/s1350/173695268_758384325064553_6800184965342491100_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitl15_8j-4_kmfypv_z2kXmM7mJ-JJwYPg2ZhwABhWWOFzaGbZG5AvZf6k3A-Eqj_8J1hM2SOEY4YaQQYmJU_wU419EeWBHyb14dwyUs1Zm-McrPkzM1xOcPlKJDt0gV1bPDL7PMKEbNL4LLIjkevEnKkC1G0pf6v7CFsukkfqVt0BScrZpZvkjV1i7oOt/w320-h400/173695268_758384325064553_6800184965342491100_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/victoria_cello/">victoria_cello</a></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/diving/"></a></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#Diving into magic water 🔥</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_giuliagalante/">@_giuliagalante</a> ♥️</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#iceland#island#sunset#hotspring#goldencircle#geothermal#nature#power#intothewild#spring#snow#ice#hottub#thermal#stunning#amazing#instaiceland#icelandic#roadtrip#geysir#chill#relax#enjoy#traveldiary#globetrotter</span></i></div></span></blockquote></i></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DkrElW3n-6lYGiM5lqHjPAN335v912kvGS4fTgY3PdNBdZZM8D5dGqVRcZ9uIQpgZYpYwJsTaIqzDfJkCYH4o0fe3n9M7iIZdY0dUsZLvrShqNUzblTVwCm5Wuq1Z9icZoc4hGXeoNgg1HuETftp9SZub4A8hyphenhyphenusSF_lUbDMPysQT0F0FOz5hemgUZ7I/s320/24598852769_136a3d023a_b.jpg" /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/matseevskii/"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">rusnature.ru</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>In the Western fjords</blockquote></span></i></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCb2NEWKmSMxleV7rPBhDAHTB2wPI7cCd2J6HLGr8GrGTGNR0ijnfiTYLFOywmDZGpeGUnLxjVMqyd6PNDmxBl4LkYBh0YrnVk82VQxoCgGVBTk-891r7NUNqPJB65x363jCOoW4kfGmUKQ7C_lowM9Xi24VAAsFWTzaw1rWR2G8b0gEne3yipNbScxAh/s1800/314930184_448140920736021_1864147390601003240_n%20(1).jpg" style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCb2NEWKmSMxleV7rPBhDAHTB2wPI7cCd2J6HLGr8GrGTGNR0ijnfiTYLFOywmDZGpeGUnLxjVMqyd6PNDmxBl4LkYBh0YrnVk82VQxoCgGVBTk-891r7NUNqPJB65x363jCOoW4kfGmUKQ7C_lowM9Xi24VAAsFWTzaw1rWR2G8b0gEne3yipNbScxAh/s320/314930184_448140920736021_1864147390601003240_n%20(1).jpg" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/polly_makshein/"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">polly_makshein</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reykjadalur Hot Spring Thermal River</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#iceland🇮🇸 #iceland #islandia #исландия #island #islandlife #hotsprings #thermal #горячиеисточники #relax #goodday #кайф #travel #travelgram #travelphotography #traveltheworld #travelblogger #travelling #traveling #traveler #lovetravel #travelgirl #river #mountains #góry #горы #nature #podróże</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCet-0BMsi3KQ0PQWOxGSmrEPvjb1sV0sgzQppa2-B3ulTkeY0DO7MDzHH5wnGw7a1ZJrVrOXm5xq0ekaPEwrWgEdaBToSyjJPOpKhT6YNAH39kmRlEn_vZnFialaPyQSEoeFimcYwDWCMKX6MskAEi7nlJEakP1IiGeAN9gcgOPnHNQ3uxP_GkrQkLC-/s720/348963815_152063287854686_6515769345866529767_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCet-0BMsi3KQ0PQWOxGSmrEPvjb1sV0sgzQppa2-B3ulTkeY0DO7MDzHH5wnGw7a1ZJrVrOXm5xq0ekaPEwrWgEdaBToSyjJPOpKhT6YNAH39kmRlEn_vZnFialaPyQSEoeFimcYwDWCMKX6MskAEi7nlJEakP1IiGeAN9gcgOPnHNQ3uxP_GkrQkLC-/w400-h300/348963815_152063287854686_6515769345866529767_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/599108094026317/user/624597767/?__cft__[0]=AZUbc7GXLvUcd1MWc2wbo9E0MygMLSiN_UyYCxOdgo3FaeOQjJzIUF0RtH6yKukSwgSk7QCmvAOz7lyNwRbXdOgMNZ8d9NrhDSi2KlH29VFVj4E4CxnzoBPS5Hv6XsNqUXJo4_Odv3fitDwUpa7ObGL3&__tn__=-]C%2CP-R"></a><blockquote><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/599108094026317/user/624597767/?__cft__[0]=AZUbc7GXLvUcd1MWc2wbo9E0MygMLSiN_UyYCxOdgo3FaeOQjJzIUF0RtH6yKukSwgSk7QCmvAOz7lyNwRbXdOgMNZ8d9NrhDSi2KlH29VFVj4E4CxnzoBPS5Hv6XsNqUXJo4_Odv3fitDwUpa7ObGL3&__tn__=-]C%2CP-R">Joao Oliveira</a> is in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Iceland-108264162528227/?__cft__[0]=AZUbc7GXLvUcd1MWc2wbo9E0MygMLSiN_UyYCxOdgo3FaeOQjJzIUF0RtH6yKukSwgSk7QCmvAOz7lyNwRbXdOgMNZ8d9NrhDSi2KlH29VFVj4E4CxnzoBPS5Hv6XsNqUXJo4_Odv3fitDwUpa7ObGL3&__tn__=kC%2CP-R">Iceland</a>.</blockquote></span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Proactive</b><br /><div style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYDgWFLdWx1CgtKwtWVfWme4ix1tlhOymUOkzzgyqHdF0CQuoT3fLQ0tXT4R8NCc-HC9qbG57RitT85LSkCgryBN96Zlu_jb8yL3nifXMCr0kEQedmDVGIds__uKDJrBVQnu-eKdFHiFaJVBeY2TWrdNs1aAiy_C_NxNhii03ReiZdv9nTGK4OAwjkuy6/s1440/318688753_158179583625350_6681734160904323596_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYDgWFLdWx1CgtKwtWVfWme4ix1tlhOymUOkzzgyqHdF0CQuoT3fLQ0tXT4R8NCc-HC9qbG57RitT85LSkCgryBN96Zlu_jb8yL3nifXMCr0kEQedmDVGIds__uKDJrBVQnu-eKdFHiFaJVBeY2TWrdNs1aAiy_C_NxNhii03ReiZdv9nTGK4OAwjkuy6/w400-h266/318688753_158179583625350_6681734160904323596_n.jpg" /></a></span></i></div><div style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/withtiiam/">withtiiam</a></span></i></div><div style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">💙</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">this project was out of this world.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">artist: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/simeoptics/">@simeoptics</a></span></i></div></blockquote></span><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's slightly ironic that the above (and below) id described as an out of this world experience. Because literally, the world on which this soak depends is changing, such that it's existence is threatened.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To make it more informative, the above is located near the Blue Lagoon. And what's happening nowadays there?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Back in November, Blue Lagoon closed. <a href="https://www.ruv.is/english/2023-11-09-blue-lagoon-closes-for-one-week-396091">RUV</a> (Nov. 9):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'The Blue Lagoon has closed, with immediate effect, until 7am on November 16th.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.bluelagoon.com/seismic-activity?_gl=1*a9tmde*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQiAo7KqBhDhARIsAKhZ4uhBIFlimMXYxc3pF54r6aELPI2JqRQyLdU0_tqJaIyIuEeIQ0A35DIaAgA2EALw_wcB">A statement on their website</a> explains the reasoning:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Blue Lagoon has made the proactive decision to temporarily close its operations for one week although the current phase of uncertainty has not been elevated by the authorities during this seismic period'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite seismic activity decreasing, the current statement on the Blue Lagoon <a href="https://www.bluelagoon.com/seismic-activity?_gl=1*a9tmde*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQiAo7KqBhDhARIsAKhZ4uhBIFlimMXYxc3pF54r6aELPI2JqRQyLdU0_tqJaIyIuEeIQ0A35DIaAgA2EALw_wcB">website</a>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Blue Lagoon is temporarily closed</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Grindavík December 8, 2023</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The current closure of Blue Lagoon will remain in effect until 07:00 on December 14, at which point the situation will be reassessed'.</div></blockquote><p>Enjoy: </p><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><p></p><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZsF5pfm0mft1fKZVCir43_wmSAomEK8TaEA2AuIipQ9SeOxs7HBJSmS7GjLYQ3Xg1fnSL1AJaMR97h8El-I2a0vsdAzfVdfNNixsE3Ev77CTTSoQbSkM02M3hGSpAhIQJuoGCDBDsfQUCUKA7cORV5pnPbAwXr0y1ceFGUT9Imyi6Njs-VmwScx3bGNM/s1440/395993053_1627411661120004_2290178369509621938_n.jpeg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZsF5pfm0mft1fKZVCir43_wmSAomEK8TaEA2AuIipQ9SeOxs7HBJSmS7GjLYQ3Xg1fnSL1AJaMR97h8El-I2a0vsdAzfVdfNNixsE3Ev77CTTSoQbSkM02M3hGSpAhIQJuoGCDBDsfQUCUKA7cORV5pnPbAwXr0y1ceFGUT9Imyi6Njs-VmwScx3bGNM/w400-h400/395993053_1627411661120004_2290178369509621938_n.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><i style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/icelandic.naturist/">icelandic.naturist</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i></div><blockquote><div><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hot springs are best shared with like-minded friends. We had the weather gods working in our favour todal, beautiful weather along with calm seas so we could enjoy this place longer than expected. I hope to bring many from our naturist group here and make this our sanctuary. Being naked here is the best medicine you can find for stress and everyday bullshit.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#naturism #befree #skinnydipping #secretplace #hotspringsiceland #bodyfreedom #nakedinnature #nudeisnotlewd #naked #freespirit #enjoyinglife #hotsprings #lovetheskinyourin #befree #gonaked #feelthefreedom #daretobare #friendship #enjoythemoment #enjoylife #capturethemoment #freedom #freethebody #friends #soakingspirit #soaking #soak #hotspringsiceland #hotspring #iceland #icelandicnature</span></i></div></span></i></div></blockquote><div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-56821522653731455292023-12-11T14:38:00.003+01:002023-12-11T20:15:34.706+01:00Mastered<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the most spectacularly located public sauna's in the Netherlands is that of Blue Wellness in the central west city of Leiden.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Located on the 11th and 12th floor, the architects have managed to fit in a great variety of sauna's, with the pool, the biggest sauna and the restaurant providing views over either the university quarters or the old city center.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHech-SAf8rYPgFFM2ebEDEMRjKXqaz5bCjmpbbrBFdCJB6PCzICwaRffcKRogKjOpe7f0PHi6R4GZHvbXI4bbUpQyQ5gBHLcGMUR_1RwIlwFPY9mGQcMIpDhxsMaCqcqLiF5eNURbaP56JsniFWMae3Jk8YPXCEDOqy4f0R6S4gckUjKqwcPn-_S4UVtQ/s1800/393451241_18184043944303014_5050856957025290887_n.jpg"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHech-SAf8rYPgFFM2ebEDEMRjKXqaz5bCjmpbbrBFdCJB6PCzICwaRffcKRogKjOpe7f0PHi6R4GZHvbXI4bbUpQyQ5gBHLcGMUR_1RwIlwFPY9mGQcMIpDhxsMaCqcqLiF5eNURbaP56JsniFWMae3Jk8YPXCEDOqy4f0R6S4gckUjKqwcPn-_S4UVtQ/s320/393451241_18184043944303014_5050856957025290887_n.jpg" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kevinvopstal/"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">kevinvopstal</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>26 🥳(2 days ago)</blockquote></span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite this, reviews have been quite iffy. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">For instance <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=bluewellness+leiden&rlz=1CAEAQE_enNL770NL776&oq=bluewellness+leiden&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i131i175i199i433i512j0i22i30l4j69i60l2.8617j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x47c5c6e8e53abc4d:0xfe0a82587317e6a3,1,,,,">Google</a> notes only 3.8 stars (1400+ reviews), with this number possibly covering both hotel and restaurant facilities in addition to that solely of the wellness.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cherry picking these reviews, there is this recent 5 star review:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'The best sauna in Leiden. Clean, spacious, plenty of free space in the steam rooms. I would like to admit the "opgieting" events. They are being made on good professional level by enthusiasts. I was especially impressed by the event performed by master Carmen. She is the only one who does mini shows. These are mini performances on different topics - Travel to Australia, the Wild West and so on. The smells and music are well chosen. I recommend visiting'.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">Other reviewers however mention: poor check-in service, busy in weekends (and noisy), with lots of reviewers having reservation complaints.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Likewise <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.nl/Attraction_Review-g188630-d9681919-Reviews-Vitae_Wellnessresort_Leiden-Leiden_South_Holland_Province.html">Tripadvisor</a> reviewers aren't very generous (3.5 stars, 90+ reviews), though there is this recent review:</div></span><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'My congrats to the building architects, that realised a very great Wellness with open fresh air space into the 11th level of this building. It's naturist people, but every naturist Wellness enjoyer is used being naked between others. There's nobody hiding or ashamed. It's pure pleasure. The facilities are from the highest level we know, and that's also the reason we return. It's clean and hygienic, it's fun enjoying the sauna-experiments, fresh food in restaurant, clean changing cabins, I have to stop speaking in superlatives'.</blockquote><p><a href="https://www.booking.com/hotel/nl/hampshire-fitland-leiden.nl.html#tab-reviews">Booking.com</a> gives the overnight facilities 7/10 (from 3000+), average thus.</p><p><b>Condoned</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHAtti2mxRVhEDkHAUanV-sDPA2Mag97hPxEyPEX4SQqtPMTuNvTxR3DAM1hP2B45UWmGxdC01GkMDurYnPHPhkT2qsYCWTOgmACw74582kFA0d-W0Km3bUj1TeRT3M9kHTgOLb67rF7bKuyxnjrrQxx1IYRsbAI3HM0dqklwigQPGn9Ig2Qr03cQ_O_p/s960/BLUE-Wellnessresort-Leiden-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHAtti2mxRVhEDkHAUanV-sDPA2Mag97hPxEyPEX4SQqtPMTuNvTxR3DAM1hP2B45UWmGxdC01GkMDurYnPHPhkT2qsYCWTOgmACw74582kFA0d-W0Km3bUj1TeRT3M9kHTgOLb67rF7bKuyxnjrrQxx1IYRsbAI3HM0dqklwigQPGn9Ig2Qr03cQ_O_p/w400-h266/BLUE-Wellnessresort-Leiden-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.saunagids.nl/saunas/zuid-holland/blue-wellnessresort-leiden/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Possibly we need to focus on the wellness only reviews. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">But these are mostly in Dutch. Possibly with exception of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BLUEWellnessLeiden/reviews?locale=nl_NL">Facebook </a>4 stars (500+ reviews).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dutch review sites:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <a href="https://www.sauna-aanbiedingen.nl/blue-wellnessresort-leiden">Saunaaanbiedingen</a> notes 9.1/10 (10 experiences), </div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <a href="https://blootkompas.nl/locaties/blue-wellnessresort-leiden/">Blootkompas</a> 7.7/10 (14 reviews, again poor service / busy). </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The latter though has the Leiden branch in their undated top 10 (at no. 10; <a href="https://www.blootgewoon.nl/sauna-top-10-van-nederland/">Blootgewoon</a>). But no objective parameters as regards to how list is compiled.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <a href="https://www.jouwsaunagids.nl/sauna/zuid-holland/wellness-leiden/">Jouwsaunagids</a> reviewers mention too full, too small. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <a href="https://www.naturismegids.nl/nl/sauna/2918/blue-wellnessresort-leiden.html">Naturismegids</a> rates Blue Wellness at 5.3/10 with a lot of recycled reviews (from other websites), mostly by users with iffy experiences.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <a href="https://www.zoover.nl/nederland/zuid-holland/leiden/fletcher-wellness-hotel-leiden-vh-city-resort-leiden/hotel" target="_blank">Zoover</a> notes 4.7. But that's out of 10! And includes overnight staying.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This, from youtube gives a good impression, though the reception area is now different and the ladies are dressed, whereas dressing is not condoned. The post is from more than 10 years back.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4p3HnUDEE-M" width="320" youtube-src-id="4p3HnUDEE-M"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">My own experience was very positive. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Reviews were checked pre-visit, so the negatives were on-board. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite this, the positives were way ahead of what was expected:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Excellent public transport accessibility (check; it's located directly next to the Leiden Central Station), </div><div style="text-align: justify;">- impressive views (especially from the Panorama sauna),</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- slightly cramped (but that's because others fail to take a different than central route through the complex), </div><div style="text-align: justify;">- good restaurant service, </div><div style="text-align: justify;">- original <i>Aufguss</i> sessions, </div><div style="text-align: justify;">- good variation and</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- friendly guests.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Negatives? </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The usual: it's mainly the vibe concerned which is very much dependent on other guests, but as said: in general the other guests were very friendly and open. Noteworthy was the more international crowd.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-50909932650910694522023-12-06T16:10:00.001+01:002023-12-06T16:36:42.171+01:00True<p></p> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4owmRS2upakrRpxe8ZRvvaV93Dwx5G140XYagHDvsIdkEI6fl-CZk2buHLel5Nexkjx6KxthlLzK4plESWKW3sxaxIUACQVGanziyRwoU5VxPfIrFsCx1rOEt1bX_1Y-CMzpBIHg7GSJ0jmr5rGwxUm-HEXexswNMiuV5nYDJSw4HNXXMHASEy50VVu_/s1080/340316550_1534619970395660_7928484771129939774_n.jpeg"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4owmRS2upakrRpxe8ZRvvaV93Dwx5G140XYagHDvsIdkEI6fl-CZk2buHLel5Nexkjx6KxthlLzK4plESWKW3sxaxIUACQVGanziyRwoU5VxPfIrFsCx1rOEt1bX_1Y-CMzpBIHg7GSJ0jmr5rGwxUm-HEXexswNMiuV5nYDJSw4HNXXMHASEy50VVu_/w400-h300/340316550_1534619970395660_7928484771129939774_n.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ivansanchezvalverde/?e=1c5e3e2d-a127-4fa1-9859-0988375efd6f&g=5" style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">ivansanchezvalverde</span></i></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's surprising how content for this blog at certain times is a challenge to scrape together, while the next time content is popping up non-stop. Maybe it's a seasonal thing. Anyway, apologies, it's now the latter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Common though, it seems that hot spring news is slowly dwindling, whereas sauna and wellness news is being heavily pushed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So let's start off with alink to an article that looks at both.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">GB's Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/nov/17/it-was-so-exhilarating-readers-favourite-spas-and-saunas-in-europe">asks</a> (Nov. 17) its readers for their favourite European spa's and sauna's. Why they lump these together is not totally clear. The tip for Scotland's Portavadie is the winner, but there's additional to mention:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'[Albania's] Bënja thermal baths in the south of the country are a true gem.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">My favourite hot spring spurts into the sea at Edipsos on the Greek island of Evia</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had the most wonderful time at the Salt and Ember mobile sauna on a quay on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean in Bundoran, County Donegal.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other mentions are from Italy, Andorra, Wales, Poland, Germany and Hungary. Truly European thus.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Further then with the hot springs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thinkgeoenergy <a href="https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/geothermal-well-taps-80-c-water-at-sidirokastro-greece/">mentions</a> (Nov. 17) Greek Macedonia and hot springs while looking into thermal energy:</div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'Testing of a large-diameter geothermal research borehole Sd17PN in the Sidirokastro geothermal field in Serres, Greece has indicated temperatures of around 78 °C from a depth of 153.8 meters. This represents the highest temperature recorded in the low-enthalpy [close to earth's surface] geothermal fields in the Prefecture of Serres'.</blockquote></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Over on soakersforum (a forum 99,9% of the time dedicated to North American soaks), a </span><a href="https://www.soakersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5180&sid=1a163f9a10d6b40fedbe242f7f15e0df" style="text-align: left;">report</a><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"> (Nov. 17) on soaking in Georgia (the country):</span></div></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'Oh, Georgia! Magical soaking situations to be had for the laziest or most intrepid of hot springs explorers. We did a 2 week road trip and hit 5 of them, all divine. Would recommend the country as a whole and the hot springs! Has anyone else been and if so, what springs did you find?</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCeBu478PNrvN2iYX7wa-ZaOdQXlo8KqE21bFh6dGV83sB8s2EeJag1YvCnoXn34hdwXGaR3O4wuPiL2X1r_aaoSMfHgENlb3Y446o64lPmmnx44IUdMdK9VrPT741bkD86WexgnXm5LgvXgy5tmsg-EH3XTlAIqEOFm4-nzPtUUHqa4JGaY9pu8sY2O8/s554/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-17%20at%206.00.04%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCeBu478PNrvN2iYX7wa-ZaOdQXlo8KqE21bFh6dGV83sB8s2EeJag1YvCnoXn34hdwXGaR3O4wuPiL2X1r_aaoSMfHgENlb3Y446o64lPmmnx44IUdMdK9VrPT741bkD86WexgnXm5LgvXgy5tmsg-EH3XTlAIqEOFm4-nzPtUUHqa4JGaY9pu8sY2O8/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-17%20at%206.00.04%20PM.png" /></a></div></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">From <a href="https://www.archaeoreporter.com/2023/11/18/la-statua-di-apollo-ritrovata-allo-scavo-san-casciano-dei-bagni-dopo-i-bronzi-ora-tocca-al-marmo/?fbclid=IwAR0voDkl9ojrqMLu01yTE68Q6mdBRyodZn7DbQ5LubxKXHrc3ET7qc-TOCY">Archaeoreporter</a> (Nov. 18), an Italian professional magazine reports on the further discovery of marble statues. Translated (from Italian):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'After the bronzes, here comes the marble. In San Casciano dei Bagni, archaeologists have made it known that in the countryside of recent months - as the summer photos released by the minister of culture Gennaro Sangiuliano show - a statue of almost two meters of Apollo Sauroctonos was found, that is, the god who plays with a lizard. The model of the Roman copy is Praxiteles.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In fact, the travertine altar with a bilingual inscription in Etruscan and Latin is important , the rarity of which is well known and reduced to a few dozen examples.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The statue, beyond its value as a classically understood artefact, is an important piece in connecting the site to the presence of Apollo. And the lizard can be linked to the healing claims of eye diseases'.</div></blockquote></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The original find has resulted in a prize for the involved archeologists. Stories & Archeostories has an <a href="https://storiearcheostorie.com/2023/11/03/archeologia-ai-bronzi-di-san-casciano-il-premio-per-la-scoperta-archeologica-dellanno/">article</a> (Nov. 3) on the award. Translated (from Italian):</div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'The International Archaeological Discovery Award "Khaled al-Asaad"<a href="https://storiearcheostorie.com/tag/san-casciano-dei-bagni/"></a> goes to Italy for the first time, the prize awarded for the best archaeological discoveries of the year: the winner was the 24 bronze statues from the Etruscan and Roman eras found in the <a href="https://storiearcheostorie.com/tag/san-casciano-dei-bagni/">extraordinary sanctuary of San Casciano dei Bagni</a> , in the province of Siena'.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sorgente San Michele wants to make it's mark on the tourist trail. From last year (Aug. 25, 2022) <a href="https://www.iltirreno.it/pontedera/cronaca/2022/08/25/news/quelle-sorgenti-curative-da-riportare-in-funzione-1.100078412">Il Tirreno</a> reports. The Italian Translation:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'Now the municipal administration of Pomarance wants to enhance that area of approximately 184 hectares, and has given the Ponsacco company Smaf srl the research permit for mineral and thermal water called Sorgente San Michele'.</blockquote></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Changing climate? The thermal Maibachl stream in Austria tends to run in spring, but such is the weather that the Maibachl has streamed in November (</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Maibachl/posts/pfbid0VrEqQcSUaDhKLKYY2YVoFPdvN48BLWQZA4by3erCVBY66NbLQkzjXdVhhUvh6Yi4l" style="text-align: justify;">link</a><span style="text-align: justify;">, Nov. 5).</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5phIte7LF4oX0xakA6TQ5BACR334nj_XGX3dtTWnmJv8IG453HmCWWv8gp6Ko-SHRVcP7ffzZbzBafPWSQ-GhcfnpB0ls1WjmC-1SoaMy15KKqJGByNX382eNFctNKPakING-mMC8XD5SEW6RGrnfTicwUg9PWzC497XZeqJ217UmLl1dq6ND7NZzJD8/s1080/368683783_1338680656854570_8094953472571345982_n.jpeg"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5phIte7LF4oX0xakA6TQ5BACR334nj_XGX3dtTWnmJv8IG453HmCWWv8gp6Ko-SHRVcP7ffzZbzBafPWSQ-GhcfnpB0ls1WjmC-1SoaMy15KKqJGByNX382eNFctNKPakING-mMC8XD5SEW6RGrnfTicwUg9PWzC497XZeqJ217UmLl1dq6ND7NZzJD8/w400-h318/368683783_1338680656854570_8094953472571345982_n.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mauciobo/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">mauciobo</span></a></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>being alone can contain opposite sensations: well-being or discomfort. It all depends on whether loneliness has been conquered or not.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#nikonitaliaofficial #fivestars_people #fivestars_sunset</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#shareyourhobbywiththeworld #nothingisordinary_</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#tv_hiddenbeauty #italia_cartoline #gwlakes #shotz_of_emiliaromagna</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#igpic_emiliaromagna #throug_the _travel_lens #emiliaromagna_in_grande #italians .traveling #igpic_emiliaromagna #fav_squares</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#nature_picphoto95</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#new_photoitaly #ww_natura #travelstoitaly #yallersemilia_romagna #europe_photogroup #your_destinations__</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#lagos_world # loves_united_emiliaromagna #ispontaneous #world_still_life_photography #sunrise_n_sets #fpi_landscape</i></div></blockquote></span></i><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Moving to the fringes of soaking.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>4plus, a collection of writings from Armenia <a href="https://www.4plus.org/salt-baths/">looks</a> into natural salt baths (Oct. 1):</div><div></div><blockquote><div>'When I first visited the lake, I had an extensive topic, connected with salt for a photo story and a clear aim of making it definite. French-Armenian guests hurried to explain to me the difference between the two lakes: one of them has a salinity of 13 percent, where it’s easier to swim, and the other one has a higher level of salinity – 25 percent. On that day I was also informed that the rocks were illustrated by an architect named Sedrak, who lived in Sari Tagh. Lastly, they added that a naked woman often swam in the lake with the salinity of 25 percent'.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrze3TeojGFHLoLfI8ehfjArIi1hxma3BNcqThViayurVsbMRr62dwxxPxNdS5hG-n_n9LU97dW0nev3VFyaiCi46K1iuLS0ZFftLUIs5kOLLHq45rDloz9wxVLy8OH-2HEGhthcRMoU68LSoxrxlnj_VAVIzJbPkxg8rYRsynlAQ025fvU_EoCl-_EVlW/s1620/Marine_Hovakimyan_29-1620x1080.jpg"></a></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrze3TeojGFHLoLfI8ehfjArIi1hxma3BNcqThViayurVsbMRr62dwxxPxNdS5hG-n_n9LU97dW0nev3VFyaiCi46K1iuLS0ZFftLUIs5kOLLHq45rDloz9wxVLy8OH-2HEGhthcRMoU68LSoxrxlnj_VAVIzJbPkxg8rYRsynlAQ025fvU_EoCl-_EVlW/s1620/Marine_Hovakimyan_29-1620x1080.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrze3TeojGFHLoLfI8ehfjArIi1hxma3BNcqThViayurVsbMRr62dwxxPxNdS5hG-n_n9LU97dW0nev3VFyaiCi46K1iuLS0ZFftLUIs5kOLLHq45rDloz9wxVLy8OH-2HEGhthcRMoU68LSoxrxlnj_VAVIzJbPkxg8rYRsynlAQ025fvU_EoCl-_EVlW/s320/Marine_Hovakimyan_29-1620x1080.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A very exceptional photo essay.</div><div><br /></div><div>An earlier 4plus <a href="https://www.4plus.org/the-salt-of-the-earth/">article</a> (Feb. 20, 2018), looked at the local salt caves.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Banos de Vilo as highlighted by <a href="https://tierrassinfronteras.com/banos-de-vilo-periana-poza-de-agua-medicinal-gratis-en-malaga/">Tierrassinfronteras</a> (Oct. 23). Translated:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><blockquote style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">'Los Baños de Vilo is a hidden natural corner in the <a href="https://tierrassinfronteras.com/category/malaga/">province of Malaga</a>, a pool of sulfurous waters open to bathing and completely free.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A small place, full of life and special to enjoy medicinal waters, in a beautiful natural environment and with a unique history.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These waters have medicinal properties. They are nitrogenous, hydrogen sulfide and magnesium-calcium waters that are born at 21ºC and are especially indicated for treating skin co</span>nditions'.</span></div></blockquote></div></div></span><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcy77vP7cOzZpLRoWqtMGbPwB0cx8xX2Y1Y-ntTbWsWjME26wMCKYWpO49FJ83iElyw7c452Pwk9dt7ILVzOWxeMyPQqARGs7CZf9acbMT_l6ruFA48z1Z5g2IYBKp_f6aGtR2aRP5O2G__Qnoms-Rlijlfx48EDyHmAYlxqrXWj66a0oVFX2sns3yI7gW/s1800/334439397_891854508762732_7645260177806574608_n.jpg" style="text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcy77vP7cOzZpLRoWqtMGbPwB0cx8xX2Y1Y-ntTbWsWjME26wMCKYWpO49FJ83iElyw7c452Pwk9dt7ILVzOWxeMyPQqARGs7CZf9acbMT_l6ruFA48z1Z5g2IYBKp_f6aGtR2aRP5O2G__Qnoms-Rlijlfx48EDyHmAYlxqrXWj66a0oVFX2sns3yI7gW/w320-h400/334439397_891854508762732_7645260177806574608_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/claudiaalonsog/">claudiaalonsog</a></span></i></div><p style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Frío y calor yendo juntos de la mano 🤍</blockquote></span></i></div></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Miserable</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Guardian has an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/26/britain-seaside-saunas-coast-hot-boxes">article</a> (Nov. 26) on Britains boom of seaside sauna's:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'There are now 70 such saunas operating in the UK according to the British Sauna Society, mostly at beaches or lakes, fuelled by the growth in wild swimming and healthy living.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But if the customers have sweated, so have the owners. Finding land, dealing with slow-moving councils and wild seas have all taken a toll. And as the number of saunas increases, local opposition is emerging'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Further, the Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/26/campaigners-seek-listed-status-for-finnish-sauna-from-1948-london-olympics">notes</a> (Nov. 26) that a Finnish sauna in Kent needs better preservation:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'A modest prefabricated hut that sat almost forgotten in suburban <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/kent">Kent</a> for more than half a century is at the centre of an international preservation campaign, after it was recognised as a “hugely important” piece of sporting history – and Britain’s oldest operating sauna.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[Finnish] Ambassador Jukka Siukosaari was alerted to its existence by the Finnish Olympic committee, which had in turn been contacted by sauna enthusiasts from Aylesford, near Maidstone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">They had been quietly enjoying the sauna’s charms for many years until it failed a safety inspection in 2020, leaving them unable to afford repairs and forcing them to mothball the building'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://worldofsauna.com/how-to-sauna-energy-efficiently/">World of Sauna</a> has a topical article (Oct. 31): how to sauna - energy efficiently. It concerns mainly the Finnish set-up, how your own sauna can be more enjoyed energy efficient. No rocket science there. They mention that a survey revealed showed that a portion of the population in 2023 shunted their own sauna in favour of a more public facility.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The "wild" sauna trend is also up and coming in the Netherlands. One operator: <a href="https://kuuma.nl/locaties/">Kuuma Sauna</a>. They recently opened (Nov. 17) their fourth location, beachside near the Hague.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Smoke Sauna Sisters film starts it's rounds on the continent. The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/nov/18/smoke-sweat-and-tears-my-initiation-into-estonias-sauna-sisterhood">Guardian</a> (Nov. 18) was provoked to search for the ultimate smoke sauna. In Estonia:</div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'There are about <a href="https://sauna2023.ee/en/saunas-all-over-estonia?s=&types%5B%5D=1">400 smoke saunas</a> in Estonia, mainly in the south-east, but they are not the only kind. There are 100,100 in total, for 1.3 million inhabitants, including Finnish saunas, electric saunas, raft saunas, barrel saunas and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I left Estonia wondering why Britain, another chilly northern European nation, doesn’t have its own sauna tradition. It may not get as cold as Estonia, but winter can be long, dark, wet and miserable. I learn that unheated Tooting Bec lido in south London has a sauna and is due to reopen after refurbishment. Bring it on! My sauna fear seems to have disappeared'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.insidehook.com/wellness/aufguss" target="_blank">Insidehook</a> looks (Nov. 6) at the nowadays quintessential <i>Aufguss</i> sauna ritual:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Aufguss, stemming from the German word “infusion” describes any guided wellness experience in a sauna. Think: music, oils, vapor, a towel shaman of some sort. Germany takes the ritual very seriously, even hosting its own aufguss championships, but the practice has history all over the continent. It’s closely related to a Finnish concept called löyly, which describes the steam that storms through the room after water and oil are dashed upon the rocks. It pulls the heat from the pores of your skin, makes it momentarily impossible to breath and melts your cranium into pudding, sort of like that final scene in the first Indiana Jones. Well — not really. But it feels like it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnhoV-8Cj9OK4NUF-gH0rIat6Xje3o6i3SHgMPOi9fvJ3qX0NZVKn2LDyFl-htpf-Ew4_SQh-uVbKWRu4O_dFJ8sDeGCUztmlez5Oa2f7O1LwXjrmIo9O8HouxCycPQC0YPob0zrupkGEqtlFeL8grk5JYZWHQmgj7LUFrVtaWq0Ytdpxe_Fy6kErEWxt/s1200/sauna.webp"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnhoV-8Cj9OK4NUF-gH0rIat6Xje3o6i3SHgMPOi9fvJ3qX0NZVKn2LDyFl-htpf-Ew4_SQh-uVbKWRu4O_dFJ8sDeGCUztmlez5Oa2f7O1LwXjrmIo9O8HouxCycPQC0YPob0zrupkGEqtlFeL8grk5JYZWHQmgj7LUFrVtaWq0Ytdpxe_Fy6kErEWxt/w400-h253/sauna.webp" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Aufguss certainly makes a sauna hotter, pushing the room towards the 200°F mark. (The practice appears to have originated out of necessity: to “reheat” the rooms after doors/windows were opened and new air was circulated throughout.) In turn, this makes the entire experience more intense. But instead of sweating over whether the method is more effective, I’d urge aspirational aufguss attendees to appreciate the ritual for what is is: a shared, multi-sensory sequence of moments'.</div></blockquote></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>The <a href="https://www.saunachannel.com/post/sauna-bivak-hungary">Sauna Channel</a> looks at an award-winning Hungarian sauna, Sauna Bivak. Besides the customary recently posted vdo, the highlight notes:</div><div><blockquote>'Conceived by the Budapest-based architecture firm, Bivak, Sauna Bivak boasts not only a compact and mobile design but also the flexibility to be easily installed on a variety of terrains. It is equally suited for both urban and rural settings, and in one instance, this exceptional sauna was situated on the banks of the Danube River as the prototype was hosted by the Tandem Bar in the town of Nagymaros, Hungary. The sauna has since relocated to Ebihal Büfé in Budakalász'.</blockquote><p><span style="text-align: left;">An odder Euro experience. Bad Gastein's Radon caves. The </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/oct/26/under-the-mountain-into-austrias-radon-spa" style="text-align: left;">Guardian</a><span style="text-align: left;"> (Oct. 26):</span></p><span style="text-align: left;"></span><blockquote><span style="text-align: left;">'And no spa is more labyrinthine than the radioactive caves I found myself (naked) in in Bad Gastein.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">...</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">At the end of another tunnel is the most extraordinary “wellness” centre. The Gasteiner Heilstollen promises to rid visitors of any niggling aches and pains by nuking them in its radon-rich caves. If that sounds alarming, there are many radon-rich parts of the UK, </span><span style="text-align: left;">notably Wales and the West Country</span><span style="text-align: left;">. The management says a visit is safe, as it involves a very low exposure to radon; about a tenth of the radiation of an X-ray. Less well-evidenced are the claims of health benefits, although many Austrian visitors get a trip here on their health insurance. This nation of wellness fans takes spas very seriously.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">...</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Our destination – about 1½ miles into the mountain – was a series of tunnels off the train tracks with beds on either side where we lay on our towels, took off our swimming costumes and, well, soaked up the radiation. It was a rather pleasant experience – a little different from soaking up solar rays – and at regular intervals a doctor with a towel around his waist came to check on us. He reassured us that the dose was too low to be dangerous. I think I must have nodded off, as the 60 minutes seemed to whiz by.</span></blockquote><p>A (Swiss) sauna marathon: </p><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsTI6IX-Xhmd6SvBfflP8FPTG_kgt_S1MR_uo3tDKVWLnXU_pF6vJOXglZx6OfMbZLV3B0flujRSr8hUC6MnIcVywM-B79Mt7mgayaNoANpjn2pKqJNn7zmtsEoY_dZUcnW5AObO0XB2O6vVHAejSIcpAgOELF6MVwh5-KDXN4RkBR8AvbHJMtqWMObRt/s1440/403194063_1312689622766604_738125664342594266_n.jpeg" style="text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsTI6IX-Xhmd6SvBfflP8FPTG_kgt_S1MR_uo3tDKVWLnXU_pF6vJOXglZx6OfMbZLV3B0flujRSr8hUC6MnIcVywM-B79Mt7mgayaNoANpjn2pKqJNn7zmtsEoY_dZUcnW5AObO0XB2O6vVHAejSIcpAgOELF6MVwh5-KDXN4RkBR8AvbHJMtqWMObRt/w400-h400/403194063_1312689622766604_738125664342594266_n.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/we_are_saunah/" style="text-align: left;">we_are_saunah</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></span></i></div></span></i></div></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;">Beim 1. Saunamarathon in Schaffhausen sind wir vom Verein </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/we_are_saunah/" style="text-align: left;">@we_are_saunah</a><span style="text-align: left;"> mit 4 mobilen Saunen der etwa 20 Saunen mit dabei.😁 Unsere Mitglieder sorgen für den Betrieb der Saunen und helfen den Marathon-Teilnehmern sich vor Ort zurechtzufinden. Dies macht unheimlich Spass, so viele verschiedene Sauna-Enthusiasten an einem Tag treffen zu können. Von überall kommen sie her: Schottland🏴, England🏴, Japanja🇯🇵 und natürlich auch aus Finnland🇫🇮 (die leben aber hier). Aber auch aus der ganzen Schweiz🇨🇭 sind sie angereist: habe Leute unter anderem aus Vevey, Neuchatel, Solothurn, Fribourg und Bern getroffen. Eine super Sache.👍 Freuen uns bereits auf die nächste Ausgabe.</span></span></i></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;">Danke an </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/schaffhauser_saunamarathon/" style="text-align: left;">@schaffhauser_saunamarathon</a><span style="text-align: left;"> für die tolle Organisation und Durchführung. Sind beim nächstern Mal gerne mit dabei.🙏😊</span></span></i></div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;">auch auf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearesaunah</span></span></i></div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;">oder im Netz: www.saunah.ch</span></span></i></div></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#saunamarathon<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#saunamarathonschaffhausen<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#wearesaunah<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#saunah<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#mobilsauna<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#mobilesauna<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#rentasauna<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#rentme<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#mietsauna<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#mietemich<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#rentaprivatesauna<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#wellness<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#sauna<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#saunatime<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#schwitzen<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#schwitzerland<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#saunahverein<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#finnischesauna<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#kommauch<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#seidabei<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#wohnwagenumbau<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#diy<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#tryme<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#schwitzen<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>#saunamieten</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/saunamieten/" style="text-align: left;"></a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More minor news, not always as positive as above. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://www.kn-online.de/lokales/segeberg/statt-heilbad-nur-noch-ein-erholungsort-XAEESPRW56STFHBATO2LOLIJV4.html" target="_blank">Kieler Nachrichten</a> notes (Sep. 23) that Bad Bramstedt (north of Hamburg) is threatening to lose their Kuhrort recognition, because the peatbaths will possibly close due to financial constraints.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Unthinkable</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Times (no less) has a sudden <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/swedes-get-hot-under-the-collar-about-naked-sauna-etiquette-t3mxgrdd6">interest</a> in Sweden's sauna culture (Nov. 3):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'For centuries the peoples of northern Europe have unabashedly stripped off to sweat out the worries of the day in shared saunas.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yet the modern age of widespread sensitivity about body image and high-profile sexual harassment cases has raised a heated debate about etiquette.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">While a growing number of facilities allow people to wear bathing costumes if they are uncomfortable with being naked or just having a towel to cover up with, some are cleaving insistently to the old ways.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The dilemma has steamed up in Sweden after a woman was asked to leave a public sauna in Ostersund, a town 300 miles north of Stockholm, because she was wearing a swimming costume.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Annika Teppo, who is professor of cultural anthropology at Uppsala University in Sweden but was born in Finland, said saunas had traditionally been an environment where leering or sexual comments were strictly taboo.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Those who think it’s a sexual space are making a really huge social mistake with consequences,” she said. “In some countries there are places where saunas are nothing but brothels, but in Finland that idea is unthinkable'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">The main source of info is the local Östersunds Posten.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's the original <a href="https://www.op.se/2023-09-04/bedrovlig-miljo-pa-storsjobadets-relaxavdelning">letter</a> (Sep. 4) and this is a (rough) translation:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'If you wear a bathing suit, there is talk that you should wear one, and older men shout at you during what you thought would be a nice time at the relax.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The environment they've created has made grown men feel comfortable commenting negatively on women's bodies, as well as following them into a sauna only to yell at them about their bathing suits.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then after all the shouting and threatening behaviour, who is the staff talking to? Me of course, because I was wearing a bathing suit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Abolish old rules about not being allowed to wear a bathing suit in the sauna and do like the majority of bathhouses in Sweden. It makes it more comfortable for young women to feel safe, instead of making it easier for these unpleasant men to continue with their jargon'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other letters to the Östersunds Posten are sent in as a response. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">On <a href="https://www.op.se/2023-09-11/ingen-bastar-naken-alla-har-handduk">Sep. 11</a> a letter writer pleads for the rules to remain. Translated excerpt:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'The fact that the vast majority follow and understand these rules does not seem to matter, or that other people may be inconvenienced. Making it into something misogynistic I just don't believe in, because people baste to enjoy it, not anything else.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are more problems with hygiene in bathhouses - some men wear their underpants under their swimming trunks, some women shower with bikinis on. Then the pools get dirty and the chlorine generates decomposition gases. This is useless to inhale and therefore there are fans in all bathhouses. There are no fans in the dry sauna, therefore you should not put chlorine water in there! </div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.op.se/2023-09-11/avskaffa-regler-som-saknar-grund-och-gor-besokare-otrygga">Same day</a> a letter writer claims the (old) rules are not based on anything.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then (<a href="https://www.op.se/2023-10-16/inget-enkelt-beslut-att-fatta">Oct. 16</a>) the result of the upheaval as reported in the Östersunds Posten: </div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'After the heated sauna debate, Storsjöbadet in Östersund has now decided to allow swimwear in all saunas. And it starts to apply already tomorrow, Tuesday'.</blockquote></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZQTHIrYWFysiamGQFid92HSBIDQZ8AiCdJ8EwFP-EuaItm8tKeb1j32FxN-XzrOyjuWu6ghZDUD9AYLnRR-X7z95cZ2QKoW17Xv9NXQq-3PB70Fya998zm3CuL_auIbaSES068w3ttExA1WMlaHtYni_1sESRVXVhThDLNAhbvfis5cuq-i26frLmZxI/s1035/70113035_2449596371755919_8955199569244356118_n.jpg"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZQTHIrYWFysiamGQFid92HSBIDQZ8AiCdJ8EwFP-EuaItm8tKeb1j32FxN-XzrOyjuWu6ghZDUD9AYLnRR-X7z95cZ2QKoW17Xv9NXQq-3PB70Fya998zm3CuL_auIbaSES068w3ttExA1WMlaHtYni_1sESRVXVhThDLNAhbvfis5cuq-i26frLmZxI/w400-h219/70113035_2449596371755919_8955199569244356118_n.jpg" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jacqui_doula/"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">jacqui_doula</span></i></a> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>at </i></span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.yasuragi.se" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Yasuragi</i></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i> in Stockholm, a Japanese style spa (note: rules are that this is a clothed facility!):</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Jag är inte på spa. Jag VABar. 😴Inatt spydde Lumina i sängen. Vi bytte lakan, lade oss till ro. Då spydde hon igen. Vi bytte lakan igen och hon spydde en tredje gång. Under morgonen har hon kräkts en gång över en soffa och en annan gång över mig. Hon satt gränsle på min mage efter att hon ammat, då spydde hon ungefär 2 liter mjölk över hela mig och sängen.</span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Hon mår i övrigt inte dåligt. Hon är pigg! Jag är trött.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Inte på #yasuragihasseludden #vab</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#livetmedbarn #mamma #vardag</span></i></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the info reaching Britain's shores, German news sites also picked up on the story. <a href="https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/id_100273948/schweden-in-sauna-nackt-oder-bekleidet-frau-erhob-schwere-vorwuerfe.html">T-online</a>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Eine Frau in Östersund, eine Stadt rund 550 Kilometer nördlich von Stockholm, musste eine Sauna verlassen, weil sie einen Badeanzug trug und nicht – wie oftmals in Heißluftbädern üblich – nackt war.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Die Frau forderte eine Abschaffung der Regel, keine Badekleidung im Saunabereich tragen zu dürfen. "So können sich junge Frauen sicherer fühlen."</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It also asks it's readers concerning their sauna usage. The 20,000+ respondents go naked (74%), 6% prefer swimwear, the rest naked hiding behind a towel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The German press coverage then attracts forum info. Notably the <a href="http://www.fkk-freunde.info/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=26197">FKK-Forum</a>. Not surprisingly, there's quite some backlash. And more explanation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">More background on the cultural settings:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'Es handelt sich wirklich um eine der wenigen gemischten Saunen in Schweden, wo nacktheit erlaubt ist (bis vor kurzem Pflicht war). In so fern wird das Erlaubnis, Badekleidung zu tragen, wahrscheinlich dazu fûhren, dass noch mehr Gaffer kommen. Eine nackte gemischte Sauna ist in Schweden sehr selten. Dass der Betreiber diese nicht aufrechterhalten will ist schade. Wenn es ein Problem mit Gaffern gibt, dann sollten sie Hausverbot bekommen. Badekleidung zu erlauben ist das falsche Signal. Meistens funktioniert CO nicht'.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But in general, even though cultures are similar, Germans fail to comprehend the Östersund set-up. And in the end with or without swimwear, the male gaze (and how this is experienced) seems to continue unabated.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While on the subject (sauna habits?) another major Germany newsoutlet (<a href="https://www.focus.de/experts/spa-etikette-nackt-in-der-sauna-klingt-normal-kann-aber-fuer-aerger-sorgen_id_226582909.html">Focus</a>, Oct. 21) looks at what the etiquette dictates when visiting a wellness establishment. And answers questions. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Oddly though the title of the article </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'Nackt in der Sauna klingt normal, kann aber für Ärger sorgen'</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">translates as <i>Being naked can result in annoyance</i>.It reveals how seemingly the editors are merely interested in click-bait. The article itself barely covers this aspect at all.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">More clickbaits, more controversy, this time even crossborders! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/11/14/polish-border-town-asks-czechs-to-stop-getting-naked-in-its-swimming-pool-changing-rooms/">NotesfromPoland</a> (Nov. 14) reports on how a few kilometers seems to lead to huge differences:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'A Polish town near the border with the Czech Republic has witnessed a cross-cultural clash between the two nations over public nudity after a local swimming pool asked Czech visitors not to fully undress in front of others in its locker rooms.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are separate locker rooms at the pool for men and women. But it is customary that, when someone wants to change from underwear to swimwear, they do so in an additional cubicle behind a curtain and not in front of other people</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The guests from the Czech Republic have been changing by the lockers and not behind the curtain,” Małgorzata Halek-Malinowska, director of Prudnik’s municipal sports agency, told NTO.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“In our country, no one is offended by the idea of changing in front of children,” said one young Czech woman, who confirmed that when she visits the pool in Prudnik she has never seen any Polish swimmers strip naked, even in the showers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“People are ashamed,” she said. “But it’s better to wash thoroughly after a swim for the sake of health and hygiene.”</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">Once more the experience of The Well (Oslo's premier sauna complex) has again brought to the front how British fear (and thus titillate) the clothesless. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The experience is reported in <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/wellness/the-well-norway-nude-spa-review-b1112338.html">The Standard</a> (Nov. 13). It's title implies "everyone goes naked". That's far from the truth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite The Well being CO! <a href="https://thewell.no/en/your-visit/natural-to-be-naked/">Here</a>'s their (un)dress policy:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'It is not mandatory to bathe without swimwear at The Well. In all our pools it is optional and both is fully okay! It is your choice and the most important thing is that you are comfortable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Well is based on continental spa traditions, where it is natural to be naked. A lot of our guests find relaxation and peace because of that'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Or this experience from a recent Google <a href="https://www.google.com/travel/search?q=The%20Well%20oslo&g2lb=2502548%2C2503771%2C2503781%2C4258168%2C4284970%2C4291517%2C4597339%2C4754388%2C4757164%2C4814050%2C4874190%2C4893075%2C4924070%2C4965990%2C4990494%2C4994767%2C72277293%2C72298667%2C72302247%2C72317059%2C72378192%2C72385362%2C72402232%2C72406588%2C72412680%2C72414906%2C72421565%2C72430561%2C72436632%2C72440517%2C72442335&hl=nl-NL&gl=nl&ssta=1&ts=CAEaRwopEicyJTB4NDY0MTY4NzU3ZTc0ODM0YjoweGZmYzI2YTkxMWEzN2UzYTQSGhIUCgcI5w8QDBgMEgcI5w8QDBgNGAEyAhAA&qs=CAEyFENnc0lwTWZmMFpIU211SF9BUkFCOAJCCQmk4zcakWrC_0IJCaTjNxqRasL_&ap=ugEHcmV2aWV3cw&ictx=1&sa=X&ved=0CAAQ5JsGahcKEwiQ8_3Un_CCAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQDQ">review</a>:</div></span><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'A spa like no other. The features—pools, saunas, showers—are unique and plentiful enough to keep one exploring all day—and longer! The friendly, helpful staff takes care of all needs. The option of enjoying the facilities naked is especially freeing and relaxing, with everyone (even those unexplainably wearing suits) considering it natural'.</blockquote></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyroads, the published article does note the dress difference and cultural divide, though in the end there's really nothing to be upset about:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'At this point, I steal a glance around me and realise that the crowd is motley; vastly ranging in age, size, colour, and texture. Oddly, these differences seem much less pronounced with everyone divested of their clothing, and nobody seems to care one iota about being naked; they walk around, converse, and enjoy the facilities precisely as other people in spas do — only they don’t have clothes on. Even more oddly, I feel less aware of the male gaze in there because the atmosphere isn’t charged in that way. It feels like everyone has collectively agreed that this is a place where the body isn’t an object to be admired or lusted after but rather to respect one another’s right to enjoy the experience'.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/nudism/comments/17uhmu3/inside_the_well_scandinavias_biggest_spa_where/" target="_blank">reddit</a> a couple of feedbacks on the article. And an experience to share:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">'I was at The Well yesterday. The claim that everybody goes nude is quite an exaggeration, unless they are including the single sex shower-before-entering.</span></div>In reality, perhaps a third of people were nude in the pools and perhaps slightly more on the sauna (it is forbidden to wear a swimsuit in the sauna but you can wrap a towel)'.</blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">A minor celebrity in her own right (half a million followers!) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bajr2WE18Ms" target="_blank">Feli from Germany</a> a month ago shares a grand total of 47 seconds on the subject:</div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>'Wait, Germans go to the sauna NAKED?</blockquote></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">Then follows a couple hundred comments more or less confirming the above and yes most people (non-Germanic English speakers) find this odd.</yt-formatted-string></div><div><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">The </yt-formatted-string></div><div><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style=""><br /></yt-formatted-string></div><div><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style=""><a href="https://dutchreview.com/culture/sauna-in-the-netherlands-what-going-to-a-naked-sauna-is-really-like/" target="_blank">Dutchreview</a> has updated (Nov.) their section on Dutch (naked) sauna culture.</yt-formatted-string></div><div><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">What is it really like? Answer:</yt-formatted-string></div><blockquote>'But who cares? I walked out of that spa feeling 10 feet high and could see for myself where that Dutch confidence comes from'.</blockquote></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">We're not there yet: clickbait, culture continues.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnmO__1g5mo2jDS_ogmmCYI7fd8Z8iND3eRhV7tfSnu3KV8t_I0ZaYKF-GWRVVw8E27cNDM5abY372U-8x-ADgQn-Hl3mRTHKMiIK5uS-szKpCq6xGNpMR3v9tyO-Kqi56xCudnFGcMYJDGr2sENwhzLR7BvpAgby-PfM8ADBiUDmAN0zCuf4rfzxmxbq/s1794/404277782_1270422333636190_1892755697721984075_n.jpg"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnmO__1g5mo2jDS_ogmmCYI7fd8Z8iND3eRhV7tfSnu3KV8t_I0ZaYKF-GWRVVw8E27cNDM5abY372U-8x-ADgQn-Hl3mRTHKMiIK5uS-szKpCq6xGNpMR3v9tyO-Kqi56xCudnFGcMYJDGr2sENwhzLR7BvpAgby-PfM8ADBiUDmAN0zCuf4rfzxmxbq/w321-h400/404277782_1270422333636190_1892755697721984075_n.jpg" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/umeabastuklubb/"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">umeabastuklubb</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Ett kallt och snöigt Helsingfors. Men fina stunder i bastun! Och ett besök på badhuset. 🇫🇮❄️🧖♀️</blockquote></span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The </span><a href="https://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/lifestyle/24112023-nudity-salt-and-sausages-the-german-bathing-experience-coming-to-trafford/" style="font-family: verdana;">Mancunian</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> goes to great lengths (Nov. 24) to explain how foreign wellness investment will challenge British standards:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Thermal spas can be found all over Germany, where attitudes to nudity are relaxed, and the health benefits of mineral water are seriously appreciated. But, now that a mega spa complex has got the green light in Manchester, can German bathing culture catch on over here?</div>...<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The bathing experience coming to Manchester will accommodate prudes of all nationalities. With typical German bluntness, Therme Group told us: “There are no textile free areas in the UK resorts.”</div></blockquote>Then the (possible) opposite thinking. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Collective bathing? </span><a href="https://bigthink.com/the-past/thermae-romae-bathhouses/" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">ThinkBig</a><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"> (Oct. 9) carries an essay calling for a return to collective bathing:</span><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><a class="!text-black dark:!text-white" href="https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://bigthink.com/the-past/thermae-romae-bathhouses/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); 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--tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); display: inline; height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="utopia-std, serif" style="font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">The international success of </span><em style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: utopia-std, serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Thermae Romae </em><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="utopia-std, serif" style="font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">raises an important point. When considering the legacy their societies inherited from ancient Rome, most scholars focus on the gladiatorial games and republican institutions. Often ignored are Rome’s countless baths. Although largely abandoned by the Western world today (more on that later), public bathing was a cornerstone of Roman civilization. The first thermae predates the construction of the Colosseum by several centuries, and they outlived the transition from republic to empire, by which time many other traditions had disappeared.</span>Share The case for resurrecting the lost world of collective bathing on LinkedIn</div></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'In 2008, the Japanese comic book artist Mari Yamazaki began working on a manga called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermae_Romae">Thermae Romae</a>. Published the following year, it’s set in ancient Rome and follows a Roman architect named Lucius. Tasked with designing a bathhouse, or thermae, Lucius struggles to come up with new ideas — until he discovers a secret tunnel in his neighborhood spa that inexplicably leads him to a bathhouse located in modern-day Japan.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">While Western countries inherited many customs and practices from ancient Rome, collective bathing isn’t one of them. With the exception of Sweden and Hungary, most people in Europe and the United States treat bathing as a private and practical act, as opposed to a public, symbolic one: It is something you do at home by yourself rather than outside and in the company of others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">While there’s nothing wrong with showering by yourself — especially from a hygienic perspective — there’s something to be said about the emotional and psychological benefits that bathhouses provide. As <a href="https://aeon.co/ideas/why-we-need-to-bring-back-the-art-of-communal-bathing">noted</a> by the researcher Jamie Mackay in an article for Aeon, the transition from communal to private bathing mirrors the larger transition from “small ritualistic societies to vast urban metropolises.” And while big cities provide many valuable and at times life-saving services and commodities, the modern metropole has also opened the door to conditions like anxiety, depression, and alienation — qualms collective bathing coincidentally helped to remedy'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">An experience of sorts. Of collective bathing. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally, going international, from the <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/near-naked-at-the-reception-desk-my-awkward-hammam-experience-20231116-p5ekkj.html">Sydney Morning Herald</a> (Nov. 17), an article on taking a hammam bath in Chefchaouen, an idiotically picturesque town in north Morocco. Again naked in the article heading, you're not to miss this! (sigh)!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Far from seeking a plush experience with a hefty price tag, I opt to go to the no-frills neighbourhood hammam.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">They all gesture for me to start stripping. I look around. What? Here at the reception desk? Saving space, this hammam’s reception area doubles up as a change room.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">No doubt this was an authentic cultural immersion – but not one for Instagram'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-76485843258406837972023-11-02T13:31:00.003+01:002023-11-02T13:31:45.781+01:00Connected<span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OzyttyfFCnn6pyC3J7GQlCmEBYdqU-Jy05oAcvFV4N4YF68TzT9fXqcDc98sXoAzxvRwj87a_PDwtVbApISkeCEqoELZVnNKTkBIzZ2kP63Uaphh_lwZVEsl3sWqVM4l-0MJqoqIgB7ZFGiDBRCujlflt8QCwBtMJRTX9a5qhE3iXGcE0YFLcpBT9sQY/s1440/317261347_144702255009003_2606792256588419624_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OzyttyfFCnn6pyC3J7GQlCmEBYdqU-Jy05oAcvFV4N4YF68TzT9fXqcDc98sXoAzxvRwj87a_PDwtVbApISkeCEqoELZVnNKTkBIzZ2kP63Uaphh_lwZVEsl3sWqVM4l-0MJqoqIgB7ZFGiDBRCujlflt8QCwBtMJRTX9a5qhE3iXGcE0YFLcpBT9sQY/w400-h400/317261347_144702255009003_2606792256588419624_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/soylacopy/"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">soylacopy</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Tierra.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Una conexión tan profunda con la naturaleza que te hace saber que de ahí vienes. Que eso eres.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Barro. Agua. Piel.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Encontrar(me) en este lugar simplemente fue mágico.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#yesa #unlugarpararecordar #conexiones #momentos #barro #pie</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">l</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">In this post I'll be trying to rid myself some of the backlog of photo's dating back some years. Pictures for some reason not deemed convenient / expressive enough, yet more or less dot on, on what this blog seeks to convey: the privilege to be able to enjoy our planet's bounty, in this case the hot and mineral rich water. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Or even earth itself, witness above (though reader should note that this is adjacent to hot spring).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Below on the north side of the Pyrenees.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: small;"></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBkgR8j1yyR_0DFhrIAXoyw4UrJJR8SdLWe_Bk55MzQ_hLyslA7kHjUATxbrAf79guHl8Pc1-eGY0mTlO7v8L6uvUPBKg9E6pW3SnmdyiiTwh5W-y__QeTk57UhNtQ6H9bW3PLXuUMSBWzCndEHom_uZfeXhPB-HIFadMkj6mCx_8xR68BOMU0dvXSBW1/s1052/318668761_849398373148722_7601296159379139433_n.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBkgR8j1yyR_0DFhrIAXoyw4UrJJR8SdLWe_Bk55MzQ_hLyslA7kHjUATxbrAf79guHl8Pc1-eGY0mTlO7v8L6uvUPBKg9E6pW3SnmdyiiTwh5W-y__QeTk57UhNtQ6H9bW3PLXuUMSBWzCndEHom_uZfeXhPB-HIFadMkj6mCx_8xR68BOMU0dvXSBW1/s320/318668761_849398373148722_7601296159379139433_n.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/blue_anabel/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">blue_anabel</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Que tanto poder tendrá la naturaleza que te hace conectar con tu yo más profundo y verdadero, y te regala momentos, sensaciones y lugar que no son fáciles borrar de la mente...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Les bains fontpédrouses 😍🏞🌞</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#lesbains #naturaleza #naturismo #natural #vida #libertad #conexiones</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#relax #seryomisma #felicidad #vivir</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#cuerpoyalma #instagram</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXLrXcEud46Wv2xyEdIS6DYfbYt9bsPmQIW0clbWNrqF7FrRxnhodl3bX_n3WXjywhZ6xvcBpYPnPEjy7HF-mDRzLEPjFiGFihyphenhyphenPCbSzP4UtsAdjCCxuHWbnGFTssuFsijWiKwW_7Khtl0uFbdiZRyy5VB4PwH9D_Q0BPiXv3JX38dgYZou2VFO-xYVsC/s1080/340491801_248643300959631_5155359889433075618_n.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXLrXcEud46Wv2xyEdIS6DYfbYt9bsPmQIW0clbWNrqF7FrRxnhodl3bX_n3WXjywhZ6xvcBpYPnPEjy7HF-mDRzLEPjFiGFihyphenhyphenPCbSzP4UtsAdjCCxuHWbnGFTssuFsijWiKwW_7Khtl0uFbdiZRyy5VB4PwH9D_Q0BPiXv3JX38dgYZou2VFO-xYVsC/s320/340491801_248643300959631_5155359889433075618_n.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/manny_la_belle_vie/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">manny_la_belle_vie</span></a></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Randonnée des mines de Talc]</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pour ce premier jour du RoadTrip de Pâques avec Frida et Wicket, nous sommes allés découvrir une mines de Talc abandonné.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bon à vrai dire, le Tunnel de la Mine a été condamné, ne reste donc que quelques bâtiments en ruines, des petits wagon a droite a gauche, une voiture et le téléphérique convoyeur.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mais cela reste une jolie boucle, avec des points de vue sur le Canigou ou la mer mediterranée donc je suis redescendu satisfaite 😉</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Et pour finir, une source d'eau chaude, enfin ça c'est ce qui était écrit sur maps 😅😅 la réalité c'est que l'eau est a peine tiède, cependant le cadre est plutôt mignon et après la rando ça fait du bien de se prélasser au soleil et de se "laver" à l'eau clair... D'ailleurs ce bassin a très longtemps servit de lavoir du village 😉</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Le Canigou regorge de Mine abandonné et de gare minière certaines aménagé pour les visites, d'autres non... Alors n'hésitez pas à vous renseigner pour découvrir ce passé maintenant oublié 😉 </i><i>#occitanie #canigou #hiddenplace #sourcechaude #pyreneeorientales #urbex #vanlifediaries</i></div></blockquote></span></i></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AcG-y1WdIKJIEJu-v-rBm08MKEc05x6pxlT7rNzHc9KjOuZm4xbEaxNdmshJSuWl_mYZa0zcLJ_9GmWlIbQzjtrDmIJN7g2hX0bCaesSo4ccVxpa6zEEBR2iKVcD7mMg0JsihdYY_4vUfr8-BVxPJQEG7-WwznKw5ceYeKs_jXfaMHGQYgHBkcVFQKXN/s750/134986674_456108149097105_8397473706666590005_n.jpg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AcG-y1WdIKJIEJu-v-rBm08MKEc05x6pxlT7rNzHc9KjOuZm4xbEaxNdmshJSuWl_mYZa0zcLJ_9GmWlIbQzjtrDmIJN7g2hX0bCaesSo4ccVxpa6zEEBR2iKVcD7mMg0JsihdYY_4vUfr8-BVxPJQEG7-WwznKw5ceYeKs_jXfaMHGQYgHBkcVFQKXN/w200-h196/134986674_456108149097105_8397473706666590005_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/aube_sonore/">aube_sonore</a></span></i></div><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><blockquote>Communion et vibrations</blockquote></i></div></span></i></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4e5RuxSiWKmSeUK1IamSI4VbGehwC9MVJufGDo9kP3K3nib9mQLIh-GQwaQAtQ5KahRSNPLL7ReFIURALRD7H5vkJeYeLUbtzl2J7GLJ6CfgsIwZm0iq1mJJqNguScyJZD6MiGnY7v6FuhHlU-9FlFoQYVT2-mLKp2O9-O6GBbMDi5xsG6WleWqtwa6Ql/s1764/383339332_10160624689630090_3377067116849710684_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4e5RuxSiWKmSeUK1IamSI4VbGehwC9MVJufGDo9kP3K3nib9mQLIh-GQwaQAtQ5KahRSNPLL7ReFIURALRD7H5vkJeYeLUbtzl2J7GLJ6CfgsIwZm0iq1mJJqNguScyJZD6MiGnY7v6FuhHlU-9FlFoQYVT2-mLKp2O9-O6GBbMDi5xsG6WleWqtwa6Ql/w400-h349/383339332_10160624689630090_3377067116849710684_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/erinliberated/">erinliberated</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i><blockquote><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yesterday....in Rennes-Les-Bains in France. Exhilarating!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">And much needed after a challenging 3 days traveling solo with a rental car, and running into all kinds of challenges as I made my way through interesting towns and winding roads to Rennes-Les-Chateaux, one of the claimed sights of the Magdelena.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">An initiation of sorts.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">More on the complications (most humorous, some incredibly scary) in a next post.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">For now, I’ll say that the theme was SURRENDER TO WHAT IS. Which is not easy for me, as often I desperately try to control, manipulate and change things to the way I think they “should” be.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I’ll also say that as hard as it was, I wouldn’t change a thing about it. (And….I’m glad it’s complete).</span></i></div></span></i><div><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The challenging moments make the magical ones all the more extraordinary. And there were and are an abundance of magical moments. ✨💛✨</span></i></div></blockquote><div><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wrapping up with Corsica.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJIzD4T1XAXD0YRwpqm3U3qjYDiB3GPxtejeHHIin_m3vPMWntqNNqUdthxh41eYmLzLRBUW7CJsHuNql9xkqS89Pc02Z58mPZnfBjsyVmntSfhtgebwdciTJV0CMFzWzrLvZTW2DggusLfMAstjis4lnWzpf3bO7H8CCUy9sIRqZG-HQRutOn2sz1RRM/s1800/321642005_871596677219408_3540242168585189707_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJIzD4T1XAXD0YRwpqm3U3qjYDiB3GPxtejeHHIin_m3vPMWntqNNqUdthxh41eYmLzLRBUW7CJsHuNql9xkqS89Pc02Z58mPZnfBjsyVmntSfhtgebwdciTJV0CMFzWzrLvZTW2DggusLfMAstjis4lnWzpf3bO7H8CCUy9sIRqZG-HQRutOn2sz1RRM/s320/321642005_871596677219408_3540242168585189707_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/clemence.herveux/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">clemence.herveux</span></a></i></div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote style="text-align: center;">25 décembre : baignade dans une source d’eau chaude, une eau à 42°C…💝 #sourcedeauchaude #sourcedeauchaudenaturelle #baindeguitera #corse #corsica #corsedusud</blockquote></span></i></i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Laughter</b></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCatgCNJ9q19mKrsn9_klJLKWe0yVWxM8sDs5jSrvwOxXlGnFNUPH2fjpz6dOpqeC4VNfRDc_BzlPazn38FK2-JcmEIaEmEj3WHpB5SwPDpP09NLYURr86KVyWcoLH_27i762P1SfRWFQe4D3-4aIoqit62RIZu-RByn9vmUQfOBqR1g_-mnR5tqGwHni/s1620/28423144_371196793346417_220478601257680895_o.jpg"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCatgCNJ9q19mKrsn9_klJLKWe0yVWxM8sDs5jSrvwOxXlGnFNUPH2fjpz6dOpqeC4VNfRDc_BzlPazn38FK2-JcmEIaEmEj3WHpB5SwPDpP09NLYURr86KVyWcoLH_27i762P1SfRWFQe4D3-4aIoqit62RIZu-RByn9vmUQfOBqR1g_-mnR5tqGwHni/w400-h267/28423144_371196793346417_220478601257680895_o.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/resfeber.co.uk?__tn__=-UC*F"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Resfeber.co.uk</i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><blockquote>Today has been surreal. Not only have we cooked ourselves clean in a 40c river but it turns out we are camping on the battle ground of one of most amazing shows of strength and courage in the history of mankind. The Battle of 300!</blockquote></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p style="text-align: justify;">Greek tragedy's aside, the remainder of this post concerns Georgia, Israel and somewhere in Russia. </p></span></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IAlq_NcdKxO34sqswpPfAXYYoDLqKM8bynM7ck8qkoNGvK0cth5JWZIH7qIp_EG74khWYen0GvBefEs8ryK9zlJVCQe8xxGaJPb17v0cgnkC2gW90B0_uOI6OYc6xj0wSzMPKh3X6egYDLfPG6M3GobLyHUWhk5oj2mpntXZZvOOdv_9G4HKFpJQOI5p/w160-h200/352823151_1200507673969397_5244645268029565252_n.jpg" width="160" /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/djstephanie_official/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">djstephanie_official</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">There’s magic in Greece ✨🌊</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#greece #waterfall #nature #paradise #adventure #breath #livelovelaugh #amazing #amazingplaces #happy #feelblessed</span></i></div></blockquote></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pLN6Fq59tCoFr-tPLlbJAQyt2pmQtWxcOz_L8boXit9aHRnHY-b-cJXj924xqgkrL8Xu7ik5BeD1C1cGiFs35mGJgihUgP4nIlcOlCVeZ__pGmUCLqxcLS7a8l0Jg5FBVFRRsX5td4LY4SjZxjsPa7EPSKmspwkLVxHZ37RSUp5ikvMEzcKBxiAJLAG8/s1080/329431753_202413462502194_1445688038260305751_n.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pLN6Fq59tCoFr-tPLlbJAQyt2pmQtWxcOz_L8boXit9aHRnHY-b-cJXj924xqgkrL8Xu7ik5BeD1C1cGiFs35mGJgihUgP4nIlcOlCVeZ__pGmUCLqxcLS7a8l0Jg5FBVFRRsX5td4LY4SjZxjsPa7EPSKmspwkLVxHZ37RSUp5ikvMEzcKBxiAJLAG8/s320/329431753_202413462502194_1445688038260305751_n.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tanya_kricha/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">tanya_kricha</span></a></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Кто-то может подумать, что мы валяемся в луже, но на самом деле это сероводородный источник , а у нас СПА-день: грязь, соль мертвого моря и сероводородные ванны</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#israel#deadsea#hotsprings</i></div></blockquote></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><a 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#amazing</blockquote></span></i></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaXqiDSd7jOMXap_Es623XlAGtxBD_kiZ11A7KWJ28WjoOIJas7gMKjUgt-Fa-JiBMPT-7-PSwqxw2j52U-YSahWY42nWg93wmeCVHwwJsBzWq5sFnLP4XjK6ErjiR4FCnoZ8frIekFB5a8oeCyXJ9a5Sdm2KZdTxB6yizoPw5oEEY0cCUsbqI63DKh-I/s1800/393687360_18309531571142652_371872215711518449_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaXqiDSd7jOMXap_Es623XlAGtxBD_kiZ11A7KWJ28WjoOIJas7gMKjUgt-Fa-JiBMPT-7-PSwqxw2j52U-YSahWY42nWg93wmeCVHwwJsBzWq5sFnLP4XjK6ErjiR4FCnoZ8frIekFB5a8oeCyXJ9a5Sdm2KZdTxB6yizoPw5oEEY0cCUsbqI63DKh-I/w320-h400/393687360_18309531571142652_371872215711518449_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nudeblogru/">nudeblogru</a></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Презентация.</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Банный напиток.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Газированная вода</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Мед</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Лимонный сок</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">От минералки будет зависеть купаж, знатоки говорят от рычал-су сразу улетаешь.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">На фото домашний вариант, на меду с алтая и осетинской тбау.</span></i></div></span></blockquote></i></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-45558169468607087782023-10-20T21:14:00.000+02:002023-10-20T21:14:28.394+02:00Meditation<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZk3t3Ob4T3FktSY1knSq5uYyuiKw18xUmq7nt6AcA_UImoi1R77lKq1PnaDiKn_ipCb5NQLhq3iC8RiKHnqPYT9KhDcSFIgZI7p8hrVznnxmmE2b5A1klisxwWDImqPeZ-Qss1fKheamwPViEdG45HeIWAm8fXbPv3q0M9pyQp_c22vy5JjeW00i-NCb/s1800/381537173_1355969228341978_4378177770755170551_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZk3t3Ob4T3FktSY1knSq5uYyuiKw18xUmq7nt6AcA_UImoi1R77lKq1PnaDiKn_ipCb5NQLhq3iC8RiKHnqPYT9KhDcSFIgZI7p8hrVznnxmmE2b5A1klisxwWDImqPeZ-Qss1fKheamwPViEdG45HeIWAm8fXbPv3q0M9pyQp_c22vy5JjeW00i-NCb/w320-h400/381537173_1355969228341978_4378177770755170551_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/volanhevist/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">volanhevist</span></a></i></div><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>⛰️</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Ser consciente significa abandonar los juicios durante un tiempo, dejar de lado nuestros objetivos inmediatos para el futuro, y tomar el momento presente como es y no como nos gustaría que fuera" 🧘🏽♂️✨</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#nature #naturelovers #water #hot #river #meditation #freedom #explore #discover #disconnect #mountain #mountainlife #mountainlovers #travel #lovetravel #instatravel #fontpedrouse #france #photography</i></div></blockquote></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Despite the lead picture, we'll be first looking at the European sauna scene. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And for starters, the seemingly never ending culture shock of the European sauna experience.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First up, Italian sauna culture by </span><a href="https://worldofsauna.com/italian-sauna-culture/" style="font-family: verdana;">World of Sau</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://worldofsauna.com/italian-sauna-culture/">na</a>. A</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> post (Oct. 11) mostly summarizing the past, even though that past was non-sauna involved. Apparently, the Italian sauna culture is very much what they learned not from the past but from Germany / German visitors. An exception:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>'In Italy, they are shy about nudity. For example, signs in the shower rooms state that you are not allowed to wash naked in the open showers. Washing must take place in a shower cubicle with a door.<br />Clothes must also be changed in a changing room with a door.<br />However, men’s and women’s changing rooms and washrooms are separate.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">However, Italian television shows often include nude scenes. The bodies are often as beautiful and trained as possible in these scenes. It’s no wonder young people get body dysmorphia, and many people have self-image problems'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Similar sauna culture, from the Netherlands. <a href="https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/07/i-went-to-the-dutch-sauna-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale/">Dutchnews</a> (Jul. 12):</div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Internationals in the Netherlands are often aghast when they discover many of the country’s saunas are nude and mixed-gender. But Our regular columnist Molly Quell survived the experience and even enjoyed herself.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I expected it to be weird. It was not weird.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">People kept their eyes to themselves and, with the exception of the one lady, mostly covered up while moving around.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After a few hours, I pretty much forgot that it was supposed to be weird.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I relaxed. I read my book. I napped a bit. I tried out everything the sauna had to offer. I had a fancy smoothie'.</div></blockquote></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="font-family: verdana;" /></div><a href="https://vimeo.com/866375568" style="font-family: verdana;"></a><blockquote><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/866375568">Storfinnhova Gård (Smoke Sauna) - Björkboda, Finland</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/braysrunproductions">Bray's Run Productions</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i>On the largest island off the Archipelago coast of Finland, explore the unique offering of <a href="https://www.storfinnhova.com/">Storfinnhova Gård</a>, a sauna produced entirely with smoke.</i></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i>...</i></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This special place offers the ability to listen to gentle sounds of the stream crossing the pine forest into the underground sauna located along the stream. In this magical smoke sauna you can relax in the freshwater pool flowing from the stream inside the sauna. It provides a place to cool down between sweat sessions. It’s massive sauna stove has to be heated for three days to fill up the natural granite rock built sauna with heat and smoke and is lit by candles later for guests to sweat bathe in. There are farmhouse villas that can accommodate up to 22 people, as well as Metsäkylä cottages built into treetops that can accommodate 15 people.</i></div></span></span></i></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/shenaztreasury/" style="text-align: start;">shenaztreasury</a> on instagram, in Germany:<br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;"></span><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'I was terrified taking my clothes off but I was determined to try this spa. Afterall it’s a UNESCO world heritage site and the oldest spa in Baden Baden. Even Mark Twain has been to this spa.</div><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">For Germans it’s a very regular thing to walk around naked without batting an eyelid. However for me as an Indian woman it was daunting and I have to admit I wasn’t able to stay there for very long after the people started pouring in :) but at least I got to see it, it was sooo beautiful 😍</div></span><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I did try to wear that towel but got scolded a couple of times by women - “it’s a nude spa and you have to be naked.”</div></span><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Why? I asked. I was told - The reason to be naked in a Baden Baden Germany spa is one of hygiene. Sweat is the body’s way of cooling itself down. When in a sauna or a steam room any clothing slows that process down.</div></span><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Friedrichsbad Baden Baden is the oldest and most traditional of the Baden-Baden Thermal Spa options. These thermal hot springs were discovered 2000 years ago by the Romans who built a spa under this very place where I am today.</div></span><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This place is in the top 5 spa destinations in the world!</div></span><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The city has so much on offer but in this post, I decided to focus on this spa experience! Stay tuned for more.</div></span><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I am going to try a spa which allows a bikini 👙- tomorrow!!!</div></span></blockquote></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/an-enthralling-country-but-be-prepared-to-be-naked-a-survivor-s-guide-to-europe-20231004-p5e9qt.html">Sydney Morning Herald</a> (Oct. 4) notes that Europe is presumably a cultural minestrone: quaint customs and differing cuisines. On Germany:<br /></span></p><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'Germany An enthralling country, but be prepared to be naked. A lot. Don’t worry if your birthday suit needs a little ironing; nobody’s looking. Germans only look if you dare not to bare. Saunas actually have signs decreeing: “Clothing Forbidden.”</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then, to </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">confuse matters, <a href="https://www.wp.de/region/sauer-und-siegerland/ende-der-nacktheit-bad-im-sauerland-setzt-auf-textil-sauna-id239729499.html">Westfalen Post</a> (Oct. 4, pay article, use <a href="http://archive.ph">archive.ph</a>) reports on changes for the sauna in Plettenberg (Sauerland). Once construction work will finish at the end</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of November, their sauna's will be textile only!</span></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Naturally, even Germans are </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">confused.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Amüsiert wird auch der Umstand aufgegriffen, dass es zuletzt größere Diskussionen darum gab, in Schwimmbädern auch „oben ohne“ baden zu dürfen. Einige Kommunen hatten die Vorschriften entsprechend geändert. „Nackt in den Schwimmbädern, aber angezogen in einer Sauna? Was stimmt denn hier nicht?“, schreibt Bianca Klappert.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Martin Niederstein, der Geschäftsführer des Deutschen Sauna-Bundes, sieht trotzdem kein generelles Ende der Nacktheit: „Textilsaunen nehmen in Deutschland nur einen geringen Anteil im Angebot öffentlicher Saunaanlagen ein und sind noch eine Randerscheinung.“ Sie würden häufiger von Gästen „anderer Kulturkreise oder anderer Religionszugehörigkeit“ genutzt und auch von Frauen. Aber auch in vielen textilfreien Saunabetrieben gebe es bereits seit vielen Jahren auf Frauen zugeschnittene Angebote: „spezielle Damensaunatage, die dem Wunsch nach einem geschützten Raum Rechnung tragen“.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dennoch bricht Sauna-Bund-Geschäftsführer Niederstein eine Lanze für das textilfreie Saunieren. Dafür sprächen nicht nur die Tradition, sondern auch funktionale Gründe: Die Wärmestrahlung in der Saunakabine solle die Haut ungehindert erreichen. Und die Schweißverdunstung solle nicht beeinträchtigt werden. „Zudem ist es weder angenehm noch hygienisch, in einem Badeanzug zu schwitzen, der möglicherweise auch noch aus synthetischen Materialien hergestellt ist.“</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Synopsis: Sure, by going textil you create your own niche, profitable too. But textile sauna's are not a trend, Germany remains naked; it's more hygienic according to the sauna officials.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">My own 5p on the subject: there's only one way to go. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">But seriously: experiences are that textile sauna culture is way too loud for me. Culture concerns traditions. Sauna's are not amusement parks.</div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNycGzMvJ7oQ0eQ4brVDkBizeq6XUxsffyp-mzKHgmwavo9xXveQON7DVSSNesQk1b5-J1NSeawQnWK9b72gp9l2-TJRtO_nj-UXBxEgsJmWSOpQVhOXzDC5yP5bs5NNafxzkgNsvel5hEIEtsmP6orBTQ1f-912KnMRM72q4BPT_Jbh7L0uI99R3GXm2u/s1080/150526342_1230762640658983_1580351847604036238_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNycGzMvJ7oQ0eQ4brVDkBizeq6XUxsffyp-mzKHgmwavo9xXveQON7DVSSNesQk1b5-J1NSeawQnWK9b72gp9l2-TJRtO_nj-UXBxEgsJmWSOpQVhOXzDC5yP5bs5NNafxzkgNsvel5hEIEtsmP6orBTQ1f-912KnMRM72q4BPT_Jbh7L0uI99R3GXm2u/w400-h266/150526342_1230762640658983_1580351847604036238_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/doleyshek/">doleyshek</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i><blockquote><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Баню больше 4 лет. Переживал разные форматы и погружения в процесс парения. Индивидуальные парения, совместные - маленькие группы, большие и очень большие. Парение как работа с запросом или просто чтобы расслабиться, отдохнуть, получить удовольствие.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Пережил на этих выходных новые ощущения.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">В '19ом чуть чуть коснулся Огонька (и это было трогательно, ощущалось, как касание с чем то живым, большим и светлым) , а в этот раз погрузился полностью в атмосферу Холодка с банным лагерем Баня Будит!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Большая баня (36 гостей точно помещаются). За два дня пар окутал, обнял, погрел и позволил совершить тёплое погружение/путешествие более 350 человек.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Большая команда (36 участников!) Это люди, которые построили, подготовили пространства - где встречать гостей, где непосредственно парить, где можно было провести время после (которое важно также, как и само парение). Это люди, которые были радикально включённые в сам процесс парения, заботы о гостях до и после.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Все 36 были для гостей и самих же себя проводниками тепла, заботы и любви. Для более 350 гостей! Созерцать это в моменте - счастье. Радуюсь каждому участнику. И с благодарностью к каждому.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Нахожусь в процессе осмысления всего того, что протекло, увиделись, почувствовалось и смогло поместиться в моё сознание за эти дни.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Фото Julia Vlasova</span></i></div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA2021/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#холодок2021</span></i></a></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Choke</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Away from the sauna shock, but still relating to the Euro sauna scene.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">On <a href="https://www.saunatimes.com/sauna-talk-podcast/sauna-talk-mikkel-aaland-reporting-from-ukraine/">Saunatalk</a> (Aug. 10), the talk is with Mikkel Aaland and Ukraine:</div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'But this Sauna Talk with Mikkel Aaland episode isn’t a downer. I promise you. You will hear about the wonderfulness of what sauna is bringing to the people of Ukraine. And we sauna enthusiasts can put two and two together to get an idea what sauna can do for people in distress. I get choked up during this interview, and that’s what sauna can do for us. Like many of us, we can take a lot of good löyly, but our edges can be soft.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes, <a href="https://www.saunatimes.com/types-of-saunas/sauna-tents/sauna-aid-helping-those-helping-ukrainian-refugees-in-the-us/">Sauna-Aid! </a>Mikkel is quick to compliment many others, yet he is leading the charge on behalf of Sauna Aid, a multinational initiative sponsored by the <a href="https://saunainternational.net/">International Sauna Association.</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is a beautiful story of the magic of sauna. The power of sauna as community, therapy, healing, comradeship, wellness, mindfulness, peace. So many great attributes, let’s hear it from the words of Mikkel Aaland'.</div></blockquote>From BBC(Travel) an <a href="https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230904-sebastian-kneipp-the-wellness-guru-that-few-know">item</a> (Sep. 4) on Sebastiaan Kneipp. And Slovenia:<br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Kneipp is not especially well known outside central Europe. But this 19th-Century priest-turned-wellness guru is one of the godfathers of some of today's hottest wellness trends. Born in 1821 and trained as a Catholic priest in Germany, he was driven to investigate "water cures" through personal experience. He had contracted tuberculosis when he was 26, which was often a death sentence at that time. However, Kneipp cured himself through experimenting with hydrotherapy, including regular plunges in the chilly Danube river, and thereafter evangelised cold-water immersion to strengthen the immune system. He also advocated a diet of mainly plant-based and locally sourced food and extolled the power of nature, daily exercise and a balanced way of life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kneipp began to treat people from his monastery and eventually set up a health spa, Bad Wörishofen, near Munich.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">....</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jasna Paladin, an ethnologist who wrote her thesis on the origins of the Kamnik spa, showed me where the elegant spa buildings stood on the bank where the chilly Kamniška Bistrica river (fed by mountain water) meets the warmer Nevljica river (fed by thermal springs).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"This was the perfect location for Kneipp therapy, which alternates warm and cold water in some treatments," she said. I asked her why Kneipp became so popular. "He wasn't the first person that was healing with water, but I think it was because he made these methods understandable to common people," she said. "Also, medicine at that time was often painful and expensive and people were afraid of it, so they were looking for alternatives."</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kneipp's core tenets are certainly not radical today. Indeed, much of what he taught has become mainstream. But that's the power of simple ideas: they endure. As Plesnik [Nina Plesnik's family have lived here for more than 700 years and she manages the family's <a href="https://www.plesnik.si/en">eponymous </a><a href="https://www.plesnik.si/en">hotel and spa</a>]said: "It's simple and effective, everyone can do it every day; walking barefoot on the grass is free of charge."</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdvLoqQB1WaFORK5crOYbG1ZThEbkETmS5Or6K6HIIvWJRVw5p_ybcLTZ6r2cSckj5hY5_rCRmrMFQWB_go6e4RvpS99B_DF81N_OaLawQIdeJMbGs9eSATwz0KDReZpt3APpEy3e9GHD6NGkn4S5uCNQjhksVSTkjpdx62x6GO_GeM6RZYNDZijKLTR5/s1440/387742739_18392547835053822_7324156376899560719_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdvLoqQB1WaFORK5crOYbG1ZThEbkETmS5Or6K6HIIvWJRVw5p_ybcLTZ6r2cSckj5hY5_rCRmrMFQWB_go6e4RvpS99B_DF81N_OaLawQIdeJMbGs9eSATwz0KDReZpt3APpEy3e9GHD6NGkn4S5uCNQjhksVSTkjpdx62x6GO_GeM6RZYNDZijKLTR5/s320/387742739_18392547835053822_7324156376899560719_n.jpg" /></a></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/labruket/">labruket</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/worldmentalhealthday/">#worldmentalhealthday</a> it’s nice to remember that the simplest of things can bring the greatest meaning and relief.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A bit of hot , a bit of cold and a bit of a laugh can have a big impact on how you feel.</i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div></span></i></blockquote><b>Sharing</b></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> then to our hot springs.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://robierobes.com/blogs/news/robie-on-the-road-from-rust-to-roadtrip">Robierobes</a> interviews Rust to Roadtrip (Sep. 8):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Where did your love of hot springs spark from?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our love affair with hot springs began around early 2017, when we bathed in our first ever hot spring in Italy. I remember saying: “It’s like sitting in a river, but hot!” We spent at least a week there, bathing up to 5 times a day! On our second trip we made a point of visiting as many hot springs as we could, way-marking our routes around them. When you’ve been travelling in a van for days or weeks without a shower, your muscles are aching from sitting in uncomfortable seats, getting into a hot spring is pure bliss. Around this time we realised how little documented these were online, and began compiling a resource on our blog*. We got increasingly nerdy with it, researching for hours, photographing them and even probing the temperature and reading up about the different mineral compositions (this is why different hot springs are reported to treat different ailments). It was in 2021 that we began working with a Japanese TV company to produce and present a documentary series about hot springs in Europe, and this was when our passion bloomed into a full-blown obsession. We’ve bathed in over 70 hot springs across Eurasia so far, and probably have another 300 or so marked on a map of ones to visit eventually, in places as remote as the far East of Russia and Greenland!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">*We’ve since learned how sharing locations freely online can be damaging to both the eco-system and local populations around hot springs, with some even being closed due to neglect or the impact of huge numbers of visitors. These days we’re very careful about sharing exact locations in the hope that we can aid in preserving these wonderful natural places by not over-popularising them'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzNrhxC9gQHvUBAkhKDtpwVDOW3ymtti1BwkqEdJYYlgt7fyP4vvkLk7CEIW4EnJlMeqCV1XnAS7-es4U-_yqbv4H27I_Cl-hetAD-is4iwquFCnW29C8c1TMDTZgt2-yR-KKYnxlJpHpF65ufWo6mjSbkVVZlPOsKK4FDBcRJCNefTsNDq0cVVnx3kZq/s2048/364130185_842199117274418_50390345255850355_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzNrhxC9gQHvUBAkhKDtpwVDOW3ymtti1BwkqEdJYYlgt7fyP4vvkLk7CEIW4EnJlMeqCV1XnAS7-es4U-_yqbv4H27I_Cl-hetAD-is4iwquFCnW29C8c1TMDTZgt2-yR-KKYnxlJpHpF65ufWo6mjSbkVVZlPOsKK4FDBcRJCNefTsNDq0cVVnx3kZq/s320/364130185_842199117274418_50390345255850355_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fromrusttoroadtrip/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">fromrusttoroadtrip</span></a></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Who knew there were hot springs in Slovenia?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">These are some moments from a little while back, two thirds into the longest single journey we'd undertaken in our lives so far. Morale and energy were running low by the time we reached the Alps, but a stopover at a thermal spring, albeit a cold one, was a well-deserved pick-me-up.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The sweet sounds of early birdsong harmonised with the roar of the waterfall, and the water was beautifully clear and blue in a way we knew we would not see back in the UK for some time.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hot springs are a pilgrimage for us, a place to relax and ease tense muscles and minds, but in a pool that offers a cool thrill down the spine we found ourselves more prone to play. We swam and danced, and jumped and twirled, unleashing our playful souls safely alone, shielded beneath a canopy of trees.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">With the distractions and obligations we allow into our lives, rarely do we give ourselves time to play. We assume it's something for children, an idea you leave behind in your childish past. But it's as important for building bonds as it is giving your mind a break; and after unleashing our inner child even just a little, we wonder why we were ever so serious in the first place.</span></i></div></blockquote></i>A French <a href="https://www.libellux-aventuresinsolites.com/post/bassin-d-eaux-chaudes-dans-des-ruines-tiermas-de-yesa">post</a> (Aug. 2022) on the hot soaks of Tiermas (Spain):<br /><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'Arrivés sur place, nous pensions seulement observer ces belles ruines qui viennent flirter avec la surface de l'eau. Le cadre est idéal pour une séance photo: peu de monde, eau bleue céleste et bâtiments partiellement détruits. Les pieds dans l'eau du lac, nous nous rendons vite compte qu'elle est anormalement chaude. Puis nous remarquons, à un endroit précis, de petites bulles qui remontent du fond. C'est alors qu'une vieille dame arrive à ce moment même et se jette à l'eau sans réfléchir (et sans maillot non plus)'.</blockquote><a href="https://tierrassinfronteras.com/banos-de-durcal-urquizar-vacamia/?fbclid=IwAR3-BaonOeN6J-qB8nc3jc80VSZ3_lh0lg_Yg8T0D995ZjL-Q8ECaS_EnSo">Tierrassinfronteras</a> (Aug. 23) heads off to Granada's<br /><blockquote>'Baños de Dúrcal, a constant though lukewarm spring (24C) with thermal origins'.</blockquote><p><a href="https://insearchofholywellsandhealingsprings.com/2023/08/18/holy-healing-and-ritual-waters-of-catalonia-caldes-de-montbru/" style="text-align: justify;">Holyandhealingwells</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">had a vacation and visited Caldes de Montbui in Catalonia (Aug. 18):</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'The water is indeed remarkably hot, flowing at great speed at a temperature of 74º C and is so hot that it steams considerably. The water being so hot that it is conveyed to “safareigs públics” which are 19th century, communal washing houses which are still used although on my visit I did not witness it as apparently it happens early in the morning'.</blockquote><p><a href="https://www.wapititravel.com/blog/en/azores-hot-springs/">Wapiti Travel</a> (Jul. 10) looks at the 12 hot springs of the Azores. A very extensive post. This from the island of Flores:</p><div></div><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">'Aguas Quentes is a small boiling hot spring full of sulphuric water.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">They are too small to bathe in, in fact, they’re so small that you will only notice them if you get really close.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Don’t let this stop you from going there. The scene is very dramatic and usually also very quiet which makes it worthwhile.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Getting there requires a 1.6 km hike of which the last part, once you reach the oceanside, is very challenging. Even if you’re not able to get all the way down to the hot spring you won’t regret the trip. The view from the top of the cliff is impressive and will make this hike a memorable experience.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Be cautious when touching the sulphuric water, it can sometimes be really hot and it may burn your skin'.</div></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://aworldofspa.com/turkey-hot-springs-hammams/">A World of Spa</a><span> looks to Turkey (Aug. 10). Pity though they only look for the luxurious resorts. A missed chance.</span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/04/hot-springs-greece/">Greekreporter</a> (Aug. 4) reports on ten best natural hot springs:<br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Greece is gradually discovering the potential tourist goldmine of its plentiful, and in most cases little-known, natural hot springs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Due to Greece’s unique geology, there are more than seven hundred natural hot springs throughout the country—and eighty-four of them are officially recognized as having healing properties.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The idea of using hot springs or spas in the hope of easing certain ailments and diseases dates back to prehistoric times, and the history of thermal springs is rooted in ancient Greece'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWrrwgtaDn3ho0t9tfB1ZHLPvqGJmSYsvupdhTEp38no8EDDNWMPjc7EhfT17e59Tz7i2omts5cCkMVqXnuV-rQ2_kZZa3Bcr1cO_Bbo7KoCUS3AqpWusUdC2uk9MwAILQXvui7XN7Th8wcdbpOzMC5Uq1uJzNJ_3qbrh64R58t40hU6gyznbOzKjx817-/s1441/351030795_483051347347393_2097134400219547758_n.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWrrwgtaDn3ho0t9tfB1ZHLPvqGJmSYsvupdhTEp38no8EDDNWMPjc7EhfT17e59Tz7i2omts5cCkMVqXnuV-rQ2_kZZa3Bcr1cO_Bbo7KoCUS3AqpWusUdC2uk9MwAILQXvui7XN7Th8wcdbpOzMC5Uq1uJzNJ_3qbrh64R58t40hU6gyznbOzKjx817-/s320/351030795_483051347347393_2097134400219547758_n.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/combotourminicamper/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">combotourminicamper</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hot water spring (40 degree celsius) Loutra Elevtheron, Greece</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#loutraeleftheron #greece #minicamper #minivancamper #minivanconversion #minivanlife #camperlife #minivan #vanconversion #vanlife #minivancamper #vanconversion #campervan #camperbuild #campingbox #lowbudgetcamper #opelcombo #camping #campinglife #campingbox #camperbox #combo #combotour</span></i></div></blockquote><a href="https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/thermal-pools-to-be-evaluated-for-geothermal-project-in-kolo-poland/">ThinkGeoenergy</a> reports (Sep. 4) on some potential developments in Poland:<br /><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'The geothermal heating project in Kolo, Poland has received an add-on investment to evaluate the feasibility of putting up geothermal-heated thermal pools'.</blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/goddess_rising/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">goddess_rising</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">⭐️Life Lately - from Evening Star to Morning Star to Venus’ first Rose Gate of descent to the Crown, to the Virgo New Moon & soon Equinox, this last chapter has been filled with magick and miracles, grace, grief, gratitude, sadness and celebration… (swipe left for pics)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">🌹From our Magdalene Pilgrimage in France</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">>> to the wilds of Zimbabwe with my Soul Sister <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sarah.naia.soleil/">@sarah.naia.soleil</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">>> to completing our Queen Codes 10 month Training</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">>> to family time in BC at our Lake House</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">>> to officiating my cousins wedding</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">>> to being home on Maui for 5 only nights & getting quite ill</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">>> to traveling back to BC again unexpectedly as my extended family joined together in honouring the life of my beloved uncle Bob and supported him into his passing from life to death last week (more reflections coming)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">>> to home again on Maui over the weekend and seeing some of the effects from the catastrophic fires near our home</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">🩵Loving and living recently has been *especially non-linear. Traveling not only around the world, but through liminal of space and time, into the realms of life and death, the depths of my heart, mind and womb, and in through portals with Mary Magdalene & the Hathors. Thank you holy waters of river, lake & sea.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">🌹On the priestess path, I have recently been focused as daughter, niece, aunty, sister, cousin, and friend (whilst also maintaining the roles of CEO and Biz partner), and haven’t been sharing as much here.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">This Equinox season, I’m prioritizing being wife, lover and beloved, and (fur baby) mama and continuing in my role as mentor, teacher, ceremonialist and guide.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">🩵With the Wheel turning, my Creatrix self will be deepening as oracle, artist, scholar and writer.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">As Equinox approaches, I am present to the infinite gifts of life, that which is ready to be released, all that is gestating and unfolding like the rose, and that which is on its way into form.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">🌹What roles are centered in your life right now?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">🌹What is shifting and changing?</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">🌹What do notice as the seasons begin to transition?</span></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/4045479715473141/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=6505217819499306" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, defenders of the Source Croizat are feeling upset (Jun. 24) as volunteers have created a third bassin to enjoy, though simultaneously encroaching on the protected river Dordogne.</div></span><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.thecommonwanderer.com/blog/gellert-baths-budapest-guide?fbclid=IwAR0SBtMiQc_rQgfOa1-TST7j8cQqhTmIl_V1eySJEq8O2cGx-XacFZQD3wU">The Common Wanderer</a> (Mar. 1) visits Gellert baths in Budapest:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'The first thing to know before a visit to any Budapest bath is that every one of them is a bit of a maze — and Gellert is no exception!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is both a good and bad thing; you’ll definitely get lost wandering around the complex at some point... but there are always new treasures to be found tucked away in its unexpected nooks and crannies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What is guaranteed is that you’ll find a huge array of 13 pools and thermal baths, both indoor and outdoor and ranging from 26c to 40c, plus saunas, steam rooms, and massage treatment rooms to keep you busy during your time here!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We won’t go through every facility or service here, just the ones you really need to know about as a tourist.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">if you’re worried about having to strip bare on your spa day, fear no more. While many countries in Central Europe take a strictly nude approach to their wellness areas, Budapest’s baths are quite a different story.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gellert’s various pools and baths — as with most of the thermal baths in the city — are co-ed throughout and therefore you’re required to wear something to cover up in all public spaces.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The only exceptions to this rule are in the shower, or if you’re having a massage in one of the gendered treatment rooms (then you go topless). Everywhere else, you’ll need to be clothed!</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarb2z-p-1jMdjVxrDGUwA_ONX1eRBYWvIntQzi2BL_mrcK42OpIt55WZQB8gAVd97_HRskC-ezPaIR-arVhKbMJzjFAJwZkX50LzTFMxbJywBWVcwxzolLe7sMAN9_ca9HQ-eSIgT9RoIuEupw7EBjhHAAElGRPkWb2c1hX-l-dC10pOHIbi7gAwv1-rz/s1204/292904829_569195871574372_4565130268752940670_n.jpg"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarb2z-p-1jMdjVxrDGUwA_ONX1eRBYWvIntQzi2BL_mrcK42OpIt55WZQB8gAVd97_HRskC-ezPaIR-arVhKbMJzjFAJwZkX50LzTFMxbJywBWVcwxzolLe7sMAN9_ca9HQ-eSIgT9RoIuEupw7EBjhHAAElGRPkWb2c1hX-l-dC10pOHIbi7gAwv1-rz/s320/292904829_569195871574372_4565130268752940670_n.jpg" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cmyll/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">cmyll</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Water was like 40 degrees but we were even hotter 🥵</blockquote></span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-49202557979685898932023-10-09T21:26:00.000+02:002023-10-09T21:26:30.720+02:00Deliberate<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpuyz4CSvhnPfEj9pWDkEwP2wnGdnFpFHgXy7Nc6wtbE1nrO2DMSCsqFziccn8Ddp2fXpAiWiQEJX6L6hCBgVCbPS9a_cxcg54Ows672S_CzNBC0tCKoClTQb31CbAOE24tCNJ5oslOIWacyMLRvdSTAXUIGrlX7QeKedcc7dCOqJr-_rkP6hIvd1Y3M2/s540/344586929_567160811939370_3483438950743570179_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpuyz4CSvhnPfEj9pWDkEwP2wnGdnFpFHgXy7Nc6wtbE1nrO2DMSCsqFziccn8Ddp2fXpAiWiQEJX6L6hCBgVCbPS9a_cxcg54Ows672S_CzNBC0tCKoClTQb31CbAOE24tCNJ5oslOIWacyMLRvdSTAXUIGrlX7QeKedcc7dCOqJr-_rkP6hIvd1Y3M2/w400-h310/344586929_567160811939370_3483438950743570179_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/599108094026317/user/624597767/?__cft__[0]=AZWDZlWVpNy8CfP7bcsL0n6Y5dMJ9O_N8x9EKzGLxMsjL2ew-p3roa9bA9Q_0GGLmzclAucQ1QvBrfsYNtWa-lRv1AMg1JNEnrMxK-s-3UFMhhWw6CAN7XXLQhO1W0a_1LAwjzXfSX_srU4WLsJZZXHLrWr_eAqRzgMYflIWwpSvsTvMwEUJDUR0xxAr1jda2KY&__tn__=-]C%2CP-R"></a></i></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/599108094026317/user/624597767/?__cft__[0]=AZWDZlWVpNy8CfP7bcsL0n6Y5dMJ9O_N8x9EKzGLxMsjL2ew-p3roa9bA9Q_0GGLmzclAucQ1QvBrfsYNtWa-lRv1AMg1JNEnrMxK-s-3UFMhhWw6CAN7XXLQhO1W0a_1LAwjzXfSX_srU4WLsJZZXHLrWr_eAqRzgMYflIWwpSvsTvMwEUJDUR0xxAr1jda2KY&__tn__=-]C%2CP-R">Joao Oliveira</a> is in Iceland</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">To my shame, I realize that this will be this years first content-on-Iceland entry. Mostly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then again, with the following to report one understands why posting something meaningful is quite a challenge.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Oddly enough the source is located quite far away. <a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/icelands-blue-lagoon-pools-unwelcome-side-effects-of-nobody-tells-you-about/ZOLVSLQD5VE2DNXBA6WMNACH6U/">NZ Herald</a> (May 8), no less, looks at what could be similar to an authentic NZ experience, were it not halfway round the world. It concerns the Blue Lagoon, the soaking icon of Iceland:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'The geothermal waters of Iceland’s Blue Lagoon pools draw visitors from around the world for their health qualities and stunning appearance. However there are some unusual side effects of dipping in the famous spa pools that are less appealing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Friday visitor <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@marissa.carlino?referer_url=www.nzherald.co.nz%2Ftravel%2Ficelands-blue-lagoon-pools-unwelcome-side-effects-of-nobody-tells-you-about%2FZOLVSLQD5VE2DNXBA6WMNACH6U%2F&refer=embed&embed_source=121355059%2C121351166%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_name&referer_video_id=7212421648761228586">Marissa Carlino</a> uploaded a video to TikTok titled “PSA don’t put your hair in the blue lagoon!”</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 25-year-old influencer shared her hair horror story of salt water frizz which is proving almost impossible to treat. The PSA has racked up more than 9.5 million views.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The FAQs section of the Blue Lagoon’s website does warn visitors that there are less desirous effects from the concentrated mineral waters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the most searched help topics is how to repair ‘Blue Lagoon hair’ after a visit to the spa pools.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other visitors have complained that bathing costumes and objects worn into the Blue Pools have been affected by the waters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Visitors are advised to rinse swimming suits “with cold water and soap after using the lagoon” to stop crusty salts forming in the materials.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jewellery has an effect of rusting and dissolving anodized metal coating in the brine, which is full of salt ions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The pools advice that metal objects can be damaged by geothermal seawater, which has high levels of silica, algae, and minerals</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“We recommend that you remove any jewelry (rings, necklaces, bracelets, etc.) before entering the lagoon.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, unlike some naturally occurring hot pools the Blue Lagoon is self-cleaning with nine million litres renewed by the aquifers every 40 hours.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The pool is checked regularly by the spa for “foreign bacteria” and waterborne diseases, which are a risk in other geothermal pools including in New Zealand.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Blue Lagoon says it is perfectly safe to submerge your head in the Blue Lagoon, although your hair may not thank you afterwards'.</div></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">Well. The above surely must brings my readers back to earth. Heaven on earth? Not. Your hair might go fizzy. Yawn</p><div style="text-align: justify;">More on cash generating soaks. <a href="https://www.saunatimes.com/sauna-culture/sauna-travel/sky-lagoon-reykjavik-iceland-offers-a-tranquil-sauna-oasis/">Saunatimes</a>, otherwises a quite authentic source of sauna related info, heads over to the Sky Lagoon (Aug. 3). Conclusions:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'My visit to the Sky Lagoon Hot Springs Spa was an enchanting and unforgettable experience. Amidst the breathtaking landscapes of Iceland, this haven of relaxation and tranquility provided the perfect start to our Icelandic adventure. From the well-designed facilities to the captivating seven-step ritual and the exquisite sauna, every moment at Sky Lagoon was a testament to luxury and serenity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a writer passionate about saunas, I wholeheartedly recommend this blissful sanctuary to any traveler seeking an unparalleled spa journey. Here we are, in the heart of Iceland’s geothermal wonderland. The deliberate use of temperature fluctuations and the resulting thermal shock added a rewarding dimension to our experience. This left us us feeling rejuvenated and ready to embrace the rest of our Icelandic journey. I eagerly await my return to this mesmerizing oasis. Sky Lagoon: where serenity and rejuvenation converge in perfect harmony'.</div></blockquote><i><div style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqD-zOsmnS6IMmP32CJ4CaeMj6UcRaD4k8nJ5Aofw7oh-MWUppVofPZLxr7Y-zJZOgGxiXuAurbh3hXJNTOa4hNlqpjuJYH19RRiheTntM3jMSYMxUz2utWuSDF2mf37EMOmtFCRvm-baMZIC6ZbodLi4U9k_KmDi90NIkCGKBPkr5K6yNdZ9ZXOoEKoaw/s1800/355089572_3331775083799178_5544393672469799750_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqD-zOsmnS6IMmP32CJ4CaeMj6UcRaD4k8nJ5Aofw7oh-MWUppVofPZLxr7Y-zJZOgGxiXuAurbh3hXJNTOa4hNlqpjuJYH19RRiheTntM3jMSYMxUz2utWuSDF2mf37EMOmtFCRvm-baMZIC6ZbodLi4U9k_KmDi90NIkCGKBPkr5K6yNdZ9ZXOoEKoaw/s320/355089572_3331775083799178_5544393672469799750_n.jpg" /></a></i></div><div style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gohatut/">gohatut</a></i></div></i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>J U I C Y</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Color’s of Icelandic summer 🌞</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#summervibes #summervibes #summeriniceland #icelandicsummer #hottop #hotsprings #inthemiddleofnowhere #icelandnature #icelandphotography #blondegirl</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#tatoo #tatoogirl #tattoostyle #sun #lovesundays❤️</i></div></blockquote></span></i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Waste</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We then head to the more natural then. My favourite Icelandic website of the moment, <a href="https://totaliceland.com/in-iceland-a-blue-lagoon-that%c2%b4s-better-than-the-blue-lagoon/?fbclid=IwAR2P6OgTiH7X23kTQDrDPP1yka-nLU5txYtLr-WiwwqS5hTN9KDowIBHjeA">TotalIceland</a> (Sep. 25) provides the perfect antidote to the gibberish above on their post concerning Myvatn hot pools:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'We used to love visiting what has become known worldwide as the Blue lagoon of Iceland. The very same lagoon the journalists at National Geographic deemed to be worthy as a world wonder. Which led us to wonder if those same journalists had not traveled the world much or are simply doing too much fentanyl.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">You see, describing a pool of waste-water from a geothermal plant as a world wonder is totally beyond us and we think it belittles true world wonders as the Amazon rain forest, the Himalayas or the arctic regions to name but a few.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But for better or worse, the Myvatn Nature Baths is also a large pool filled by warm waste-water from a nearby geothermal plant and has, more or less, the exact same qualities as the water in the Blue lagoon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But what makes the Northern one better is the fact that it has much grander views from the lagoon over the Myvatn lake and lava area, secondly it is much less expensive, thirdly it is not pretending to be some grand-pampering factory for the rich and lastly, the steam baths here are quite unique for the fact that the steam inside rises directly up from the resource rich ground. Hundred per cent natural.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They continue. <a href="https://totaliceland.com/hmmm-is-laugarfell-hot-springs-in-east-iceland-worth-your-while/?fbclid=IwAR2vRr5Vpiznt7z8gt93xHCwGFux4hfGExjmgX50PWySju0HEPCzFgFb3fM">TotalIceland</a> (Sep. 24) with their intro on Laugarfell:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'If Icelanders are known locally for anything it is the fact that if anyone happens to start something that makes money there will be hundreds of copycats arriving within the hour.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A case in point: the blooming of “super-expensive luxury hot springs” all around this fair island hoping to leach into the millions upon millions that the Blue lagoon can rip off foreigners.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">At this point in time you can find similar luxury spots in at least six other places here (notwithstanding the industrial silica-induced water the Blue lagoon offers.) Most of which were totally free and enjoyable for all before folks with money to spend, with help from retard local politicians, decided anything free and popular was a bad idea.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Be that as it may.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If it were the case that local folks were benefiting from mafia-like prices to hot springs around the country then we´d shut the fuck up. Sadly that´s not the case.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Laugarfell hot springs is a quite remarkable place in the area of remarkable places in Iceland.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In theory, these are not “natural hot springs” in the sense that mother nature had nothing to do with things here. Rather, the springs were opened after hot water was discovered after drilling in the area. In fact, you can see the actual borehole from both springs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, these are nice to dip into after a long drive or hike and decent food can be had in the restaurant'.</div></blockquote><i><div style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrf_gIY7HdVMgPX6kYXDdhfinRZKw7_-sBp2rtkgfd7JgHBM6MKoXEaI8XacyiaiwjZySHUmEwggzsn0rvLh28ACYoXaxH8QDcv8nEhpG3kCfLQxyr0WF31vgoPTPvrRvzscyVTtZ-Uj8P8YIv7DvlPXeNjY4x_mosFCYh_J_1KY-Dllh8FuGt7DPJeFXd/s1800/363360097_18273685837146797_9063759961534817683_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrf_gIY7HdVMgPX6kYXDdhfinRZKw7_-sBp2rtkgfd7JgHBM6MKoXEaI8XacyiaiwjZySHUmEwggzsn0rvLh28ACYoXaxH8QDcv8nEhpG3kCfLQxyr0WF31vgoPTPvrRvzscyVTtZ-Uj8P8YIv7DvlPXeNjY4x_mosFCYh_J_1KY-Dllh8FuGt7DPJeFXd/w320-h400/363360097_18273685837146797_9063759961534817683_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></div><div style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/joannefunkhouser/">joannefunkhouser</a></i></div></i></span><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Missing Iceland and it’s super stellar public hot springs.♨️</span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#icelandhotsprings</span></i></div></i></blockquote><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://grapevine.is/mag/2023/06/10/hot-pool-hopping-in-the-westfjords/?fbclid=IwAR38bvU_lLWKomS0VO39rXvMsAG1ezsGq14wa_i4_fDVz94U_KbJol7iF-8">Reykjavik Grapevine</a> (Jun. 10) goes "<i>hot pool hopping</i>" in the Westfjords:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'In Iceland, swimming pools are not merely places to take a dip; they are a way of life. With more geothermal swimming pools and hot springs per capita than anywhere else, Iceland has elevated ‘pool time’ to an art form. They appear in places where you would never expect – with the next one being better, bigger and sometimes hotter. On our recent journey to the scenic southern Westfjords, we tried to visit as many pools as possible in a single day. Get ready to steam, soak and surrender to pure relaxation!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">All of the thermal pools we visited on this trip were free, with donation boxes available on-site'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All experiences are real experiences, a good read. And even better soaking.</div><i style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGdy-_ka_-jCEkEuSaVZ030gT39tyHfDUQsqIoKV9xvuynhzXV_LY7WXbT6Dh34PSSCjJycC1elnuLO1TgLcGoCNqYwE-LTeNNlcAyKmp8MyC7zoGLE5cXabjSIiLp0O1p_6G0Yfm9wD_Bw-acM8jV_7BLUqwxkFfnurbcVwlJ-aCkTCr14hjN0Pmp4t0/s1440/103982628_2632124463737878_4765971708113003943_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGdy-_ka_-jCEkEuSaVZ030gT39tyHfDUQsqIoKV9xvuynhzXV_LY7WXbT6Dh34PSSCjJycC1elnuLO1TgLcGoCNqYwE-LTeNNlcAyKmp8MyC7zoGLE5cXabjSIiLp0O1p_6G0Yfm9wD_Bw-acM8jV_7BLUqwxkFfnurbcVwlJ-aCkTCr14hjN0Pmp4t0/s320/103982628_2632124463737878_4765971708113003943_n.jpg" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gudnyy/">gudnyy</a></i></div></i></span><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">17 Júní í gær🦋🇮🇸 #westfjords #icelandicsummernights #independanceday #skinnydip #icelandisopen</span></blockquote></i></div></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Back to <a href="https://totaliceland.com/the-secret-pool-of-iceland-that-is-not-a-secret-at-all/?fbclid=IwAR2NDak7vPmm9s_yLps5VmrqiUgGg1f0GGuzZD_2YPD25NVPFaa56epvwoU">TotalIceland</a> (Sep. 28), this time on a not so-secret Secret hot pool on Iceland:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Few things in this world are as horrible as marketers. Those folks whose sole job is to lie, exaggerate and put an overall positive spin on anything beneficial to particular companies or governments.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to those guys you may have come across ads about a special and “secret” pool in Iceland lately. Perhaps that has something to do with the marketers of the pool itself calling it the <a href="https://secretlagoon.is/">Secret Lagoon</a>. The link to the more famous Blue lagoon is obvious.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Problem being, that the “secret” lagoon, is just about the oldest swimming pool in the whole country and as old stuff, as old people can can verify, is never very popular. Thus, the pool fell into disrepair and indeed, the name of this “secret” in Icelandic is simply The Old Pool and not fancy or sexy Secret Lagoon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But now it has been returned to former glory and it is indeed a fab place. Kinda rustic but still really warm fed by natural springs found right by'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://totaliceland.com/swimming-end-world-iceland/?fbclid=IwAR2nejIuaG1f89Zm1N0rWsL0akSKfcNibj4KCYojhtfiZGUxC2JI9Qdk2oE">TotalIceland</a> (Sep. 15) never seems to fail.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'It should not come as a surprise that in a few remarkable places you can even take a dip into a perfectly fine natural, or partly natural swimming pool and have it all to yourself.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Infinitely more stunning than anything manmade these are more often than not located at stunning locations. In some you can lay back in the warm waters and stare literally into the abyss from the very best vantage point.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Team Total Iceland has mapped all the geothermal pools in Iceland to give you an opportunity to plan your trip here better. This will be published soon but in the meantime here is one pool to give you a taste.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Krossanes pool could be described as the pool at the end of the world. It is not a natural pool in the strictest sense but its warm water comes straight from the earth. Built in such a remote place as to defy imagination and its located on the beach of the same name in the Nordurfjordur in the Westfjords of Iceland'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.twowanderingsoles.com/blog/fosslaug-and-reykjafoss-iceland">Twowanderingsoles</a> (Aug. 25) head to Fosslaug hot spring:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'The lukewarm waters of this riverside hot spring create the ideal conditions for a longer soak so you can spend more time soaking up those mineral-rich waters and taking in the picturesque views. It tends to stay around 40 C (100 F) year round.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Like many other remote hot springs in Iceland, this pool is rather small and can only fit around 6 people comfortably, so you’ll want to arrive early in the morning or late evening for the best chances of having this pool all to yourself.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Depending on the strength of the river, some opt to take a chilly dip in the river, then warm back up in the waters of the hot spring'.</div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTcR6NvMZV81IjowK31t-D3wKsH8qZBwJmtR92AZ9o58Ymj5QeS_y_7X1beduBFP1KrTjmoT2DXNrElMxKs_mWyrBvAO30cLP0UVTw3gYrTi1X1hsZ3kbx_TwsEehvq8cd1HiH1EydkXbDYi6vm8zTHFaNsXlDoVbP0BCQLK4A3hAwRBYBqLsWFjjfhgM/s1440/344809597_967169308035611_3207528403817831436_n.jpeg"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTcR6NvMZV81IjowK31t-D3wKsH8qZBwJmtR92AZ9o58Ymj5QeS_y_7X1beduBFP1KrTjmoT2DXNrElMxKs_mWyrBvAO30cLP0UVTw3gYrTi1X1hsZ3kbx_TwsEehvq8cd1HiH1EydkXbDYi6vm8zTHFaNsXlDoVbP0BCQLK4A3hAwRBYBqLsWFjjfhgM/w400-h300/344809597_967169308035611_3207528403817831436_n.jpeg" width="400" /></a></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jan.ka/">jan.ka</a></i></div></i></span></span><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">[ Když zakončíte parádní den tím, že se před půlnoci vykoupete v teplém prameni uprostřed pustiny a s vodopádem "za zády", tak víte, že dokonalejší už to být prostě nemůže ❤️ ]</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#hotsprings#weroamabroad#traveliceland#discovericeland#hellofrom#northiceland#wowplanet#campervanadventure#vanlife#vanlife_czsk#minveciviczazitku#horyapriroda#fotkyplnekysliku#fotkukazdejden#dnescestujeme#jecozazit#wildculturecz#czechroamers#igerscz#cestounecestou#naszlaku#natgeolandscape#horskyholky#zenyvhorach#cestounecestou#zahorizonty#loudavymkrokem#objevujemesvet#objevsvet#podrozemaleiduze</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://totaliceland.com/swimming-in-the-shadow-of-the-iceland-volcano-that-stopped-the-world/?fbclid=IwAR0wmMl0NY8kjEiyeOZMGpLG_evKkT07bV3cxg3PbouqqN8GfclCeRfqQIM">TotalIceland </a>(Mar. 14) on Seljavallalaug:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Seljavallalaug which translates as the Pool of Seljavellir. It is one of the oldest man-made swimming pools in the country and sadly an excellent stop to make. Natural warm water flows in from the ground and the surroundings are both beautiful and surreal at the same time. Fab place for some reflection and tranquility.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We say sadly because although a fantastic place there has never really been anyone taking care of it. This has worked for decades as locals made sure to to clean after themselves, keeping the small pool free of dirt and garbage and thus guaranteeing the next guest a pleasant visit too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Which is not the case with a lot of foreigners. A lot of folks now arrive to find trash on the floors, sand and dirt on the bottom and even condoms and other less impressive things floating in the warm water. Needless to say, no one has much interest enjoying a dip into such waste.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Naturally, you could say someone should take care of it, and some volunteers do try but the throngs of people now arriving make that difficult. There is also no money in it. The government has no interest in protecting unique things of this nature and you know what happens to things not taken care of'.</div></blockquote></span><div><i><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuixJfaDrpCk48sfUji-WSEErBYRB_oEsQJOllthcrz36sLirFeRxkpFLUId5qwhPGQ3_UgnT8sXApQFzY2tGXpgN_DyddM_fO-TOUbvc5NIq_cQ0IGw9fOArBMdedV-ZdIhw9KbVqM_c-MxCNdM4WR11QE90w-cQwGi_wVVNvUiDPG3YA2WWd2mpTRA-/s1136/vsco_091123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="852" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuixJfaDrpCk48sfUji-WSEErBYRB_oEsQJOllthcrz36sLirFeRxkpFLUId5qwhPGQ3_UgnT8sXApQFzY2tGXpgN_DyddM_fO-TOUbvc5NIq_cQ0IGw9fOArBMdedV-ZdIhw9KbVqM_c-MxCNdM4WR11QE90w-cQwGi_wVVNvUiDPG3YA2WWd2mpTRA-/w300-h400/vsco_091123.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></span></i></i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://vsco.co/asdissteinars/gallery" target="_blank">asdissteinars</a></i></div></span><i><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://icelandwithaview.com/8-reasons-why-you-need-to-hike-reykjadalur-hot-springs/">Icelandwithaview</a> (Sep. 18) heads over to Reykjadalur and gives 8 reasons why you should. As a parting they also have an fyi:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Yes, you need to get naked in the wilderness with people around. Get over it. In Iceland, nobody cares.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Spoiler alert, the worst part of this whole experience is getting out of the hot spring and trying to change back into your clothes in the freezing cold Icelandic windy weather. This only lasts for a few minutes, and then you realize that it was still worth it!</div></blockquote><i><div style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mGdSuRpaLIXmagAD6PT3Sr2cOx_zGi910HuGy1buQiYQUhzUl1ifonOxQgtzn6xaDq3uBBggjEDUogcxGqqGTUFxemRpXxGL9dRb0M0KmHFZZHe5DP6f0mvm-uF9Ie6JcegIlCmJGP85sevuIa1Ae9tIK6tAwJDoWFr5kGrBmIkpGlMnUcn74gBMqrT4/s1795/279336970_309567711327709_316132503288573632_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mGdSuRpaLIXmagAD6PT3Sr2cOx_zGi910HuGy1buQiYQUhzUl1ifonOxQgtzn6xaDq3uBBggjEDUogcxGqqGTUFxemRpXxGL9dRb0M0KmHFZZHe5DP6f0mvm-uF9Ie6JcegIlCmJGP85sevuIa1Ae9tIK6tAwJDoWFr5kGrBmIkpGlMnUcn74gBMqrT4/s320/279336970_309567711327709_316132503288573632_n.jpg" /></a></i></div></i></span><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alexchov/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">alexchov</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Icelandic hot springs 🧊</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Spent 3 months in this beautiful Nordic country last year. Have you visited Iceland?! If not.. Is it on your list? ✍🏼⤵️</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i></i></div></i><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Tricks</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Back to the generic sources of recently shared info.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.icelandprotravel.com/the-most-beautiful-hot-springs-in-iceland.html">Icelandprotravel </a>(Jan. 9) shares their most beautiful hot springs:</div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'Not without reason,the island is home to hundreds of public geothermal baths. There are different types of baths: On the one hand there are firmly established spas, which are financed by a usually quite high entrance fee, but on the other hand there are also hundreds of small hot springs in nature, which can be used for free or for a small donation. Most natural springs have temperatures between 95 °F and 104 °F and it is a real treat to bathe in them. To get a small overview of the many springs, we present some of the most beautiful hot springs in this blog article'.</blockquote><div><a href="https://traveladdicts.net/iceland-hot-springs/">TravelAddicts</a> has updated their Icelandic hot springs overview (Aug. 23):</div><div><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'On each of our five trips to Iceland, one of the highlights has been soaking in the Icelandic hot springs, and finding solace and serenity in the hot waters. We’ve traversed the island numerous times searching for off-the-beaten-path springs and cannot-be-missed pools'.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://icelandin8days.com/iceland-nudity/">Icelandin8days</a> (Mar. 28) delves into navigating Iceland's seemingly different aspects on nudity. It´s an updated article with 2023 in mind:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'In this article, we’ll explore the history of nudity in Icelandic culture, the etiquette at public swimming pools and hot springs, and the presence of nudity in Icelandic art and media.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the most common places where visitors will encounter nudity in Iceland is at public swimming pools and hot springs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nudity in Iceland, while perhaps surprising to some visitors, is deeply rooted in the country’s history and culture. By understanding the customs and etiquette surrounding nudity in public spaces, as well as the role it plays in Icelandic art and media, you can better appreciate and respect the unique perspectives that Iceland has to offer'.</div></blockquote></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/vokbaths/posts/pfbid0jcM24uuVDb7rqdeGBRHp9Qbs3uqEW8hcwW7VkHUU9UEy9RfBx5xf8cJVd1QCdQQLl">Vök Baths</a> (Apr. 23):</div></span><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'Að fara í sturtu fyrir náttúruböð og sund er íslensk hefð en líka nauðsyn til að halda böðunum okkar hreinum <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc5/1/16/1f90d.png" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">-</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Showering before swimming is an Icelandic tradition but also a necessity to keep our hot springs clean. To do your shower ritual more privately we have shower-cubicles in our changing areas <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc5/1/16/1f90d.png" />'</span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p><a href="https://www.campervaniceland.com/blog/things-to-do/nude-iceland">CampervanIceland</a> (Oct. 2) recently adds a likewise article.</p></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Wondering where and when you can embrace your natural state and go nude in Iceland?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Being nude in Iceland isn't as taboo, but it's not exactly a free-for-all either.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But if you stumble upon a remote hot spring in the middle of nowhere, feel free to take a dip in your birthday suit</div><div style="text-align: justify;">....</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For those who want to merge themselves into the geothermal goodness while being nude in Iceland, the country is home to numerous secluded hot springs that offer naturist-friendly experiences. While there are no official nude hot springs in Iceland, there are secluded hot springs that offer naturist-friendly experiences.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">One such location is the Landbrotalaug hot spring, a small but enchanting lagoon hidden in the Snæfellsnes Peninsula'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/9af3eda2b56e7d603ef092e1874790ae/44edc32c058a7f86-52/s540x810/1797dce6b1316df111b40960f0b29e37dfacaf10.jpg"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/9af3eda2b56e7d603ef092e1874790ae/44edc32c058a7f86-52/s540x810/1797dce6b1316df111b40960f0b29e37dfacaf10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/erotik-lover/671214264232689664"><blockquote>erotik-lover</blockquote></a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally, away from the natural, back to the human cesspit. <a href="https://grapevine.is/mag/2023/02/24/the-village-people-dont-dry-your-balls-with-the-hairdryer/">Reykjavik Grapevine</a> (Feb. 24) has an interview with the Shift manager at <a href="https://reykjavik.is/en/vesturbaejarlaug-pool">Vesturbæjarlaug</a> pool (sourced by thermal waters):</div></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">'<i>What was the weirdest cause of a sudden closure?</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s the classic one: somebody poops in the pool. And I didn’t see it with my own eyes, but once there was a fish in the kids’ pool. It was dead, and we didn’t know if somebody had put it in there, but then we figured a seagull had flown over and dropped it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Are tourists getting better at following the showering policy?</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s still a big issue. I tell them that if they put on their bathing suit and try to approach the showers, the locals will scream at them. Usually that does the trick. They don’t want to be screamed at. Recently I heard a bunch of girls up there like, “there are so many rules here!”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Aside from not showering, what’s your biggest pet peeve?</i></div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have different problems for different pools. I can’t remember which pool it was, but they had to put up a sign that read “don’t dry your balls with the hairdryer.” Old men were doing this'.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sgWwW9g8zYibyb4_wlH3hrJBvstPn5oov1BFzk1Fcr8qwvrfpq9y549emplpu_Jo5VxbiNP00unIJClnk3bDZckkj9t_tO2g4CsJHs0ijusXooRrJC5j5OI4NYJOwKEKfeVpQAiJCFR4gy2Y8-4Y3YG4bsuj_Uh2PDEn8y5MG36uTxN4tR-gLqs02PP0/s1799/369745060_18384849859003495_3556883058436100832_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sgWwW9g8zYibyb4_wlH3hrJBvstPn5oov1BFzk1Fcr8qwvrfpq9y549emplpu_Jo5VxbiNP00unIJClnk3bDZckkj9t_tO2g4CsJHs0ijusXooRrJC5j5OI4NYJOwKEKfeVpQAiJCFR4gy2Y8-4Y3YG4bsuj_Uh2PDEn8y5MG36uTxN4tR-gLqs02PP0/s320/369745060_18384849859003495_3556883058436100832_n.jpg" /></a></i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/charismacarpenter/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>charismacarpenter</i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i></i></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Caught 🖐️</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/iceland/"></a><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>#iceland</i></span><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">📸 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mamamaya/">@mamamaya</a></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mamamaya/"></a></i></div></div></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-74212970010064403622023-10-09T21:20:00.002+02:002023-10-09T21:20:51.061+02:00Dive<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A quick mention for the wellness facilities of </span><a href="https://www.mooirivier.nl/" style="font-family: verdana;">Mooirivier</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> resort, Dalfsen in the east of the Netherlands.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The resort bills itself as a boutique resort: nice rooms, artsy food, etc. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The wellness facilities are a recent addition operating at the time of publishing for a couple of months. The wellness doesn't entail much: a sauna, a steamroom, an infrared sauna, an outside sitting area, a shower room. And that's it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This limitation is quite a pity, as the resort is exceptionally located on the river Vecht, with opportunities to swim. It would have been an excellent opportunity to combine. However the only swim opportunity is located on the eastern most part of the property, the wellness facilities on the west. So you would need to parade to and fro restauration facilities. Not happening?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tell tale signs that progress still needs to be made are that the sauna is not functioning well: a considerable draft on floor level and intense hot on top: not very comfortable. Nor was the steamroom hot enough during the 3 times on consecutive days.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other qualms: uncontrolled access resulted in other guests wandering around clothed and shoed checking the facilities out and presumably the other sauna guests. Poor refreshment possibilities. And no jacuzzi f.i.?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Possibly it will evolve, but currently ok if you are a guest, but even then just a 5.5/10.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other reviews, all quite similar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.google.com/travel/search?q=Mooirivier&g2lb=2502548%2C2503771%2C2503781%2C4258168%2C4270442%2C4284970%2C4291517%2C4597339%2C4754388%2C4757164%2C4814050%2C4864715%2C4874190%2C4886480%2C4893075%2C4924070%2C4965990%2C4990494%2C4994767%2C72298667%2C72302247%2C72317059%2C72321071%2C72347280%2C72355050%2C72364739%2C72368897%2C72370226%2C72373155%2C72379816%2C72379850%2C72379855&hl=nl-NL&gl=nl&ssta=1&ts=CAESABpHCikSJzIlMHg0N2M3ZTI2ZDU2MjMzNDIzOjB4OTI0NDA4NjVmYzBlNmU3MhIaEhQKBwjnDxAMGAQSBwjnDxAMGAUYATICEAA&qs=CAEyFENnc0k4dHk1NE4tTWdxS1NBUkFCOAJCCQlybg78ZQhEkkIJCXJuDvxlCESS&ap=ugEHcmV2aWV3cw&ictx=1&sa=X&ved=0CAAQ5JsGahcKEwiYqrGnrNmBAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCw">Google</a> a nice 4.5 stars (>900 reviews), though these also refer to the resort as a whole, not the wellness facilities. And also visitors who only frequent the cafe. No reports on sauna use it seems.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.nl/Hotel_Review-g652318-d1185580-Reviews-or5-Mooirivier-Dalfsen_Overijssel_Province.html#REVIEWS">Tripadvisor</a> also 4.5 stars (>700 reviews). Snippet (in Dutch):</div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'De wellness is een klasse apart. Heerlijke sauna’s met een fijne rust ruimte zowel binnen als buiten. Badjassen, slippers en handdoeken zijn verzorgd door het hotel. Lekker uitwasemen aan de rivier of misschien zelfs even afkoelen uit de sauna met een duik in de rivier?</blockquote></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Translated, it seems more that the wellness concept is embraced rather than a real experience share.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Mooirivier/reviews?locale=nl_NL">Facebook</a> likewise 4.7 stars (400+ reviewers), going back a very long time.</span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The surroundings of Mooiriver are very peaceful for walking / cycling. Wildswimming even.</div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-38844409613983946422023-08-28T12:58:00.000+02:002023-08-28T12:58:46.004+02:00Float<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMNXNydPf6_DaCBEyq-LpEaIspRv0mqoWR9TawxjK75KstM_cx_jYqFpMpvBGJoVUh5D03La3yh40Oo1XjvTQyPsi0prh_9AGjynk1oEL6X4X-c217vIt9m6kHDXm3entZFsMJScWS5fV3syo6wQP5qUEkkEMKqTQyFn8bPKVIOf6mc8QzdzbxeCNK0kg/s1568/327590566_744546707098243_7275261394322223395_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMNXNydPf6_DaCBEyq-LpEaIspRv0mqoWR9TawxjK75KstM_cx_jYqFpMpvBGJoVUh5D03La3yh40Oo1XjvTQyPsi0prh_9AGjynk1oEL6X4X-c217vIt9m6kHDXm3entZFsMJScWS5fV3syo6wQP5qUEkkEMKqTQyFn8bPKVIOf6mc8QzdzbxeCNK0kg/w368-h400/327590566_744546707098243_7275261394322223395_n.jpg" width="368" /></i></span></a></div><div class="x1lliihq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sali_mali_2/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">sali_mali_2</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>D e a d S e a - getting muddy and relaxing in hot springs after being in the desert 🖤 #deadsea#mud#mudbaths#minerals#hotsprings#saltlake#floating#exploring#travel#travelgirl#sunset#views#landscape#israel#visitisrael🇮🇱</blockquote></span></i></div></i><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Starting off, the furthest away. Away from mainland Europe that is.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then to the Balkan: Greece, Albania and Bosnia.</span></p><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1A4KihoojGnNgpt47A5C7kKUHAOVrl6QTI7o-E5SvVoKSesbAPjw7Z3aeVBbQovOwnj5jbO98FLx2o19lmIN2OzB1atf5dnS3WhXzWjJzo5bEzeh3nUgWwu_5e-a2zvov8Fwm-hsVhnp51aC5Cyqf89z5gnHmwkYa_NCiJgqvJ5Bm-WxHBfU2V0M1t7C/s1441/351030795_483051347347393_2097134400219547758_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1A4KihoojGnNgpt47A5C7kKUHAOVrl6QTI7o-E5SvVoKSesbAPjw7Z3aeVBbQovOwnj5jbO98FLx2o19lmIN2OzB1atf5dnS3WhXzWjJzo5bEzeh3nUgWwu_5e-a2zvov8Fwm-hsVhnp51aC5Cyqf89z5gnHmwkYa_NCiJgqvJ5Bm-WxHBfU2V0M1t7C/s320/351030795_483051347347393_2097134400219547758_n.jpg" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/combotourminicamper/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">combotourminicamper</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Hot water spring (40 degree celsius) Loutra Elevtheron, Greece</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#loutraeleftheron #greece #minicamper #minivancamper #minivanconversion #minivanlife #camperlife #minivan #vanconversion #vanlife #minivancamper #vanconversion #campervan #camperbuild #campingbox #lowbudgetcamper #opelcombo #camping #campinglife #campingbox #camperbox #combo #combotour</span></i></div></blockquote></i><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_M-yKuSVd8_0Un5yhNngP4zk_JwmzPaT7oAEUermL6xKVWboVLHlV1PHsVatCSUkmgmao1TgfwCHQ6lWJoETisBGt--xgS0GH6BirzecPZcCxQYDK6G6zH5BUl_bLZDyTaPI6bRsRJ3UbS4kbJhLRU3iIQbFzOFmaqfVG2mgkGhM6LlK1oUYnom-gzFX/s1080/245986995_967547067129681_7222994013425427690_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_M-yKuSVd8_0Un5yhNngP4zk_JwmzPaT7oAEUermL6xKVWboVLHlV1PHsVatCSUkmgmao1TgfwCHQ6lWJoETisBGt--xgS0GH6BirzecPZcCxQYDK6G6zH5BUl_bLZDyTaPI6bRsRJ3UbS4kbJhLRU3iIQbFzOFmaqfVG2mgkGhM6LlK1oUYnom-gzFX/w400-h400/245986995_967547067129681_7222994013425427690_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hungariantravelcouple/">hungariantravelcouple</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>🇦🇱 Még egy kis Albánia 🙈😀</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sok minden történt velünk mostanában, és úgy alakult, hogy a múlt hetet ismét ebben a vadregényes országban töltöttük. Az okokról majd később beszámolunk, egyelőre itt egy kis válogatás a termálmedencékről, ahova szerdán elmentünk megünnepelni Timi 30. születésnapját. Ha emlékeztek, ez a hely nyáron zsúfolásig tele volt, most viszont szinte csak a miénk volt. 💙</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>🌧Az idő hűvös volt és kicsit esős, így kifejezetten kellemes volt a 24 fokos vízben elmerülni. (Kijönni belőle már kevésbé volt kellemes. 😀)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>🌊 A partvidéknek is egész más hangulata volt így szezon után, sztoriban mutatunk még pár képet.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Egy biztos, egyre jobban örülünk, hogy elkezdtük felfedezni ezt a fantasztikus kis országot. 😊</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#explorealbania #albania #benjethermalsprings #llixhatebenjes #fantasticalbania #discoveralbania #gjirokaster #albannyaralás #albaniamustsee #hotspringsalbania #naturalwater #naturalpools #thermalsprings #utazzalbaniaba #utazomajom #utazobazis #balkanlovers #balkantravel #travelcouple #hungariantravelcouple #gergáczékavilágkörül #magyarokavilagkorul #albánutazás #albaniatourism #beautifuldestinations #beautifulalbania #hiddengemofeurope #discovereurope #utazzvelunk #albaniakincsei</i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; 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font-size: x-small;">Wyczuć taką chwilę w której kocha się życie ❤️🫶 #bosna🇧🇦</span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#bosniaiherzegovina #bosniakamperem #Bałkany #camper4life_travel #termal #termy #hotsprings #gorąceźródła</span></i></div></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Epic</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Y3ppHUjskwggpBfojlN_nc1l3No1I5zmbQkd524vJ26T2x8w9EGgtKfhQqqOdbfCrDbBSNuiSYXVEmzp378vbvaflXR2fTkNVG1UGOG54MsvsuEQFduP3oOM9eX6ESyQbvg0801YygvRATELFAheSGFwE-EEywhDJkDXjWfysGlNUsg_AqPIIpETq9gN/s1800/368340390_1014053410009203_7445469344555106257_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Y3ppHUjskwggpBfojlN_nc1l3No1I5zmbQkd524vJ26T2x8w9EGgtKfhQqqOdbfCrDbBSNuiSYXVEmzp378vbvaflXR2fTkNVG1UGOG54MsvsuEQFduP3oOM9eX6ESyQbvg0801YygvRATELFAheSGFwE-EEywhDJkDXjWfysGlNUsg_AqPIIpETq9gN/s320/368340390_1014053410009203_7445469344555106257_n.jpg" width="256" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jasmindreuw_/">jasmindreuw_</a><br /><blockquote>Heiße Quellen 🔥<br />#heißequellen #baden #italien</blockquote></span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Italy followed by France and Spain.</div></span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs0xvqJQiIrYETnmDuZ5YquhkYhOWmlUKJH5Gv8W6YE-e1Me-RSpYAu5OZz28byVWud8d4fuuIikoFtUGoj7LyKhe-uwoVI23rKCI9w0mDH0zpQZ36VrL-H1ohPbc-iPJxuhTOqkOGyggOedlenWaeIWIxxBJKjOAn1ipxjPTssQRkmx4AFuqJcPOzJty/s2048/358470638_830318251795838_2830453919323479189_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs0xvqJQiIrYETnmDuZ5YquhkYhOWmlUKJH5Gv8W6YE-e1Me-RSpYAu5OZz28byVWud8d4fuuIikoFtUGoj7LyKhe-uwoVI23rKCI9w0mDH0zpQZ36VrL-H1ohPbc-iPJxuhTOqkOGyggOedlenWaeIWIxxBJKjOAn1ipxjPTssQRkmx4AFuqJcPOzJty/w400-h266/358470638_830318251795838_2830453919323479189_n.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fromrusttoroadtrip/" style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">fromrusttoroadtrip</span></i></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">A final stop on our epic drive home… just when we thought we’d bathed in all the hot springs in France.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This was a magical little place, hidden beneath a canopy of pine trees on a cool and overcast day. We had only a cryptic clue to lead us there and we couldn’t be sure whether it still existed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This little hot spring has had a trouble past; shared extensively on social media it began to attract greater and greater numbers of visitors. Not all of them caused trouble but there were certainly enough antisocial visitors who were more interested in drinking than absorbing the benefits of nature.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eventually the mayor had had enough, and ordered it to be destroyed. No one knows for certain whether he was drunk at the time, but rumours swirled.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The locals were heartbroken, so much so that they decided to take it upon themselves to rebuild it. They constructed two new pools and kept their existence a secret for as long as they could.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It’s talking to locals like we did on this particular day that makes us realise the importance of thinking about what we share online and the impact it can have. We may not have a hot spring local to us but we do have hidden beaches and coves that have gradually been lost to us over the years, overrun by visitors meaning they have ultimately lost their charm and appeal.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Plus what’s a hot spring without the fun and adventure to find it?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway, please enjoy the peace and tranquility radiating out of these photos. This was the last hot spring we’ll be bathing in for a while 🌲</div></blockquote></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxZscZ-tTND6J6nOqR6r0dzBK4xkoGJkqJacjR1hY0LZt0qqyj-afPaI6YXuxnXKHU_MuuXq0OHIxVNuVxtWpdUBIoOVk5gUFJD1GAY3KuEpx-FvlIeRyKU5J7wsOqDb4No92UNlME9RQaQpRMwQRzXIgLeHqLDuYzfV9qp0TWU8cKWcoCYLQWgWGok1P/s1080/366434858_1502103270542285_8757801036893999060_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxZscZ-tTND6J6nOqR6r0dzBK4xkoGJkqJacjR1hY0LZt0qqyj-afPaI6YXuxnXKHU_MuuXq0OHIxVNuVxtWpdUBIoOVk5gUFJD1GAY3KuEpx-FvlIeRyKU5J7wsOqDb4No92UNlME9RQaQpRMwQRzXIgLeHqLDuYzfV9qp0TWU8cKWcoCYLQWgWGok1P/w400-h400/366434858_1502103270542285_8757801036893999060_n.jpg" width="400" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/manny_la_belle_vie/">manny_la_belle_vie</a></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Pyrénées]</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Suivre la route du train jaune, admirer la brume dans la vallée, trouver le repos.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#vanlifefrance #occitanietourisme #montagne #pyreneeorientales #mountains #hotspring #sourcechaude #surlaroute</i></div></blockquote></i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJjYJt6Y9HM8dsBKJz5ATFvwEeCV-f_JJXF3j9nVeq5mMA9gRswtV6Q_-vGhpOGJlAPL-6drNT3kLUJo_UgHu7Pgt9AFz1uDxWrITdE794wVOIDucE7oYhNxF90uDmu2-nwB6Zq8gPwNUxsw5BPQoP9YCH6jza4FZbSbiOhMdGcVWKq03y0deZvsB75TG/s1800/366980534_773000127932191_2803100273087800298_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJjYJt6Y9HM8dsBKJz5ATFvwEeCV-f_JJXF3j9nVeq5mMA9gRswtV6Q_-vGhpOGJlAPL-6drNT3kLUJo_UgHu7Pgt9AFz1uDxWrITdE794wVOIDucE7oYhNxF90uDmu2-nwB6Zq8gPwNUxsw5BPQoP9YCH6jza4FZbSbiOhMdGcVWKq03y0deZvsB75TG/s320/366980534_773000127932191_2803100273087800298_n.jpg" /></a></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thesecornersoftheworld/" style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thesecornersoftheworld</span></i></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">On a road trip from Valencia, an amazing place to visit is the thermal hot springs of Fuente de los Baños in Montanejos! 💦</div><div style="text-align: center;">Though it's a thermal spring, the water is not that hot at all. It's not cold... but it's not hot either. Don't expect a jacuzzi!! But it is still a nice swim. Very clear water. Lots of small fish trying to nibble your toes... 😳</div><div style="text-align: center;">#Spain #Valencia #Montanejos #HotSprings #ThermalSprings #Swimming #lake #river #travel #visitspain #roadtrip #explore #seetheworld #beautifuldestinations #beautifulplaces #travelblog #travels #travelinspiration #travelmore #globetrotter #wanderlust #Wander #adventure</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"></div></i></span><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-57295141557642805402023-08-28T12:57:00.000+02:002023-08-28T12:57:53.407+02:00Greens<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Looking further afield, I had the prospect of a short stay at the <a href="https://www.jammertal.de/" target="_blank">Jammertal Resort</a>, just north of the Gremany's Ruhrgebiet. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Focus is of course on it's wellness section. Note there's no natural waters to be had here. Though they would emphasize that the air is fresh.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The location is at the end of a dead end road, in the middle of the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haard#Lage">Die Haard</a> forest / hills, part of the <a href="https://naturpark-hohe-mark.de/">Hohe Mark Nature</a> park.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Officially called the Jammertal Golf and Spa resort, the origins of today's resort lie 170 years back, when the owners decided to start a small health farm (<a href="https://www.wellnesshotels-resorts.de/en/wellnesshotel/hotel-jammertal-muensterland">source</a>). Jammertal itself <a href="https://www.jammertal.de/de/jammertal/hotel/tradition-und-geschichte.html">points</a> to the year 1910, when a youth hostel was enabled, allowing guests to stay in the barn.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately the history fails to report when the golf was added. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Completely surrounded by forest, the little direct surroundings have been turned over to house a golf terrain, which back in the time would have had a huge appeal. But in these times, the golf section seems a bit small (9 holes). With the surroundings all protected for nature, no further expansion is to be expected here.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The wellness section though has been allowed to evolve and according to their own website now encomapasses 3500m2. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are two distinct wellness parts: a clothed part (with a focus on fitness / swimming) and a non-clothed part, which entails all the classic wellness parts such as sauna's (seven) and steamrooms (two), an outdoor swimming pool and a natural swimming pond</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Overall, the resort is very relaxing and peaceful. Do try to enjoy the greater surroundings, there's walks and cycling to be done.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>The wellness was very extensive, very nice. Affordable (? in comparison) at 38,50€ for all day entrance, both sides included.</div><div>Pity though that the differentiation between textile and non-textile is blurred; to the disadvantage of the non-textiled. Why on earth would you use sun recliners in FKK section while still clothed? Especially morning, early afternoon, there's a rash of persons more than willing to move over to the non-clothed section, but too ashamed/shy/prude to enjoy fully; things did though improve during the later afternoon.</div><div>I also felt that smokers still receive a warm welcome, something which most visited wellness resorts have managed to curtail.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Foodwise, the resort's buffet seems to be very much only for meatlovers. Vegetarians/vegans do have a small corner, but no signature dishes. Think fried rice, pasta and a lentil/vegetable section. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Especially away from home, this is a good moment to expose guests to alternatives, a chance missed. Organic foods seem out of stock. Or management fails do go beyond the green washing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rooms very adequate.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiar3aP953aH_OKtWdhFdF2FbbWBnbsPKYOE6wR_DxKeOEM4pTR5IlyH56nDV1MJJyeujuCsdsBhHZu0TqcbzfSulCyvAS02FcOHg4r83-o3T4lhvGoR5bUD8XhIGHaV8EgNw3NZqe3TnZbs6FmbhSfgEkn12ycf-1EVcP3_IVMGRZVwNhLkt-b1c8-1WFT/s1800/361180763_665408891688544_3701679230624128877_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiar3aP953aH_OKtWdhFdF2FbbWBnbsPKYOE6wR_DxKeOEM4pTR5IlyH56nDV1MJJyeujuCsdsBhHZu0TqcbzfSulCyvAS02FcOHg4r83-o3T4lhvGoR5bUD8XhIGHaV8EgNw3NZqe3TnZbs6FmbhSfgEkn12ycf-1EVcP3_IVMGRZVwNhLkt-b1c8-1WFT/w320-h400/361180763_665408891688544_3701679230624128877_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/_alexdust/" style="text-align: start;">_alexdust</a></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-align: start;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-align: start;">Time for us 💕🫶</span></i></div><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;">#auszeit</span></i></div></span></blockquote><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"></span></i></div></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My overall notes get stuck at 7.5 out of 10. Good but not excellent. Inability to encourage a more freeer sphere for all customers. The interiors of some sauna's might need some redoing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Internet though seems more positive. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Though one would note that the reviews include all aspects of the resort stay, not necesarily the wellness section only.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.google.com/travel/search?q=jammertal&g2lb=2502548%2C2503771%2C2503781%2C4258168%2C4270442%2C4284970%2C4291517%2C4597339%2C4754388%2C4757164%2C4814050%2C4850738%2C4864715%2C4874190%2C4886480%2C4893075%2C4924070%2C4965990%2C4990494%2C4994767%2C72285074%2C72286089%2C72288622%2C72294811%2C72298667%2C72300991%2C72302247%2C72305577%2C72310621%2C72310623%2C72314854%2C72317059&hl=nl-NL&gl=nl&ssta=1&ts=CAESABpICigSJjIkMHg0N2I4ZmRiZTdiOTAyNmI5OjB4NzQ0ZmIwYzhlOTExYmE4EhwSFAoHCOcPEAgYCRIHCOcPEAgYChgBMgQIABAAKgcKBToDRVVS&qs=CAEyJENoY0lxTGZFOU1qaHZxSUhHZ3N2Wnk4eGQzSm5hamQwYWhBQjgCQgsJqBuRjgz7RAcYAUILCagbkY4M-0QHGAE&ap=MAC6AQdyZXZpZXdz&ictx=1&sa=X&sqi=2">Google</a> notes 4.5 stars (from 3200+ reviews), <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jammertalresort/reviews" target="_blank">Facebook</a>: 4.4 stars (1000+ reviews) while <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g983756-d1166978-Reviews-Jammertal_Resort-Datteln_North_Rhine_Westphalia.html">Tripadvisor</a> 4 stars from 186 reviews.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.wellnesshotels-resorts.de/de/wellnesshotel/landkarte">Wellnessresorts.de</a> is another website with reference to the resort. Other than aforementioned there's little mentioned concerning the Jammertal resort.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-71943155869891812752023-07-01T08:20:00.001+02:002023-07-01T08:33:01.646+02:00Stopover<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ42ufU15q95_60ZD2KHcI-oWee1vpuqioWLjQ_2lac6w1MXvbMgWFqzeOXbu4Di7zO14Yzbbv29_2-3kxn61pfWkaXodSUzB0PKDczIj2lycWrTKYsRWxqBdeAQJhIhWHzUJnzKOWB8Xbqzgxz-lbHNF_SRivTf4zbtRB5xmhnQwFBJgNgRH7_zavLTcR/s1800/345899527_253240250532229_1620933506609603466_n.jpg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ42ufU15q95_60ZD2KHcI-oWee1vpuqioWLjQ_2lac6w1MXvbMgWFqzeOXbu4Di7zO14Yzbbv29_2-3kxn61pfWkaXodSUzB0PKDczIj2lycWrTKYsRWxqBdeAQJhIhWHzUJnzKOWB8Xbqzgxz-lbHNF_SRivTf4zbtRB5xmhnQwFBJgNgRH7_zavLTcR/w320-h400/345899527_253240250532229_1620933506609603466_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pierre_pis/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">pierre_pis</span></i></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Une escale chaude à 1463 m d’altitude 🏔️🔥</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#source #sourcechaude #nature #montdor #auvergne #auvergne_horizon #auvergberhonealpes #auvergne_landscape #bainchaud #instalike #instadaily</span></i></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Starting off with France. Then eastwards to Bosnia (I think) and Romania.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LeTc7h_QPCBBZ54grFIvA20cPSSL7lqggL769Ty3vD8TWDmtGxFN1fqGN_hsrKSHzwMDq33CaYQG-46rnlzLSRt--UuL3U5q54NN29NZyV5ZZ5sEcZcRbDIJ31rRIdzVNk5Bxm0qwXb7TwWHrbLcfPcy6KHqQj5q7U2vvB8QJnWSwH72RVjcuBzt2wKn/s1799/123468333_146363310546733_5271050300141467968_n.jpg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LeTc7h_QPCBBZ54grFIvA20cPSSL7lqggL769Ty3vD8TWDmtGxFN1fqGN_hsrKSHzwMDq33CaYQG-46rnlzLSRt--UuL3U5q54NN29NZyV5ZZ5sEcZcRbDIJ31rRIdzVNk5Bxm0qwXb7TwWHrbLcfPcy6KHqQj5q7U2vvB8QJnWSwH72RVjcuBzt2wKn/w320-h400/123468333_146363310546733_5271050300141467968_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/_jahila_/">_jahila_</a></span></i></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote style="text-align: center;">Reconnexion avec terre mère</blockquote></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaRZo8Uh_7Y3maD_GlI4XTgp3sBsEVXL53IRhc9vYd6AmQ7TB4cW7diH01IPwLVagcfK-kv6hNG3V__MB8YnzdkwKHNEeWr831APOgCt0NGcdszxigtkFBdxCROAmy0q6Fe35noHzOyCR38TFzkT8RhgztLmaHBGQqP5IUD9d3LPnE472yE8vONDHuKqC/s1800/351444610_619423486589733_55831300028327184_n.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaRZo8Uh_7Y3maD_GlI4XTgp3sBsEVXL53IRhc9vYd6AmQ7TB4cW7diH01IPwLVagcfK-kv6hNG3V__MB8YnzdkwKHNEeWr831APOgCt0NGcdszxigtkFBdxCROAmy0q6Fe35noHzOyCR38TFzkT8RhgztLmaHBGQqP5IUD9d3LPnE472yE8vONDHuKqC/w320-h400/351444610_619423486589733_55831300028327184_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/agatravel/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">agatravel</span></a></i></div><i style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Niewiele mi trzeba do szczęścia; wystarczy termalna kałuża z gorącą wodą, paruje aż miło 🩵</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#hotsprings #termal #chwilotrwaj #dajciemiwszyscyświętyspokój #travelgirl #podróżemałeiduże</span></i></div></blockquote></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyqWAX1qZ7fT8JWSMMy-BO1JuY1KyJHiMR9uMDRMv0nOnRp1x84_xKums1K2R-YeM0a2kfP0L8JH_0dFf3_N8XbX3BWJr78w0HEkHJR-FKYnXfbAvBEi1qKAfBObBz-kEbGi45IzpQ6TyORDFEIpBURnobQb9tOvW4mzpd7eMOMTKD2iohoE-CSlJt7G-/s1800/352436277_777248034111053_4079515072141068786_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyqWAX1qZ7fT8JWSMMy-BO1JuY1KyJHiMR9uMDRMv0nOnRp1x84_xKums1K2R-YeM0a2kfP0L8JH_0dFf3_N8XbX3BWJr78w0HEkHJR-FKYnXfbAvBEi1qKAfBObBz-kEbGi45IzpQ6TyORDFEIpBURnobQb9tOvW4mzpd7eMOMTKD2iohoE-CSlJt7G-/s320/352436277_777248034111053_4079515072141068786_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/oana.pad/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">oana.pad</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hotsprings pe Valea Cernei ♨️</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#discoverromania #romaniaascunsa #hotsprings #thermalbaths #romania #romaniancaptures #romania🇹🇩</span></i></div></blockquote><b>Calm</b><br /><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBlkh168_1Y6jJnMuCUKUxvSctzZbfHaJPhJNlW1TMn-MBXWAmDpBXkN5HvjD-U15vg2ciYoynfeMJtdVBaB0cgmh-UoXKiDQXwVCN-wx5tTbSBllOhbcztajuPeYmOJA0323x1xYzYnxVheCFQ5L0teLSCH06l58TQaJSC7el7wPbmEWHtRbHBCljxZj/s1800/347440624_265102572743069_2234413676099873439_n.jpg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBlkh168_1Y6jJnMuCUKUxvSctzZbfHaJPhJNlW1TMn-MBXWAmDpBXkN5HvjD-U15vg2ciYoynfeMJtdVBaB0cgmh-UoXKiDQXwVCN-wx5tTbSBllOhbcztajuPeYmOJA0323x1xYzYnxVheCFQ5L0teLSCH06l58TQaJSC7el7wPbmEWHtRbHBCljxZj/w320-h400/347440624_265102572743069_2234413676099873439_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/savikunterbunt/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">savikunterbunt</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Manchmal passiert so viel, dass ich gar nicht hinterher komme, um es zu verarbeiten und dann kommt irgendwann der Moment, meist erst, wenn man zur Ruhe kommt, wo mein Körper mir zeigt, dass es jetzt genug ist. Dann gilt es anzunehmen, heilen zu lassen und die Kraft der Natur willkommen zu heißen.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#thermopylae #heißequellen #heißequelle #heilung #kraftdernatur #dreads #dreadrules #girlwithdreads #wonderlocks #mightylocs #dreadhead #dreadication #dreadlocks #dreadshare #hippie #hippiegirl #dreadsforlife #beautydreadlocks #welovedreadlocks #nature</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#boho #dreadgirl #dreadstyle #hippiesoul</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#wonderfuldreadfairys #savikunterbunt</span></i></div></blockquote><p>Greece, Greece. Georgia finishing with Armenia and a message to heed.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/savikunterbunt/"></a></span></i></div></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinx-r1TPh5cxqkG_7BKDMRbCVdYriQqSIWin7Rv3b4sQNNCFrR01eO21TFZhK5k4hqJhs4Slo1kn6iU0cnVteByhTQGtZw0d152vv2PfyiDQa95EAC45RIcY8ICAQkn5uhlhCVE_G2lELh7H5tyu2gYqtgR7mrQ2kSbI___ua-Nw411gk7ovVd-lktkCIU/s1241/355359035_1022894225544936_4841767336078862291_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1241" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinx-r1TPh5cxqkG_7BKDMRbCVdYriQqSIWin7Rv3b4sQNNCFrR01eO21TFZhK5k4hqJhs4Slo1kn6iU0cnVteByhTQGtZw0d152vv2PfyiDQa95EAC45RIcY8ICAQkn5uhlhCVE_G2lELh7H5tyu2gYqtgR7mrQ2kSbI___ua-Nw411gk7ovVd-lktkCIU/s320/355359035_1022894225544936_4841767336078862291_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/_.alex_black_heart._/">_.alex_black_heart._</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>🛁🌳🌊</blockquote></span></i></div></span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgdphNIPHI7VfPm4uFW3oKWwxeKLAkiKw7_Ec57IuxO-xAhi057xGiL2R2nkBPXb11bXz-6n1f4NIBFjxpEceEcNGdb5-dSCbf5ubLwfwIai-Q_tmQ6GFM0q4oMGEX7dRYxz8P2FMtR5OVZFF1ZEk--Y-O0gjMCd0NnZnxXaupR_YmzTF1Je-1BvitalW/s1801/345600281_240804518538510_3651591490522559142_n.jpeg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgdphNIPHI7VfPm4uFW3oKWwxeKLAkiKw7_Ec57IuxO-xAhi057xGiL2R2nkBPXb11bXz-6n1f4NIBFjxpEceEcNGdb5-dSCbf5ubLwfwIai-Q_tmQ6GFM0q4oMGEX7dRYxz8P2FMtR5OVZFF1ZEk--Y-O0gjMCd0NnZnxXaupR_YmzTF1Je-1BvitalW/w320-h400/345600281_240804518538510_3651591490522559142_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/i.am.k.a.t.y.a/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">i.am.k.a.t.y.a</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Кайфуши для Катюши 💦</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Природные серные ванны с бесплатным входом у реки, в которой стоят цапли😍</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Вода около 40°С + Солнце печёт</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Купалась до головокружения 😅</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">_______________________________________</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#kutaisi #georgia #vani #sulfurbath #sulfurbaths #sakartvelo #naturepools #грузия #серныебассейны #тбилиси #кутаиси #вани #серныеванны #серныеисточники #горячиеисточники #батуми #batumi #tbilisi #hotsprings</span></i></div></blockquote></i><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MCFplQj-ns23Kjv-3kxqQQ6vQOfl9Vj3-hmLkPaQHACyGvGIINm9qlb4sXPw2U-fZjXURtbSp3STECjQYc7LrG1nwkNVUHkRJQ4gTQYRPPA7r5vLVipgpf6aI0tOuvlCIHxJjr7vcWioLYiARiGjXFEqO5W0PiRltftwXvIkJm4CtGz81DBbw5fKj92M/s2048/347407370_1446183799466915_4636254810182045263_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MCFplQj-ns23Kjv-3kxqQQ6vQOfl9Vj3-hmLkPaQHACyGvGIINm9qlb4sXPw2U-fZjXURtbSp3STECjQYc7LrG1nwkNVUHkRJQ4gTQYRPPA7r5vLVipgpf6aI0tOuvlCIHxJjr7vcWioLYiARiGjXFEqO5W0PiRltftwXvIkJm4CtGz81DBbw5fKj92M/w400-h266/347407370_1446183799466915_4636254810182045263_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fromrusttoroadtrip/">fromrusttoroadtrip</a></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Finding a hidden hot spring is the best kind of reward.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This hot spring in Armenia lay hidden in the mountains at the end of one of the most challenging hikes we’ve ever done. It wasn’t long, nor steep, but it demanded that we cross seven icy rivers on foot, bare feet breaking through slabs of icy and the current threatening to topple us over. Throw the potential of some sleepy, grumpy bears into the mix, and it was anything but a leisurely stroll.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Fortunately the rewards were great; we were the only people soaking in this vivid orange pool, enjoying a natural massage from the geyser that spurts out of the ground every few minutes. We were able to strip off and relax into the sights and sounds of the wilderness for a good couple of hours; pure tonic for the spirit.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ordinarily the greatest challenge of finding a hot spring presents is pinpointing it on a map, but this one was exceptional. But this very challenge is why we rarely share hot spring locations online; the process from knowing it exists, to finding it and finally soaking in it brings with it the joy of reward. Much like a treasure hunt makes finding the treasure all the more thrilling, knowing you’ve worked hard to find it.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Apps and maps have taken the thrill out of adventure in recent years; all information is readily available online, ‘secret’ locations are shared freely without consideration of who may find them and what their intentions are.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We’ve seen the most beautiful secret beaches and hidden hot springs destroyed from the footfall created by social media, which leads to overcrowding and privatisation. Hidden gems are disappearing at a faster rate than ever, which leaves us wondering what a world without adventure will one day look like.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We believe that everyone should have access to the healing power of hot springs without paying a fee, but it’s up to those of us who decide to share them online to do so in a conscious and responsible way.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The hot springs of Armenia were certainly unique, although not very hot and made difficult to access by the ongoing conflict between the country and neighbouring Azerbaijan, they certainly were beautiful.</i></div></blockquote></i></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-77158471378451322372023-06-25T09:47:00.000+02:002023-06-25T09:47:04.787+02:00Boxed<span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx58NktC0Qo4Q7Pr2YA0ZhL4Cq3F3AZZ9x7ShpNGQBsaQ_pC13gjUztfp1ZMbLTFrtopMxQ7Oc7_dxuqav0jxQ_QDBw1FFO_OY0juYoSFK9SOq31LSRKcx8WDPkz2X2XOx45c-itoMpnCM8-9LQXJSz26fNvD4fKqWQ9GvKCua6-O8do2A5IZ9LMIcKQ/s1440/317483467_202090955621226_4012447040042798750_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx58NktC0Qo4Q7Pr2YA0ZhL4Cq3F3AZZ9x7ShpNGQBsaQ_pC13gjUztfp1ZMbLTFrtopMxQ7Oc7_dxuqav0jxQ_QDBw1FFO_OY0juYoSFK9SOq31LSRKcx8WDPkz2X2XOx45c-itoMpnCM8-9LQXJSz26fNvD4fKqWQ9GvKCua6-O8do2A5IZ9LMIcKQ/w400-h260/317483467_202090955621226_4012447040042798750_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/wild_saunas/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">wild_saunas</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>The beautiful horsebox sauna <a href="https://www.instagram.com/inshriach/">@inshriach</a></blockquote><a href="https://www.instagram.com/inshriach/"></a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A shorter intermezzo than usual. Comparitively more text than eye-candy. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Starting off with the sauna world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://dailynewshungary.com/hungarys-largest-spa-complex-to-open-soon/?fbclid=IwAR3BogvIBRgTnrG5pSIbDTlm6_TpHewHt9gYVqPgCqadiu1rtGiuoo63xEI">Daily News Hungary</a> (22-5) notes the trend of bigger-is-better has also reached Hungary:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'On 17 June, the world’s first 7-star sea themed water park will open in Győr, Hungary. This unique bathing complex will be the biggest hit of the summer season'.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No word concerning what it actually entails.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">An instagram post from Norwegian pay-for-news site (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CrnGQXtOaW7/">Avisa Oslo</a>, Apr. 29), brings to our attention the following (translated):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'With almost a doubling of operating profit every year, KOK is ready to expand.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- It will be more social and more catering.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is how Lorange summarizes how the new KOK will be from the end of May'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://koknorge.no/">KOK</a> is an operator of floating sauna's in Oslo harbour. Lorange refers to Kristin Lorange, owner of the company. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The post probably coincides with the <a href="https://koknorge.no/oslos-badeoy/">announcement</a> by KOK of the "Island of Saga":</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'Finally, we can share that KOK Oslo branch Langkaia is getting its own mother ship! Coming soon is Saga, a year-round bathing island with stylish facilities!</blockquote></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyL96DEnifGzuh5hVTgZ4xl3_7opXLPCNW1ltnpbfXKc1ofyX2AOX0yD6AYUX0iTIIsvWTLZW6gru6IDM7MN3s6vAk6xRQx7jFIS7XqSg4XG0svLLGEpWSrUpIbgml4SRASAA0vBFV9pcgOOOWkZDhw1fIrHPcw2kwV4eDWSiOMUVp0Nw37JYbqZubmKc/s1279/355097846_809955623685319_8952074603768163326_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyL96DEnifGzuh5hVTgZ4xl3_7opXLPCNW1ltnpbfXKc1ofyX2AOX0yD6AYUX0iTIIsvWTLZW6gru6IDM7MN3s6vAk6xRQx7jFIS7XqSg4XG0svLLGEpWSrUpIbgml4SRASAA0vBFV9pcgOOOWkZDhw1fIrHPcw2kwV4eDWSiOMUVp0Nw37JYbqZubmKc/s320/355097846_809955623685319_8952074603768163326_n.jpg" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nudeblogru/">nudeblogru</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>ДЕВОНЬКИ</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>ДАЙТЕ ВАШ ТОП-5 в МОСКВЕ</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Баня с банщицами</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Расскажите, где звездочки светят в общественных местах.</i></div></blockquote></i></span><div style="text-align: justify;">The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/17/wellness-theater-las-vegas-aufguss-sauna">shares</a> (Jun. 17) how Aufguss is coming to the US, Vegas style:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'But “wellness” has saturated so deeply into US consumer culture that even Las Vegas, America’s capital of outrage and excess, has started to adjust. As spas from <a href="https://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-saunagoers-heat-up-in-intense-german-aufguss-wellness-ritual/504380792/">Minneapolis </a>to <a href="https://www.abathhouse.com/journal/a-sauna-master-explains-the-aufguss-sauna-ritual">Brooklyn</a> have started to advertise Aufguss among their offerings, one of the strip’s newest hotels, Resorts World Las Vegas, has begun hosting the performances four times a day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday – with experienced Las Vegas dancers taking the roles of the “sauna meisters”.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Presenting “a sauna experience combined with the theatrics of a show” is still considered avant garde in the US, said Kim Key, the Las Vegas spa’s director, who said spa staff were still educating guests on how Aufguss works, and that it does not yet make sense for them to charge an additional fee for the performances.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, Vegas is still in the early stages of Aufguss adoption. Awana Spa’s ritual is one of the simpler versions of the form, not one of the narrative-driven, elaborately costumed performances that Keijzer said would probably be too much for American tourists experiencing the form for the first time. (Nudity is also too much for Americans, whose repressed national culture leads to swimsuit-wearing in the sauna.)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The most dramatic version of Aufguss, a gladiatorial-style battle between two sauna meisters, currently takes place in Poland, Keijzer said, in a specially built 300-seat sauna modelled after the Roman Colosseum.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">While Americans experiencing Aufguss are “never really ready for it” and “have never seen anything like it”, Irvine said, European tourists sometimes complain that the sauna is not hot enough for them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“They’re so hardcore over there,” she said. “They want more heat.”<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></blockquote></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A good find. On Vimeo a vdo on taking a sauna, named <a href="https://player.vimeo.com/video/544777624">Hitzig-Ein Saunagang</a>.<br />The nineteen minute vdo explores how the stare is reversed: from the female clientele to the Aufguss-ganger.<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Heading off into the margins of what we are interested in, here on this blog.<br /><a href="https://saatchiyates.com/exhibitions">Saatchi Yates</a>, a London (UK</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">) art exhibition hall, has an exhibition running over the summer named Bathers:</span></p><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'This June, Saatchi Yates is proud to present ‘Bathers’- a major group exhibition drawing from the rich tradition of Bathing scenes in the history of painting, in ode to the ultimate summer muse.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tracing its genesis to classical antiquity, artists have depicted the bathing figure over the ages, from the French Masters appreciation of natural beauty, to its radical reconstruction by Picasso. Today, this tradition continues to captivate the imagination, with the new exhibition at Saatchi Yates exploring this enduring subject, grounded in the birth of Venus from the sea.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The exhibition brings together a collection of contemporary art, presented alongside renowned Post-War and Historical Masters including David Hockney, Paul Cezanne, J. M. W. Turner and Pablo Picasso. Contemporary stars such as Hurvin Anderson, Peter Doig, Henry Taylor and Eric Fischl, feature in the show, creating an artistic tapestry that reflects the breadth and diversity of the Bathers theme across the history of art. Notable pieces from Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Damien Hirst, and Auguste Rodin are also on display.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking of the exhibition, Martin Gayford says: “Bathers in painting are both varied and fundamental to the human condition. The combination of unclothed bodies and water can evoke guilt-free primordial innocence: a sin-free Eden. On the other hand, the same visual ingredients can suggest the consequences of Eve and Adam’s Fall: guilt, lust, death. In either case, the subject combines in one neat package two of the major preoccupations of artists for many centuries – landscape and the nude. It is no surprise that bathers have preoccupied painters for so long, and it is likely that the combination of water and human bodies will continue to intrigue them far into the future.”</span></div></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Commute</b><br />Over to h</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ot springs and soaking.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">We've reported previously on the archeological find of 24 Roman statues found in the muddy debris of a Tuscan hot spring. The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/rare-find-of-24-ancient-bronzes-in-tuscany-goes-on-display-in-rome" target="_blank">Guardian</a> (Jun. 23) now:</div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'A trove of bronze statues buried by mud and boiling water for thousands of years before being found in the ruins of a network of ancient thermal springs in a small town in Tuscany are going on display in Rome.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 24 bronzes, mostly dedicated to the gods, are the largest discovery of their kind in Italy and were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/11/tuscan-town-savours-discovery-of-spa-trove-etruscan-roman-sanctuary">unearthed last year</a> in the ancient springs of San Casciano dei Bagni, in what used to be a place of worship for both the Etruscans and Romans'.</div></blockquote></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1lEcOYEmuo8nLmlj4LDycsNoqEyZWkYxEB3rOZgbUgmb0OtwUOppRtb4JpmWYF3VE2sZBMYZZTDs7sOuWKi6M3BwYcZShmxMhAXQhwAtOYXGx8s_SsYfjEMF212D7RWlT2p8FvTzqWGj-V0qrXqEbLz0M71rpUnN_yVqXus9pXrxmzrP4zVAo2Hic6CL/s1080/310346964_160930273215017_1771159407007453797_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1lEcOYEmuo8nLmlj4LDycsNoqEyZWkYxEB3rOZgbUgmb0OtwUOppRtb4JpmWYF3VE2sZBMYZZTDs7sOuWKi6M3BwYcZShmxMhAXQhwAtOYXGx8s_SsYfjEMF212D7RWlT2p8FvTzqWGj-V0qrXqEbLz0M71rpUnN_yVqXus9pXrxmzrP4zVAo2Hic6CL/s320/310346964_160930273215017_1771159407007453797_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/chaverocampanom/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">chaverocampanom</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>FANTÁSTICO DÍA EN LA TERMA ♨️❤️</blockquote></span></i></div></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A blog <a href="https://blog.yescapa.es/road-trip/espana/p/termas-naturales-de-espana-en-autocaravana/">entry</a> over on yescapa (Mar. 1) concerns soaking in Spain. It features Ourense, Bande, Montbui, Arnedillo and Pallares hot springs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Think Geoenergy <a href="https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/geothermal-baths-being-considered-in-koluszki-poland/">reports</a> (May 24) that in Poland there are plans to enhance a geothermal source for bathing purposes:</div></span><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'The town of Koluszki in Lodz Voivodeship of Poland is currently considering the use of potential geothermal resources either to put up a thermal bath facility or a district heating system. To this end, a team of experts from Iceland will be visiting the commune to assess the geothermal potential of the area'.</blockquote></span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5Ltsfagyhq8FrA-PxKwOyMSBsQK59L3LsUsavjNhm3us7blAgmd6bcki-OZK7hhf4UXabqeEySwVs0hCKp5qooeAlv66bv4lhFXnrOLZaQeqgHTq2b19iVpTqBlO6n3ehthhF4yelAByvMrdlkWx4Oc3YCNnRwdQ3-NzfuMrm3RrulqlyBLZdcjKkEla/s540/tumblr_fd6ad9af4e602b5f36b235b6322f5655_04dde47d_540.jpg"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5Ltsfagyhq8FrA-PxKwOyMSBsQK59L3LsUsavjNhm3us7blAgmd6bcki-OZK7hhf4UXabqeEySwVs0hCKp5qooeAlv66bv4lhFXnrOLZaQeqgHTq2b19iVpTqBlO6n3ehthhF4yelAByvMrdlkWx4Oc3YCNnRwdQ3-NzfuMrm3RrulqlyBLZdcjKkEla/w400-h300/tumblr_fd6ad9af4e602b5f36b235b6322f5655_04dde47d_540.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/manny_la_belle_vie/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">manny_la_belle_vie</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>[Même journée, météo différentes] Ce jour là, j'ai commencé la journée en short, puis nue (eh oui, rien de mieux selon moi pour profiter pleinement 🫣) en pleine nature à profiter d'un bain chaud et de la fraîcheur de la rivière. Ici j'ai passé environ 5h, à lire, à ne rien faire, à jouer avec Wicket, à écouter les oiseaux et le bruit de l'eau vive. Puis j'ai décidé de partir pour une autre visite 10 kilomètres plus loin... Et là, j'ai eu le droit au sommet enneigées, à la neige et j'ai ressortie le gros poncho en laine 😅😆 Voilà, c'est le printemps et dans la même journée j'ai eu l'été et l'hiver ☀️❄️ mais peu importe, ces deux moments étaient beaux, agréable et doux 🙏🙏 PS: Si vous demandez son avis à Wicket, c'est la neige qu'il préfère #pyreneeorientales #girlwhohike #mountains #hotspring #granolagirl #snow #girlinnature #lumixgx9 #landscapephotography</blockquote></span></i></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-15140883223367193102023-05-18T09:02:00.000+02:002023-05-18T09:02:10.093+02:00Early<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCahuyFJPL7TKIOpt98R3bQSw9Qf6oKjG9zIvwkYBmD82yAtIob-IdmQhPVcXKco0sN7GFrDyCj_WNau8kQPyLgm-cWAlGLQI4Z8wywAEiUiXtAFKSLxbwEGFHBxhkrPGDCGJjwZnTJsKsAbzhrmhcRhdVceau0W8ieBT8EOZ7Va7fQzbHr5T78XqFg/s1800/345636212_1339750289915411_6176883602481784917_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCahuyFJPL7TKIOpt98R3bQSw9Qf6oKjG9zIvwkYBmD82yAtIob-IdmQhPVcXKco0sN7GFrDyCj_WNau8kQPyLgm-cWAlGLQI4Z8wywAEiUiXtAFKSLxbwEGFHBxhkrPGDCGJjwZnTJsKsAbzhrmhcRhdVceau0W8ieBT8EOZ7Va7fQzbHr5T78XqFg/w320-h400/345636212_1339750289915411_6176883602481784917_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/agatravel/">agatravel</a></span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Nie jestem rannym ptaszkiem, ale na termy wstaję bladym świtem 💚 #hotsprings #termal #termy #banjaluka #bosniaiherzegovina #bosna🇧🇦 #bałkanykamperem #Bałkany #balkan #bosniakamperem #travelgirl #wcześnierano</blockquote></span></i></div></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Soaking or sauna? </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let's head for current soaking content firsat, revealed and/or published recently.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thermalsprings.ru%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR37oX610_beRTRvvsdqqfjv2mdfrkqZxGBb8_kxRpJgh9LfJ4q424K0Vcs&h=AT3S7ebvnl0AzuoSVwATq1az8vIL7v-S-zPjg1KtMpwjGCdOXZ0eRoXr9zfS3UXcB77XPZfhc6mDA3LDUw6e1I5mJDlODg7oofdo_BJbY5IbOCxm40FoGEoL5Ow4Ogne4np5KKYL1yvTm8s&__tn__=%2Cd-]C%2CP-R&c[0]=AT3bSA_GNdCqz987WXRyfMLW_YbWWee3sjZhvjxWxUbspeU5PWJkREY_jAtEBhhSm8JTkt4z39Xf3gH-CkOLzT6t4s2nA1fHOaNo4qfUxOwMOeAiEvAofLRnH-eMmtgSPThUlGASh0anzcIK-_XKEEAZ1eH6p4ChN16E6h3oHVia6GdPGA" target="_blank">Worldthermalsprings</a>, has been all over southwestern Europe earlier this year, with visiting the then still to be opened Nancy Thermal. From their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/worldthermalsprings/posts/pfbid04X25zrpq7LiuthXDJFa6xCo2wGHdNUajgVBNN57QyL9kM3e2ZPjEAR9QSexCmN8wl" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page (Mar. 29) and translated:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>'Travelling along the thermals in Eastern France. Nancy Thermal had an open house today and anyone could walk into the restored thermal baths and new pools. World class thermals! This is what France was missing! Congratulations to everyone who created this thermal complex and who will work there!</blockquote></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another (imminent) opening </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">of, this of Paliano as </span><a href="https://www.ilmessaggero.it/viterbo/paliano_dopo_un_iter_di_20_anni_pronte_ad_aprire_le_terme_della_freetime-7351533.html?fbclid=IwAR3zzv7rtIqEVndo6QY_Yi0s9JK7eqV3scszKo61-iSJWMiXW40KtdsLK6s&refresh_ce" style="font-family: verdana;">announced</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> by </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Il Messaggero (Apr. 19). Translated:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>'The Paliano thermal baths finally see the light: to begin with, it will be a structure that will make up for the closures of Bagnaccio and Masse di San Sisto'.</blockquote></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://armenia.travel/article/top-5-natural-hot-springs-in-armenia/" style="font-family: verdana;">Armenia Travel</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Apr. 22) with it's Top 5 hot springs of the nation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://mindfulexperiencesgreece.com/hot-springs-greece/">MindfullexperiencesGreece</a> has their overview (Apr. 19) of Greek soaks. Maybe just an updated article.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>'There are around 700 natural hot springs all over Greece. Of these, 84 are known to have healing properties'.</blockquote></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blog.23b.de/category/travelguide/hotspring/">Blog23b.de</a> has a blog on mostly Greek hot springs (n=21) and the odd one from the Azores, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. All from the last 3 years, very up-to-date. <a href="https://blog.23b.de/hot-springs-galore-2022-23-travel-report/">Marks</a> are given: examples of near full marks: Eleftheron, Thermopilae and Rupite with near excellent credentials. There's also a 1.5 out of 10 attributed to Geoagiu-Băi in Romania. From the <a href="https://blog.23b.de/geoagiu-bai-romania/">latter</a>: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>'Nothing to bathe really, Roman baths are nice to look at'.</blockquote></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the <a href="https://blog.23b.de/loutra-eleftheron-thrace-greece/">former</a>:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blog.23b.de/loutra-eleftheron-thrace-greece/"></a><blockquote>'<a href="https://blog.23b.de/loutra-eleftheron-thrace-greece/">Loutra Eleftheron, Thrace, Greece</a>: Clear perfectly hot water pools with in a remote location surrounded by nature? For free? Come on… – bert'.</blockquote></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvg9XM796FhPKWxzbTA1iWA0qS0qDosj6F9evxws7iDGxK1J2Mbl6o6-0Csci9PIlwIMkYnv5p9Y4WTBVsN3voDeCA4raP1a0738KPf_5r1I3eMAsiLVuViTdbY677iLOBxwQ8GkxMDWY_HGke3oKQfGeQRimJTl5w2U-8c9VQO1HhAJrVMFMwiEedyg/s1080/43732655_1915468835173320_3267274290928607685_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvg9XM796FhPKWxzbTA1iWA0qS0qDosj6F9evxws7iDGxK1J2Mbl6o6-0Csci9PIlwIMkYnv5p9Y4WTBVsN3voDeCA4raP1a0738KPf_5r1I3eMAsiLVuViTdbY677iLOBxwQ8GkxMDWY_HGke3oKQfGeQRimJTl5w2U-8c9VQO1HhAJrVMFMwiEedyg/w320-h307/43732655_1915468835173320_3267274290928607685_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bobeccabashara/">bobeccabashara</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><blockquote>Ancient Roman Thermals found in Spain #hotsprings #sunrise #stone #nakedinnature #happyplace</blockquote><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/happyplace/"></a></i></div></span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: verdana;">Mandate</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The recent sauna news is much more. Suppose if commercial interests are foremost, then it's to be expected.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://thewell.no/">The Well</a> Norways most expansive wellness resort seems to have (invited?) a number of English speaking journo's along.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3215512/what-norways-naked-mega-spa-visit-prudish-brit-strips-hugely-liberating-experience?module=live&pgtype=homepage">South China Morning Post</a> (Apr. 1) possibly jokes. How the article hits off: </span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'It feels rather odd to be packing a suitcase for a weekend spa break – and deliberately leaving out a swimsuit.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At least, for some it is strange. For European spa-goers hailing from Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, as well as Swedes, Finns, Japanese and Turks, going completely naked in a public spa is entirely acceptable. In many bathhouses, it is mandatory'.</span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then the Daily Mail also <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-11927285/You-wont-sweat-small-stuff-swanky-Norwegian-spa-nudity-celebrated.html">report</a> (Apr. 7):</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'We’re men and women of all shapes, all sizes, all ages — and all starkers. A lithe woman (clad in swimsuit and sarong) is dancing around the sauna, artistically waving a towel to spread the heat and scent from the coals.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Her wahey is in sharp contrast to how I’m feeling. I’ve always hated my body (my mother put me on my first diet aged eight — which pretty much wrecked my body image). So it’s no wonder I approach my visit to The Well, just outside Oslo in Norway, with trepidation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Well is the largest spa in northern Europe — sprawling over 10,500 sq m with 13 pools, 15 saunas and steam rooms, and 140 showers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eventually — albeit slowly — I come to embrace the naked thing. You realise people do, indeed, come in all shapes and sizes; that nobody cares how you look except you. And yes, swimming naked does feel wonderfully liberating'.</span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PUTrjZ5v12Y1N0-G576QKVTJTmGT-A-xNURwYFD5sMNXczTfBCkAgBBJEzRpkiighNg3ILnJh1zg3PIJf8mZqNsDc_lCYTcAQLrR9OUgXhigOmIKnVsFvQOeGwaxF2Iak9S9c5Moc69hSjRd1AQYPyoWhZtLfjGI3Br_8-kdwGdiuva5bINwr4JpVQ/s1440/339711116_621454789355553_2373282532055969840_n.jpg"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PUTrjZ5v12Y1N0-G576QKVTJTmGT-A-xNURwYFD5sMNXczTfBCkAgBBJEzRpkiighNg3ILnJh1zg3PIJf8mZqNsDc_lCYTcAQLrR9OUgXhigOmIKnVsFvQOeGwaxF2Iak9S9c5Moc69hSjRd1AQYPyoWhZtLfjGI3Br_8-kdwGdiuva5bINwr4JpVQ/w400-h400/339711116_621454789355553_2373282532055969840_n.jpg" /></i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/madeleinelovesthis/">madeleinelovesthis</a> (from The Well):</i></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>These photos accurately represent the sheer euphoria of ditching my clothes and inhibitions in one fell swoop and walking nude - in broad daylight - into an icy pool.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Granted, I am generally quite game for all manner of forays in the name of feeling more vital, more resilient, less like my body has been dragged through yet another soggy British winter complete with attendant colds and covid.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Nonetheless, being schooled in England and having been handed a lifetime’s worth of thoughts about my body courtesy of, y’know, other people/attitudes/assumptions/adverts/etc. and, well, no wonder both <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shireendd.stylist/">@shireendd.stylist</a> and I unanimously felt that before stripping off and joining everyone else in nudity <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewellspahotel/">@thewellspahotel</a>, it was worth detailing the things we considered ‘wrong’ with our bodies.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Aside from the delicious freedom of just going for it, we both found that within around five minutes starkers, it really wasn’t a big deal. Just bodies. Some smaller. Some bigger. Some softer. Some harder. Some more lumpy. Some more smooth. But just homes of flesh. Truly truly truly liberating. That said, pick your companion wisely to do it alongside; we both lucked out in that regard.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>P.s. I zoomed in and I don’t think anything is visible but apologies if it is.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>P.p.s. Photos are of course not allowed in the spa areas for obvious reasons - these were taken during a private tour.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>P.p.p.s. I’m a guest of The Well - but posting here isn’t a stipulation of my stay.</i></div></i></blockquote><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div></i></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other Norwegian excerpts. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.saunatimes.com/sauna-information/sauna-in-the-news/the-floating-sauna-revolution-will-be-televised/" style="font-family: verdana;">Sauna Times</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Apr. 7) has the news on floating saunas, a fad increasingly becoming popular in the Scandinavian countries so says they:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>'Typing the words “floating sauna” into the search bar on visitnorway.com returns us a dazzling list of 68 beautiful floating sauna options, from city harbor to deep nature fjords'.</blockquote></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sauna Channel with another <a href="https://www.saunachannel.com/post/sk%C3%A5rungen-spa-lofoten-norway?postId=7dc07453-66c8-40f8-90ab-e987453c3ff3&utm_campaign=5c842d92-ddcf-45ba-8492-27f58186b018&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&utm_content=92e4f4d4-04f5-4c38-bb4b-f5434b638df4&cid=e879b9e0-eef8-4420-a999-b00a47ba7ac3">vdo</a> (Jul. 22, 2022), this time from the Lofoten isles, northern Norway:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://vimeo.com/731817837"></a><blockquote><a href="https://vimeo.com/731817837">Skårungen - Kabelvåg, Lofoten Islands, Norway</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/braysrunproductions">Bray's Run Productions</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</blockquote></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dated on the same day, there's another sauna vdo </span><a href="https://www.saunachannel.com/post/hov-sauna-lofoten-norway?postId=fdc98f2b-cd5e-41ac-9e28-58ff74446940&utm_campaign=6f48e60b-5570-4a8d-ad84-5b43e7d31143&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&utm_content=da609a12-5e74-4bf7-a022-2bc91ad4a596&cid=e879b9e0-eef8-4420-a999-b00a47ba7ac3" style="font-family: verdana;">posted</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> from the Lofoten.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Dailymail (again) <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-11995321/The-naked-truth-unlikely-love-affair-Swedish-saunas-followed-cold-water-plunges.html">reports</a> (Apr. 20) on one man's love for Swedish saunas:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'I've recently moved to Sweden with my wife and two children so I'm new to the country, the culture and the phenomenon of winter bathing. The first time I cycled to the beach in the freezing cold and wandered up the pier with a towel, flip-flops and zero swimming trunks in my backpack I was more motivated by having a funny story to tell about those 'crazy Swedes'. What I've found is a health-improving, mood-enhancing high from nature's very own supply.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The health benefits are clear, but for me a few psychological wins have also crept up.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One in particular is the rather liberating realisation that the human body is so very weird. Scratch from your mind almost every crafted and curated image you've ever seen on your phone. We are all lumpy and oddly shaped. Some people have hair in places others don't. Some people have broad powerful shoulders but really weird-looking feet. Some people have no shoulders to speak of but incredible jawlines - and for all people it simply does not matter'.</span></div></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Holland's <a href="https://blootkompas.nl/locatie/awards/">Blootgewoon</a> has announced it's national awards, amongst them that of the best sauna. The (excellent) <a href="https://www.spaone.nl/" target="_blank">Spaone</a> has won for the second year running the title: spa of the year.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An American couple get to enjoy a Dutch wellness resort. And make an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP1EPYiifPc">vdo</a> on this (Mar. 25):</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They compare with their experiences from Germany, with the single (<a href="https://www.fortresortbeemster.nl/wellness/">Fort Beemster Wellness resort</a>) Dutch experience. The luxury of the Netherlands with the everyday sauna experience in Germany? Hmmm, the Fort Beemster resort is regarded as one of the best in the Netherlands (<a href="https://www.google.com/travel/search?q=fort%20beemster&g2lb=202606%2C2502548%2C2503771%2C2503781%2C4258168%2C4270442%2C4284970%2C4291517%2C4306835%2C4597339%2C4754388%2C4757164%2C4814050%2C4850738%2C4864715%2C4874190%2C4886480%2C4893075%2C4920132%2C4924070%2C4936396%2C4965990%2C4968087%2C4972345%2C4985712%2C4990494%2C4994767%2C72251564%2C72253158%2C72253256&hl=nl-NL&gl=nl&ssta=1&ts=CAESABpHCikSJzIlMHg0N2M2MDBjNjc2ZDk1ZGQ5OjB4MzVmY2FlNTE0N2Y3NTZkZhIaEhQKBwjnDxAFGA4SBwjnDxAFGA8YATICEAA&qs=CAEyE0Nnb0kzNjNkdjVUS3FfNDFFQUU4AkILCd9W90dRrvw1GAFCCwnfVvdHUa78NRgB&ap=ugEHcmV2aWV3cw&ictx=1&sa=X&ved=0CAAQ5JsGahcKEwiQ-rb8hvP-AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQDw">Google</a>: 4.6 stars), so possible basing you experience of this with what I suppose are many others in Germany might not be fair. The article garners 100+ comments, most explaining where else a good Dutch sauna experience can be had.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakziq5QqT3M9wayLM8BwgVMB1ri68qF0unV2oJdOTQyPLReFLJR-k4Sy1uwJBITNtUMp_lIEtGbF6N1H3PXEUCtgV-f93pl90QbMmZo2VYgowkGclcudR1HDlux29n6mX6VJAi8R9dzTVSPuEJy1DDjg-_umoh4D1JtNSD_ycunrt2VFDlKx7GH62HQ/s1440/337569936_781884706889943_1243021683104043801_n.jpeg"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakziq5QqT3M9wayLM8BwgVMB1ri68qF0unV2oJdOTQyPLReFLJR-k4Sy1uwJBITNtUMp_lIEtGbF6N1H3PXEUCtgV-f93pl90QbMmZo2VYgowkGclcudR1HDlux29n6mX6VJAi8R9dzTVSPuEJy1DDjg-_umoh4D1JtNSD_ycunrt2VFDlKx7GH62HQ/s320/337569936_781884706889943_1243021683104043801_n.jpeg" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nikytkaa/"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">nikytkaa</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Zasloužený relax dvou matek 🖤🥹 #matkynatahu #rodina #sestenice 👩🏻❤️💋👩🏻 #novatradice✨</blockquote></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What's with Germany and it's love of rules?</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">From Germany's TV channel <a href="https://www.kabeleins.de/serien/abenteuer-leben-taeglich/videos/die-wichtigsten-saunaregeln">Kabeleins</a> a pointer (May 5) as to how to navigate the German sauna:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'Heiß, heißer, Sauna. Die Deutschen lieben Saunieren. Doch gibt es einige ungeschriebene Regeln, an die man sich halten sollte: Wie viel Abstand hält man zu den anderen und wie viel Gucken ist eigentlich erlaubt? Abenteuer Leben beantwortet diese Fragen'.</blockquote></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://beninwanderland.com/visiting-a-sauna-in-berlin-lessons-on-nudity-and-etiquette/">Beninwanderland</a> (Mar. 9) shares that culture shock of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">1. heading to the sauna for the first time and </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2. doing so in Germany:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'The concept of baring it all, with no clothes to hide behind, might seem strange to most, but it is part of the German culture that has been embraced by locals and tourists alike.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As a writer, I sought to experience this concept by visiting a reputable sauna during winter in Berlin. My journey taught me a lot about nudity and etiquette, revelations I'll share with you.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today, nudity is widely accepted in many areas of German society, including beaches, parks, and saunas. It is seen as a natural and healthy expression of the human body, and there is no shame or embarrassment associated with being naked in public.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, this cultural attitude is not universal in Germany and may vary depending on the region or individual. And Germans also place a strong emphasis on etiquette and respect for others when it comes to public nudity. For example, it is considered rude to stare or make inappropriate comments towards others who are naked.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This attitude is in contrast to that which Australian society has adopted, the country of my childhood and adolescence'.</span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1FJyvONxuRBeoeL72-ft-i58_5WWpSMuZYUZ1_6--Z13Ab7YS9-8lM_zE4f0k5gNNa0AK1bIpcYk3bB58hsCyOwpiIUIgmwmF1WmdBWnRP6okD7JVG8fchtE4bb6BJj43KOBrqWQ1jbgJaq5CcLR03Agrt0aIiaDAdZMEtDTIWDTEnDKbddTZ56bxA/s2000/Ben-naked-in-a-sauna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1503" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1FJyvONxuRBeoeL72-ft-i58_5WWpSMuZYUZ1_6--Z13Ab7YS9-8lM_zE4f0k5gNNa0AK1bIpcYk3bB58hsCyOwpiIUIgmwmF1WmdBWnRP6okD7JVG8fchtE4bb6BJj43KOBrqWQ1jbgJaq5CcLR03Agrt0aIiaDAdZMEtDTIWDTEnDKbddTZ56bxA/w150-h200/Ben-naked-in-a-sauna.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The lessons learnt:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'I have learned a valuable lesson on nudity during my sauna visit in Berlin. Being comfortable with our body should not be a privilege withheld for certain people or societies. Non-sexual nudity around others, especially those of the same gender, is about having a healthy attitude towards body image.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although I don’t condone brazen acts of nudity performed in unsuitable social settings, I feel people should be comfortable enough within their skin to be naked around others.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ultimately, whether we’re tall, short, thin, fat, hairy or bald, we are all born in like manner - without clothing. Anatomically, within either gender, our architecture is the same.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Embrace your body and liberate it by visiting a sauna in Berlin (or elsewhere in the world)!</span></div></blockquote></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://worldofsauna.com/spanish-sauna-culture/">Worldofsauna</a> looks (Mar. 28) at Spanish sauna culture:</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'When I started researching the Spanish sauna culture, I was laughed at and told that the Spanish don’t take saunas.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So I found out that Spain has a long spa culture. Spanish people are especially familiar with Turkish saunas or hamams.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Spanish do not take saunas as often as the Finns or have as many saunas as the Finns. At least not yet'.</span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The sharing concerns just one experience and that at an hotel.</span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finally, another country, another TV channel. Denmark's <a href="https://www.tv2ostjylland.dk/silkeborg/heftig-sauna-strid-afgjort" target="_blank">TV2OstJylland</a> reports (Mar. 28) on a sauna "battle" in Silkeborg. Translated:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'A meeting of the Culture, Leisure, Outdoor and Sports Committee in Silkeborg Municipality on Monday evening resulted in the city council politicians slamming their hands on the table and terminating the agreement with the sauna club Almind-Wellet.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It comes after several weeks of trouble about whether it should be allowed to use swimwear in the sauna or not.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The sauna club, led by chairman Freddy Skovbo, has fought for a swimwear ban, but that battle has been lost.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In any case, a majority in the Culture, Recreation, Outdoor and Sports Committee has now decided to terminate the user agreement with the association'.</span></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTY1jGO5PlxZEkpDN0e_p7EbDUb5_4Axxlvpp6WzFg9Oyzq2CVS33j_SgouY9U5VNbyH4gJRoidqukwx6bfrZCPZuCUZCzim19AGmkHzhko9PQEm15UQTt8aX_FlBuNcx5fiDdT24M0zu3AGzZ008J-Xq3QBqQKlz8iRyTuFPbj_9ApmUYo45mWhLGw/s1000/5553812184_27b93dff38_b.jpg"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTY1jGO5PlxZEkpDN0e_p7EbDUb5_4Axxlvpp6WzFg9Oyzq2CVS33j_SgouY9U5VNbyH4gJRoidqukwx6bfrZCPZuCUZCzim19AGmkHzhko9PQEm15UQTt8aX_FlBuNcx5fiDdT24M0zu3AGzZ008J-Xq3QBqQKlz8iRyTuFPbj_9ApmUYo45mWhLGw/w400-h290/5553812184_27b93dff38_b.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/carladelfin/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>carladelfin</i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><blockquote>22 de enero del 2011</blockquote></i></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-87424559607168710622023-05-09T11:20:00.003+02:002023-05-09T11:20:56.312+02:00Meditation<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eRMlLDP7-boVEwce5kbgFx_duHxGGdW0XHao1lbLceHSnXPVp9gdOmNHGlvHO3TGIL9csUfnhWAIL2ifaV38bjjnDN4iCrM4lniC76PfsbJr82qIwM9sRegdthiiV0T74wTDMv4gIAL5uoO92Y4zV97WH3ykj7phngvoUKdxPnme8-NPVtu9yP7quA/s810/295787959_536750204912775_6779131444829518896_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eRMlLDP7-boVEwce5kbgFx_duHxGGdW0XHao1lbLceHSnXPVp9gdOmNHGlvHO3TGIL9csUfnhWAIL2ifaV38bjjnDN4iCrM4lniC76PfsbJr82qIwM9sRegdthiiV0T74wTDMv4gIAL5uoO92Y4zV97WH3ykj7phngvoUKdxPnme8-NPVtu9yP7quA/w400-h300/295787959_536750204912775_6779131444829518896_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/didi.hris/">didi.hris</a></span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Sunrise 🌅.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#sunrise #genießen #infinity #lostinthemoment #meditation #meditate #самодива #samothraki #forest #mountain #beach #mineralwater #goodvibes #island #greece #happiness #nature #yoga #summer #july #summervibes #therma #magicforest #samothrace #adventure</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;">An island issue. Most featured from Greece (this section).</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9iGO2m74hEth2vP4ZjQNUrADfEYb-0aehZIdG65S3GNc8cGi1U1zm-nT5g_CmM4BEDE91vEtU21pWVUucY1mRGJiT_vq5gdB8ScfIXuaGWqNj0GxGXnAReM2GX67nPFH-qcFMsmMMkfojtvL6jUyQyN8k4rQJvrkgDJAbPGCXyL0H7pyqZ_Gq8mBdA/s1796/299625837_377424471218744_984951882012601706_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9iGO2m74hEth2vP4ZjQNUrADfEYb-0aehZIdG65S3GNc8cGi1U1zm-nT5g_CmM4BEDE91vEtU21pWVUucY1mRGJiT_vq5gdB8ScfIXuaGWqNj0GxGXnAReM2GX67nPFH-qcFMsmMMkfojtvL6jUyQyN8k4rQJvrkgDJAbPGCXyL0H7pyqZ_Gq8mBdA/w321-h400/299625837_377424471218744_984951882012601706_n.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/aggelos_kapsa/">aggelos_kapsa</a></span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; 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font-size: x-small;">aleshacarmelayoga</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>The morning dip in the hot spring ✨🔥✨</blockquote></span></i></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Views</span></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrKPiZyeABxNtvVwd8D5XYIjHgeOLxyHouvrt_Ymp4kblTb1BU4rTNjTvYPsfq9hmsukxTJ9ivHSYUDOEFoD8Y7_UH4Avd3gdfdkVaTbMPmTIko29yFr-R4ecT7jwWZyWGb3qKTowPYdWOjmOpECYrEtlxZCwjdycmLVI7-2CgQQRmITtIxEZgnWQ1A/s1799/339370846_1169194967111736_5133590351023837180_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrKPiZyeABxNtvVwd8D5XYIjHgeOLxyHouvrt_Ymp4kblTb1BU4rTNjTvYPsfq9hmsukxTJ9ivHSYUDOEFoD8Y7_UH4Avd3gdfdkVaTbMPmTIko29yFr-R4ecT7jwWZyWGb3qKTowPYdWOjmOpECYrEtlxZCwjdycmLVI7-2CgQQRmITtIxEZgnWQ1A/w320-h400/339370846_1169194967111736_5133590351023837180_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fede_martinika/" style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">fede_martinika</span></i></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>• 🦦 •</blockquote></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over then to the Italian "islands" of Sardinia, Sicily, Pantelleria and then Corsica, an island which identifies itself as Corsican.</div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIaWhG93m6oGB23GxTqOHoJNxe3enMOfrFipStBZKdWNIhCZVu7Ca_EenLIZ5R0caaBbf6_J9onLfOpPtB6t5AlmCvFs0hOa2ewzKCDaTRh02xNrCKBY3FFHBhbeIStgtNnNz80yxI99CW4jtUHRYxgaMYW-Npx6_jx2amipgxnl-2Z4AntFhSS9GKQ/s1080/339520203_5522594157841796_3931454861032252022_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIaWhG93m6oGB23GxTqOHoJNxe3enMOfrFipStBZKdWNIhCZVu7Ca_EenLIZ5R0caaBbf6_J9onLfOpPtB6t5AlmCvFs0hOa2ewzKCDaTRh02xNrCKBY3FFHBhbeIStgtNnNz80yxI99CW4jtUHRYxgaMYW-Npx6_jx2amipgxnl-2Z4AntFhSS9GKQ/s320/339520203_5522594157841796_3931454861032252022_n.jpg" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/scafidix/"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">scafidix</span></i></a></div><div><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote style="text-align: center;">Primo bagno dell anno con vista🏞</blockquote></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3bf4O2WMvSUjsEObM4ZtJh0IoiCtm2tma9BSe-InJOTMapTIjeNjM2frvqg6h_Ax9SS7FMIbSAAcwd1kBMlI_GhEoHRwrDgOvt6-WE6cEwUEv5yj02Uu1FJNosxS-T2Ctz9dHnILrY7KWjBKCs6aqY5BfPusI_X254cYtN0I44LWEDxm0QGsfEGr0Q/s1440/319107524_3239887536264221_5209571977427837504_n%20(1).jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3bf4O2WMvSUjsEObM4ZtJh0IoiCtm2tma9BSe-InJOTMapTIjeNjM2frvqg6h_Ax9SS7FMIbSAAcwd1kBMlI_GhEoHRwrDgOvt6-WE6cEwUEv5yj02Uu1FJNosxS-T2Ctz9dHnILrY7KWjBKCs6aqY5BfPusI_X254cYtN0I44LWEDxm0QGsfEGr0Q/s320/319107524_3239887536264221_5209571977427837504_n%20(1).jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/race4fun_axelphotos/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>race4fun_axelphotos</i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i></i></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Ci ho provato in tutti i modi, avró travasato un centinaio di secchiate di acqua dal mare nella “piscinetta” bollente per renderla “accettabile”, ma Nulla, era bollente comunque, e ho dovuto ripiegare per quella calda ma non da ustioni 😂</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Che spettacolo, alternando tuffi in mare per creare lo shock termico e poi ricominciare da capo❤️❤️❤️</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Semplicemente Gadir by AxelPhotos ... #pantelleria #bepantelleria #spa #gadir #nature #macchiamediterranea #sky #landscape #colour #colours #photography #photographer #axelphotos #picoftheday #photooftheday #sicilia #italia #sentieri #rovine #ilovepantelleria #foto_sicilia #dji #pietra #roccia #rocks #viverepantelleria #livelovesicily #sud_addicted</i></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/sud_addicted/"></a></i></span></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VaB8xone17cvzFppj9I96DyhBeecW0QDrWbnTAoLjO_C_lkhtZe2Q0SK6c4xVo7JlUFenUDQkgZ22C1Pl0ycjGEnoKm3eT0BSRypsDC2TuKm55WIq_I1XYecQsBvvEGM-ecSMXJNz9U_LGcpKwKVQ_DyB819INZoA8DOQhjBdj51kOrrWLFyth2nqA/s1674/324547751_556726563045070_8773122243753156947_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VaB8xone17cvzFppj9I96DyhBeecW0QDrWbnTAoLjO_C_lkhtZe2Q0SK6c4xVo7JlUFenUDQkgZ22C1Pl0ycjGEnoKm3eT0BSRypsDC2TuKm55WIq_I1XYecQsBvvEGM-ecSMXJNz9U_LGcpKwKVQ_DyB819INZoA8DOQhjBdj51kOrrWLFyth2nqA/w344-h400/324547751_556726563045070_8773122243753156947_n.jpg" /></a></span></i></div></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/clemence.herveux/"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">clemence.herveux</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>10 janvier, baignade</blockquote></span></i></div></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Therapy</span></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3AVh6qfIPUlIZMG9q-Rrg4CpO3m62Df_e0cC15dVdivfc5MxF_dRGcXCSSJg1kW-fpd6ZXJdOzW-yy5RFT4QgYoVmIkIBptqQDPeXcgFvn97tpAmmXAROhH4yyztxmRHYavQ9IlgqTomniq8F-OiKsenZ2DlPRlNjO-NQlxJf2GSXKJjgrtsV4JPxw/s1440/277860783_1165142004239249_7011773122813608378_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3AVh6qfIPUlIZMG9q-Rrg4CpO3m62Df_e0cC15dVdivfc5MxF_dRGcXCSSJg1kW-fpd6ZXJdOzW-yy5RFT4QgYoVmIkIBptqQDPeXcgFvn97tpAmmXAROhH4yyztxmRHYavQ9IlgqTomniq8F-OiKsenZ2DlPRlNjO-NQlxJf2GSXKJjgrtsV4JPxw/w400-h375/277860783_1165142004239249_7011773122813608378_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nomadic_cosmopolitan/">nomadic_cosmopolitan</a></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Getting our hands dirty and cleaning this hottub with a little #algae therapy 😂</blockquote></span></i></div></i>Then some of the outliers of islands: Iceland and the Azores.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSyrPp_QpJYSfXrzhS-OfKggOJTCkqxvSO7qR2rXUeXyIGxx5MXvA-uk9i6FTLC_I5p9ScO7qktawg9ZZu6zR-33zOpQ3AUq95Gby9yeNwMaz1EO4G_t28GpS9yDbHNuiXOO36yjngLXzi3I0QrqxNQN_URULY_X-ulyKZokocuheOoC23QA8huarIA/s1800/344870608_228320646487937_6392833933737773553_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSyrPp_QpJYSfXrzhS-OfKggOJTCkqxvSO7qR2rXUeXyIGxx5MXvA-uk9i6FTLC_I5p9ScO7qktawg9ZZu6zR-33zOpQ3AUq95Gby9yeNwMaz1EO4G_t28GpS9yDbHNuiXOO36yjngLXzi3I0QrqxNQN_URULY_X-ulyKZokocuheOoC23QA8huarIA/w320-h400/344870608_228320646487937_6392833933737773553_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/igormiguel/">igormiguel</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">If pictures could talk, they would tell a lot of good stories 🌿🌋</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#me #men #mensbeard #keepyourheadup #instagram #instapic #smile #instagood #photooftheday #details #açores #acoresislands #saomiguel #vulcanicisland #parqueterranostra #furnas #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #detailshots #portrait #portraitstyles_gf #portraitphotography #portraits_today #ig_myshot #mainvision #artofvisuals #artofvisuals #positivethinking #likeforlikes #followforfollowback</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/me/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></a><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/followforfollowback/"></a></span></i></div></span></span></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-53340324078847039682023-05-09T10:33:00.003+02:002023-05-09T10:33:14.962+02:00Spoilt<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A visit to an average sort of sauna complex. Average as in ...? I really wouldn't know. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recent sauna developments mostly ensure focussing on elaborate soaking paradises, with customers begging for choice (which next sauna?), while the business model is meant to keep the guest as long as possible inside the complex: all the more turnover from drinks/food tab.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">So average is not that.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There was a time when <a href="https://www.thermengoirle.nl/">Thermen Goirle</a> in central Noord-Brabant would have been the apex of sauna entertainment. However the 30+ years site has failed to stay ahead of the curve. And it's beginning to show.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is this though from Dutch language newspaper <a href="https://www.bndestem.nl/tilburg/terwijl-de-volgende-uitbreiding-van-thermen-goirle-eraan-zit-te-komen-draagt-de-eigenaar-het-stokje-over~a0dd664c/">BN De Stem</a> (11 Sep. 2022) which announces that past management is stepping down in favour of their offspring: new investment is on its' way.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">An interview with the management (in Dutch) with highlights of the sauna complex:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ySME2P4LzQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="_ySME2P4LzQ"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Pass</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So what's on offer? </div><div style="text-align: justify;">In past times, it was no surprise that the Thermen is located next to a sports complex. The parking area is a bit confused, but the entrance is clear. A warm welcome ensues.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On to the sizable changing rooms. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then it's an illogical move via the restaurant to the sauna complex itself. The shower station is also not logically placed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From here you are spoilt for choice. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adjacent there's the slightly coolish swimming pool, which also heads outside. There is a jacuzzi here and there, then onward in the hall, where there are a number of saunas (Finnish, a Himalayan rock sauna) and steam rooms. At the very end is the largest sauna where infusions take place. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the garden again an ambient temperature pool, and a beautiful panorama sauna. Obviously it's very well set for sunny weather. Which it wasn't, late April.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The restaurant serves up some nice dishes, though the health craze (vegan / vegatarian) is yet to arrive here, it seems. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had 2 meals, one a long wait, the other rather fast.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In one of the rest rooms, we participated in a singing bowls ceremony, a daily (?) addition to the <i>Aufguss</i> menu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Notes</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other thoughts?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Thermen+Goirle&rlz=1C1GCEA_enNL885NL885&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x47c6be9658a02607:0x45b75cb31131641e,1,,,,">Google</a> gives it 4.4 stars from 1000+ reviews. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Virtually all Dutch, which sort of lines up with my experience of hardly hearing any non-Dutch. Experiences vary widely, maybe different expectations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thermengoirle.sauna/reviews?locale=nl_NL">Facebook</a> notes 4.7 stars (400+ reviews) while <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.be/Attraction_Review-g3679709-d4610821-Reviews-Thermen_Goirle-Goirle_North_Brabant_Province.html">Tripadvisor</a>: 4 strs from not yet 100 reviews. All Dutch</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blootkompas.nl/locaties/sauna-thermen-goirle/" target="_blank">Blootgewoon</a> reviewers (8) note 7.8 with emphasis on the average.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.saunagids.nl/spotlights/thermen-goirle/">Saunagids</a> shares an experience but the description seems more like an advertorial.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So our final marks? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Seven</b>? There is enough on offer to entertain yourself for a good day, however quite a lot has seen better times. The infusion ceremony was only so-so, turnaround in restaurant likewise.</div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-3392278196248616302023-04-20T20:26:00.000+02:002023-04-20T20:26:01.298+02:00Seaview<p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVnvyQHGDtCdVDEYkC55QqTReMGl1nVth-ozEVN13vh5qQpf77mXhAsNcrMiskJL3hhfedyRvT0-mtVmbwGobQloi4b52kPCARICoOowIhtnKIfjVSyNZ2BZU9HoilcLV9px-wbFOPdXmlvYrhOQxTZCUObhkg81eCDRzcvk1iRPZo0vjyWR1fL5nPA/s800/337585140_954355325745422_8034412038543670976_n.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVnvyQHGDtCdVDEYkC55QqTReMGl1nVth-ozEVN13vh5qQpf77mXhAsNcrMiskJL3hhfedyRvT0-mtVmbwGobQloi4b52kPCARICoOowIhtnKIfjVSyNZ2BZU9HoilcLV9px-wbFOPdXmlvYrhOQxTZCUObhkg81eCDRzcvk1iRPZo0vjyWR1fL5nPA/w320-h400/337585140_954355325745422_8034412038543670976_n.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tesssilvia/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">tesssilvia</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">💙</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#gitarellafuoriporta #termenaturali #oliveallascolanavegane #ascoliseibella #bagnocaldi #fugaromantica #fritto #gitarella</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This time round we are starting the clockwise tour of the Mediterranean, somewhere in Italy (above), furthering the cycle east and southeast wards.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix90sh6zQjb-SkGZXrYMWq8FrxGIxxfoAzKLTOFcyTpBjjON5_6fI0UVKXZd8VUP8I9Vb9Pz-nDRtbn6GO2e7_6JZmr0WF-WEbXKriWPrdM-Qsax23TzoRf4Mq_w9lOIYPT2BtNivfpL1PITNqQPs0O-mqUbtqpWV4WKW-Ng1CFNhmVwigmYRQUqIVBw/s800/296897569_1351616038699835_3145280220963076858_n.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix90sh6zQjb-SkGZXrYMWq8FrxGIxxfoAzKLTOFcyTpBjjON5_6fI0UVKXZd8VUP8I9Vb9Pz-nDRtbn6GO2e7_6JZmr0WF-WEbXKriWPrdM-Qsax23TzoRf4Mq_w9lOIYPT2BtNivfpL1PITNqQPs0O-mqUbtqpWV4WKW-Ng1CFNhmVwigmYRQUqIVBw/w256-h320/296897569_1351616038699835_3145280220963076858_n.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/martyna.zawadzka/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">martyna.zawadzka</span></i></a></div><div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/apopracychodzili%C5%9Bmynagor%C4%85ce%C5%BAr%C3%B3d%C5%82a/"></a><blockquote>#apopracychodziliśmynagorąceźródła #workation #czasstart #bosnaihercegovina #banjaluka #hotsprings #vrbas</blockquote></span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Gibt es etwas besseres, als die kalten Tage in heißen Quellen mit Blick auf das Meer zu verbringen?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Dass wir danach wie zwei gekochte Eier gerochen haben, nehmen wir auch als Veganer gerne in Kauf.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#hotsprings #oceanview #travelinggreece #vanlifegreece #vanlifegermany #schwefel #schwefelquelle #sulfur #thermalspring #vanlifeeurope #vanlifediaries #greece #methana #feetsgram #strugglevegan</span></i></div></blockquote></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQ31nWS9snlUz3OG3QMCuxQTWMPyMsuX-GYMUqJyImVzaa8yFXKrb7yoYL1Icu2qxU-T5Xz3roPQq4wfM9-eCrkQkfRJAcNLAvyc4sKDlLBS5Umh9jxpcGPiYx99xSb41HzXtAC2kjhhgyk-4MTmp5cFf1_v74yR4RU2yggPY4pT0ZjfhOmb8JIcqHg/s1352/336275495_1382150749251647_7732884044850886311_n.jpeg" style="text-align: start;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQ31nWS9snlUz3OG3QMCuxQTWMPyMsuX-GYMUqJyImVzaa8yFXKrb7yoYL1Icu2qxU-T5Xz3roPQq4wfM9-eCrkQkfRJAcNLAvyc4sKDlLBS5Umh9jxpcGPiYx99xSb41HzXtAC2kjhhgyk-4MTmp5cFf1_v74yR4RU2yggPY4pT0ZjfhOmb8JIcqHg/s320/336275495_1382150749251647_7732884044850886311_n.jpeg" /></a><br style="text-align: start;" /><div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/team_ateem/">team_ateem</a></span></i></div><i style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Soaking up the warmth and relaxation of another Turkish natural hot spring ♨️🩵</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#hotsprings #naturalhealing #naturetherapy #mineralbath #healingwaters #hotvibes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#wildernesswellness #refreshandrenew #explore #instatravel #beautifuldestimations #seetheworld #turkey #turkiye #nature #visitturkey #naturebeauty #travelcouple #travelbuddies</span></i></div></span></blockquote></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXwZ3DfTkHSBTmjB09KCMIqwQT1E_kdEwrdX4kWbmb62YEoQxBNV6MuUfuT-3v20Iq1QwBQH4v91mfkAGvFm-wZbvXn4iOQKnviV7fzG77hnxSrFVYNMyzlbWoJFSZ6OPu3LNLr3AUc3-QF7Vu3Pt43PrUd4rHvnSPnsnakUVWbxrepdF7b9WxYznuw/s1080/329431753_202413462502194_1445688038260305751_n.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXwZ3DfTkHSBTmjB09KCMIqwQT1E_kdEwrdX4kWbmb62YEoQxBNV6MuUfuT-3v20Iq1QwBQH4v91mfkAGvFm-wZbvXn4iOQKnviV7fzG77hnxSrFVYNMyzlbWoJFSZ6OPu3LNLr3AUc3-QF7Vu3Pt43PrUd4rHvnSPnsnakUVWbxrepdF7b9WxYznuw/s320/329431753_202413462502194_1445688038260305751_n.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tanya_kricha/">tanya_kricha</a></span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Кто-то может подумать, что мы валяемся в луже, но на самом деле это сероводородный источник , а у нас СПА-день: грязь, соль мертвого моря и сероводородные ванны</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#israel#deadsea#hotsprings</span></i></div></span></blockquote><p><b>Easy </b></p></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimm6klaXuYHZUg-5KGIXoNDArU1w_6NrXcrSnmsLkg6-pmXim9CTzlVeEoNzaIo8sPYP1DrYj3mL98-iBBbG9oQR7wHJdtnlit-K5x21Dzby-9Ty2-xQmKkWh1NRryVxiPBexkuR2RJ8_sGiCJCqIUjnZPDncM2m2qEwoxrTKLH4obx7LcF9KkOm1Svw/s1350/337949030_152577504406156_8286809956313299484_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimm6klaXuYHZUg-5KGIXoNDArU1w_6NrXcrSnmsLkg6-pmXim9CTzlVeEoNzaIo8sPYP1DrYj3mL98-iBBbG9oQR7wHJdtnlit-K5x21Dzby-9Ty2-xQmKkWh1NRryVxiPBexkuR2RJ8_sGiCJCqIUjnZPDncM2m2qEwoxrTKLH4obx7LcF9KkOm1Svw/s320/337949030_152577504406156_8286809956313299484_n.jpg" /></a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/malilogs/">malilogs</a></span></i></div></span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/malilogs/"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></a></i></div><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Eine warme Badewanne — mitten im Nirgendwo 🛁🔥 Überall ist es trocken & staubig. Doch an der einen Stelle, da sprudelt das Wasser nur so aus dem Boden & dann ist es auch noch 41 Grad warm 💦🌡️— mich faszinieren diese Naturwunder immer und immer wieder! ✨</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Heute Morgen sind wir zum Sonnenaufgang aufgestanden, um hier baden zu gehen 🛁 So früh ist es noch kühl, sodass wir das warme Wasser genießen können & dabei zuschauen können, wie die Welt zum Tag erwacht 🌍🌞 — ein so schöner Start in den Tag 💛</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">——————</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#vanlife #homeiswhereyouparkit #heißequellen #morgen #startindentag #marokko #vanlifegermany #vanlifeafrica</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#liebe #sonnenaufgang #faszination #natur #naturliebe</span></i></div></span></blockquote></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;">Heading back from east to west. Morocco, then over the Gibraltar Strait to Spain and France.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjua3SH4ATM9s09j6UCxHJ3QHDArGmiOhXLnKySbV6C2cLk2q5xl2DbzkVrdobr4eNXctQMq9jftuP1qmJ2aDvBBhXvc688M5c5zear04DDj8b1n8uI1TLXc5yUSyy9hCqrjwEjCWmZRbyrN3f245fn6QfcTUhcg7xTbEhNeMQeMQIEqRuhcPoxDkhbLw/s600/338064888_648709837267599_4118910196041390185_n.jpeg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjua3SH4ATM9s09j6UCxHJ3QHDArGmiOhXLnKySbV6C2cLk2q5xl2DbzkVrdobr4eNXctQMq9jftuP1qmJ2aDvBBhXvc688M5c5zear04DDj8b1n8uI1TLXc5yUSyy9hCqrjwEjCWmZRbyrN3f245fn6QfcTUhcg7xTbEhNeMQeMQIEqRuhcPoxDkhbLw/w320-h400/338064888_648709837267599_4118910196041390185_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/caramellegommose_/">caramellegommose_</a></span></i></div></span><i style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">▪Thermas▪</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#terme #termas #thermas #natura #termenaturali #naturalbeauty #naturalhotsprings #hot #hotsprings #nature #girl #galicia #spagna #spain #caravan #caravanlife</span></i></div></blockquote></span></i></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a 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A-B-C, one-two-three</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">🔥🔥</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#fontpedrouse #termas #bains #mountain #france #vanlife #passiverecovery 🎶#rosalia</span></i></div></span></blockquote></i></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb130N_5DvgTM26LE2Vt3C3bWP41lDm5MT0l5qX52gySKma49xZQ9Qgu7JeEYUEjey9-6Qbv9SR8QkPZOU7G6RZQmaXDdKEaNeDw5N8XgjTVZD-T2RTvkjJHgab-QHcWI4xBtceYxHtI-ZFfDG4yNwGNjxu7-_FMjx6dJHy8wkmmFSmmykudsF4xqr7w/s1350/327351334_604892148190221_8355352644752423462_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="320" 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jolies points de vue sur la vallée.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Au hasard d'un croisement, nous avons fait un arrêt dans un petit abri de fortune.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Et pour finir, c'était le moment détente, avec baignade dans une source d'eau chaude directement dans la rivière.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Étant en semaine, j'ai eu la chance de profiter du lieu pour moi seule un bon moment 🥰🙏</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#pyreneeorientales #en #abandonedplaces #hiddenplace #hiking #granolagirl #hotspring #girlwhohike #girlwithdog</i></div></blockquote></i></span></div></div><div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgZ_wLDWj8W6135kd3gJhObLMSm8PqkdFXRQFsALXFrgXapVIPXGIc62BhTTt5xevpCcDXlH9pmbuhqG2FcfVMi18tY-334N0vXOFIbhgQN9Z_qNCXYUZqS9QrYxs7o9k21JTL0lfwC7giBy7-dJs0ij6UrbULLf7EVEqa4mVs1rd5vUWH5thnSMQoQ/s899/273457284_672137280609116_8522500962424207644_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgZ_wLDWj8W6135kd3gJhObLMSm8PqkdFXRQFsALXFrgXapVIPXGIc62BhTTt5xevpCcDXlH9pmbuhqG2FcfVMi18tY-334N0vXOFIbhgQN9Z_qNCXYUZqS9QrYxs7o9k21JTL0lfwC7giBy7-dJs0ij6UrbULLf7EVEqa4mVs1rd5vUWH5thnSMQoQ/w400-h400/273457284_672137280609116_8522500962424207644_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/emma.rsle/">emma.rsle</a></span></i></div><i style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;">Goosebumps</span></blockquote></i></div></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-55090167426263503812023-04-02T22:04:00.000+02:002023-04-02T22:04:02.514+02:00Divine<span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7Dl4fu4llgofGW4JaCk6uCwOCYyMwSNViaVeu8ZGauL15YXsjSEGMqXk-fsDmgl9xPAXnhOyiwTQBwXSVmwUEWg17B30PL8_-yJORLjkHkBWJltireWlh3DoILnSLWHowsG5nh9NEtZst079lpgYk_vGaGEOZAinZE31BMFGNe0ea-YP9_OQZ4RQDQ/s1440/338616955_215467227834013_7734541393286231940_n.jpeg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7Dl4fu4llgofGW4JaCk6uCwOCYyMwSNViaVeu8ZGauL15YXsjSEGMqXk-fsDmgl9xPAXnhOyiwTQBwXSVmwUEWg17B30PL8_-yJORLjkHkBWJltireWlh3DoILnSLWHowsG5nh9NEtZst079lpgYk_vGaGEOZAinZE31BMFGNe0ea-YP9_OQZ4RQDQ/w400-h400/338616955_215467227834013_7734541393286231940_n.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/artemis111rafael/">artemis111rafael</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Beautiful portraits</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Powerful women</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Love you 🩶🖤</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#portraits #icelandicnature #hotsprings #hotspring #naturalsprings #iceland #nature #icelandphotography #sisters #womenspower #divinefeminine</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/divinefeminine/"></a></span></i></div></span></i><div style="text-align: justify;">A photographic odyssey around Iceland with no reason why the presented have in any way been ordered.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWQqw7IDpluun4SIfnjW5DoTGi5XQZyVp92PR0Uhx3frjB7MCEVji3h1ilA3dXMMmKHzsTjW4AXOhATnoz3aj0C28rqWyRFaMm6haGxgTA5dq0GB3ojJR3SglOIy_1QaV5h7FLEZU7O7bDNWTTk8RHMMD9BtKMEnH1MvhIarvSg0deGIKywxAYlXtNA/s1350/331987901_3541745069382697_6775748673305985719_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWQqw7IDpluun4SIfnjW5DoTGi5XQZyVp92PR0Uhx3frjB7MCEVji3h1ilA3dXMMmKHzsTjW4AXOhATnoz3aj0C28rqWyRFaMm6haGxgTA5dq0GB3ojJR3SglOIy_1QaV5h7FLEZU7O7bDNWTTk8RHMMD9BtKMEnH1MvhIarvSg0deGIKywxAYlXtNA/w320-h400/331987901_3541745069382697_6775748673305985719_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fotoallin/">fotoallin</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pokud je něco, na co se na Island opravdu moc těšíme, tak jsou to hot poty! 😍</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#allinfoto #allinfotonacestach #allinfotonaislandu #relax #hotpot #island #horkakoupel #42stupňů #koupani #venku #cestovani s <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vejaska/">@vejaska</a> #bozi #misto #cestujeme #cestujemeposvete #cestujemespolu #iceland #icelandhotsprings #icelandtrip #icelandroadtrip #icelandnature #icelandadventure #icelandlove #nikon #nikonz6 #travel #travelphotography #czechphotographer #amazing #hotsprings</span></i></div></blockquote></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtrW5h1Zmjro3tCi1NJonAlxQy4_Ro0PLlmf3VjS5J9LQoev1nPQAu30sy2_H11QHt3qAT4sCYWPuTee7BF6px6QAdaemwOhsP7zpxPiX86n-BvnCr_Th1834Dn2MSCqvyUEQu0ytL23ISXJ-jnw_twXjqllHWRsZY3C9V6dSrl9aeBnlzFj3OVISDA/s1080/28433602_904327586402443_6926106257719820288_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtrW5h1Zmjro3tCi1NJonAlxQy4_Ro0PLlmf3VjS5J9LQoev1nPQAu30sy2_H11QHt3qAT4sCYWPuTee7BF6px6QAdaemwOhsP7zpxPiX86n-BvnCr_Th1834Dn2MSCqvyUEQu0ytL23ISXJ-jnw_twXjqllHWRsZY3C9V6dSrl9aeBnlzFj3OVISDA/s320/28433602_904327586402443_6926106257719820288_n.jpg" /></a></div></span><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/wanderfolk.de/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">wanderfolk.de</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></i><blockquote><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Happy me.</span></i></div></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#takemetothemountains #wanderlust #wanderfolk #modernoutdoors #traveltheworld #iceland #passionpassport #livefolk #mountainsarecalling #wanderwerk #photographiceland #mylifeoutside #exploremore #projectexplore #mountainpeopleunite #hiking #adventureisoutthere #folktravel #travelstoke #visiticeland #thewanderco #outsideculture #fernwehcollective #goldenhour</span></i></div></span></blockquote><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nocare</span></b> </p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnljBVAa5iDKIZ9pfOy9dbyq_6fgcajFYJxMDYo116gBQYPnEWHyNe4lGUzupmJQMrd93TgYPODuLlKbe1yhcEjto3rdH1KJVYr-WZAFPuXZNtGotANCaYz_zDWGBrIRhptYYyftgPd2CJE10LR1i07aFEItUr3ZyZqeJ9d1DMMmEhSUxVZgnl1E4JQQ/s1080/169597947_134786948594904_1764495247582622892_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnljBVAa5iDKIZ9pfOy9dbyq_6fgcajFYJxMDYo116gBQYPnEWHyNe4lGUzupmJQMrd93TgYPODuLlKbe1yhcEjto3rdH1KJVYr-WZAFPuXZNtGotANCaYz_zDWGBrIRhptYYyftgPd2CJE10LR1i07aFEItUr3ZyZqeJ9d1DMMmEhSUxVZgnl1E4JQQ/w400-h300/169597947_134786948594904_1764495247582622892_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/victoria_cello/"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">victoria_cello</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#Iceland day 5: tits in the air like we don't care 🌡️ -15ºC ❄️</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#pool#hotspring#hottub#phoebebuffay#bananahammock#island#islanda#spring#fuckingcold#northernlights#roadtrip#traveldiary#journey#intothewild</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Again, no idea why the above is followed by two of Reykjadalur. </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsgTBYC8mZqpW3Qm0F1GXMt3WwGN0r8VvtYzbc_rzzy16-7WgEvF-tfYt_Gyk4qWz3YXXg_lqEakuWC74M9LMI1Iy_JrMHa798VpbQVPodBh7b53eKMGvN73kND22W1zvFBDPP0HK_zdLFMFcueRoaIs-Eqd8f-MOU9Qmvu4rHLs7dlf8euojAuVFtg/s1440/318183648_841122283881335_9204176759106003870_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsgTBYC8mZqpW3Qm0F1GXMt3WwGN0r8VvtYzbc_rzzy16-7WgEvF-tfYt_Gyk4qWz3YXXg_lqEakuWC74M9LMI1Iy_JrMHa798VpbQVPodBh7b53eKMGvN73kND22W1zvFBDPP0HK_zdLFMFcueRoaIs-Eqd8f-MOU9Qmvu4rHLs7dlf8euojAuVFtg/s320/318183648_841122283881335_9204176759106003870_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/homerbritta/">homerbritta</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>The obligatory steamy Icelandic hot spring thingy #hotspring #hike #iceland #dailydip #warmdip #skinnydipping</blockquote></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_Wm6vJDT84oaHApZT40dEA7iW1AUFEtlEZRqxH1PKRfkp4_5NhMoibAMmGOyyYBr0zPt6C7mPPlE_rMx7Ti_p2wqgbpG2Xlhd-WnfPwyDbw2uZNPpkqu33mZZjLsK2wYkdYtcjOUVjbL1YY2_w56Kv7-1qiLSlDTfGLFG0C-Q1BZHmHH_X_kEj-K9A/s1860/reamertravel-22.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_Wm6vJDT84oaHApZT40dEA7iW1AUFEtlEZRqxH1PKRfkp4_5NhMoibAMmGOyyYBr0zPt6C7mPPlE_rMx7Ti_p2wqgbpG2Xlhd-WnfPwyDbw2uZNPpkqu33mZZjLsK2wYkdYtcjOUVjbL1YY2_w56Kv7-1qiLSlDTfGLFG0C-Q1BZHmHH_X_kEj-K9A/s320/reamertravel-22.jpg" /></a></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://matthewreamer.com" style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">matthewreamer.com</span></i></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><b>Booked</b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIFr3VYgNtq8c4CJF3DDK6YvmQRNsR5i_2wjY-N2vccaef8-sM8UE0RSYG2KRh-E8OO2LQRCxqLrp3yAJHIjwQLFkhBjGbxKlKjtu9pJs3b8pNtL-9WHkflArV3Um6IfoHRHQSUAm_V_wMBs2BUMIIdFmQYdoaj63Piq91VtgVvmNy9NX3WxaMcJofw/s1350/269777559_1233635713794723_273220458393981876_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIFr3VYgNtq8c4CJF3DDK6YvmQRNsR5i_2wjY-N2vccaef8-sM8UE0RSYG2KRh-E8OO2LQRCxqLrp3yAJHIjwQLFkhBjGbxKlKjtu9pJs3b8pNtL-9WHkflArV3Um6IfoHRHQSUAm_V_wMBs2BUMIIdFmQYdoaj63Piq91VtgVvmNy9NX3WxaMcJofw/s320/269777559_1233635713794723_273220458393981876_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/maja_frantl/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">maja_frantl</span></i></a></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of passport. ✨</span></i></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#travel #traveling #mayanacestach #north #winter #view #thermalbaths #hotspot #hotspring #girl #djupivogur #iceland #ísland 🇮🇸</span></i></div></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All 'n all, a quintessential Icelandic overview. </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFBnvqcOUar7ZJh6Tm9C2OFXwcr9J2hFulHONs8CnUxkFci14Eu3S2FhMwaPdLGwnjX9Ya-1B64bA_LNplGuNb8Vi-z-tgy08ykn-4Br6yD-75mZga6GGd6lZYY-Z4sUvZSK5ONK_ClqjFtI8_bSIF-s2hDygkkF5k6r0ItNYES6saurfeFcma6GlDw/s1350/326384086_2414823315340420_4022745267096107519_n.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFBnvqcOUar7ZJh6Tm9C2OFXwcr9J2hFulHONs8CnUxkFci14Eu3S2FhMwaPdLGwnjX9Ya-1B64bA_LNplGuNb8Vi-z-tgy08ykn-4Br6yD-75mZga6GGd6lZYY-Z4sUvZSK5ONK_ClqjFtI8_bSIF-s2hDygkkF5k6r0ItNYES6saurfeFcma6GlDw/s320/326384086_2414823315340420_4022745267096107519_n.jpeg" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/roadtripbuspl/">roadtripbuspl</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jedna z najfajniejszych aktywności na Islandii, która w zimowej odsłonie oddziałuje według mnie najmocniej.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wyobraźcie sobie, że maszerujecie przez góry opatuleni wieloma warstwami zimowej odzieży, brodzicie w śniegu, wiatr szczypie Was w policzki, aż na horyzoncie dostrzegacie kłębiącą się w powietrzu parę. Wiecie już, że jesteście blisko.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">W końcu Waszym oczom ukazują się gorące źródła. Przyspieszacie kroku, chowacie się przed wiatrem za prowizorycznymi parawanami zbitymi z kilku desek, zrzucacie z siebie te wszystkie warstwy ubrań i powoli wchodzicie do wody tak gorącej, że czujecie jak wygrzewają Wam się kości.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Po chwili wybiegacie na brzeg i rzucacie się na śnieg, żeby się schłodzić. Po kilku takich sesjach czujecie, że żadne zimno Wam już nie straszne.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Zerkacie na słońce, które powoli zaczyna chować się za górami. Czas już wracać. Dzień o tej porze roku trwa zaledwie parę godzin.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rzucacie na ziemię któryś z elementów odzieży, żeby nie stać bezpośrednio na lodzie, wycieracie z siebie wodę i nieco niezgrabnie ubieracie się przy wiejącym wietrze.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ruszacie w drogę powrotną z uśmiechem na ustach, czując że to doświadczenie będziecie jeszcze długo wspominać.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(To moje wspomnienie gorącej rzeki Hveragerdi, którą odwiedziliśmy w 2020 roku, na zdjęciu inne gorące źródła, w których byliśmy rok później)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">➡️ Czy byliście kiedykolwiek w gorącym źródle? Jeżeli nie, to czy chcielibyście powygrzewać się w nich zimą?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">--------------------------------------------------------------</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#gorąceźródła #hotspringsiceland #icelandhotsprings #zima #zimawgórach #islandiazimą #islandia #islandiajestpiękna #icelandtrip #icelandroadtrip #icelandicnature #icelandlove #icelandlovers #góry #widoknagóry</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCYW01_T_shFa1HlR8Dit-KWMxCKZ-3u5TfAbTDF4Ov3x9aH74Yil3SUDdxKnFzJWsaP2563ESP6Kmmz54-YBFAMOBY8sFseuGGgkJGbrEq7NbhGnzBBBLE-SIhW2t_eMh3N1gtNzWhL2qpAnTyZgRqBpwjXb8aOlIv1KWPciPKVEUqKP4FrdBOECKA/s1349/314604343_132128659624209_2438569077494324696_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCYW01_T_shFa1HlR8Dit-KWMxCKZ-3u5TfAbTDF4Ov3x9aH74Yil3SUDdxKnFzJWsaP2563ESP6Kmmz54-YBFAMOBY8sFseuGGgkJGbrEq7NbhGnzBBBLE-SIhW2t_eMh3N1gtNzWhL2qpAnTyZgRqBpwjXb8aOlIv1KWPciPKVEUqKP4FrdBOECKA/w320-h400/314604343_132128659624209_2438569077494324696_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></i></span><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/odakletipare/">odakletipare</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>opijeni divljinom 🧡</blockquote></span></i></div></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-45302770051532784222023-04-02T08:18:00.002+02:002023-04-02T08:18:29.012+02:00Portioned<span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYNCSr8h1IXVdgKr_COQ48UK5kGkdOchAUSIZGqoqzdL2n7FEl-TrOWoXtcoxa57ZjNsvzHhfocXBGOIM9OgQMpvImpRI1XUyxj3PE4mgnP3w0xVj7pkki6rYK0wBYUybDWEqAIV4aX1X2asovKAoXjtuPgILSDcrrId-h09RT-eywgY_jpDfw-o_7Q/s1080/32680089_1233863506747032_4164818529821917184_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYNCSr8h1IXVdgKr_COQ48UK5kGkdOchAUSIZGqoqzdL2n7FEl-TrOWoXtcoxa57ZjNsvzHhfocXBGOIM9OgQMpvImpRI1XUyxj3PE4mgnP3w0xVj7pkki6rYK0wBYUybDWEqAIV4aX1X2asovKAoXjtuPgILSDcrrId-h09RT-eywgY_jpDfw-o_7Q/w400-h263/32680089_1233863506747032_4164818529821917184_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/exclusivewellness/">exclusivewellness</a></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Op Pinkstermaandag gaan we ook vandaag naar een publieke sauna. Op zoek naar super professionele opgietsessies? Ga dan maar langs bij Thermen Katara!</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Te ontdekken via #exclusivewellness</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#publiekesauna #openbaresauna #opgietsessies #sauna #zwembad <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thermenkatara/">@thermenkatara</a></span></i></div></span></blockquote></i><div style="text-align: justify;">What to expect when you visit one of Belgium's best wellness complexes?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Let's first seek to establish why one would mention this as the <u>best</u>?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over to our tried and trusted (?) review sites:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* On <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Thermen+Katara&rlz=1C1GCEA_enNL885NL885&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x47c38faf3d3c68cd:0x5c4f3c6dfd972cf2,1,,,,">Google</a>, the decade old facilities of <a href="https://www.katara.be/" target="_blank">Thermen Katara</a> are accorded with 4.7 stars from 1750+ reviewers. Virtually all 5 stars, nearly all in Dutch language (meaning visitors are Flemish/Dutch).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* On <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.be/Attraction_Review-g2413558-d2409020-Reviews-Thermen_Katara-Belsele_East_Flanders_Province.html">Tripadvisor</a> 4.5 stars from 425+ reviews. The most recent English review:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'Beautiful thermal baths ! Diverse and qualitative installations and the new islandic zone is really nice ! The infusion sessions in the saunas are worth it. Moreover the whole team was very kind and the restaurant offers very good and (maybe too) big portions. Relax and respectful atmosphere'.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Most reviews (85%) are in Dutch; English reviews are mostly somewhat dated. Note that during the past few years Katara has expanded considerably.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* On <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thermen.katara/reviews?locale=nl_NL">Facebook</a>, nearly 2000 reviews, with a score of 4.8 stars.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Away from these, there's this:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* On Flemish website (<a href="https://www.relaxy.be/publieke-sauna/" target="_blank">Relaxy.be</a>) in their overview of public sauna's Katara leads with 9.7 out of 10.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Heading away from the middle of the road sites, <a href="https://www.naturismegids.nl/nl/sauna/1741/thermen-katara.html" target="_blank">naturismegids</a> (Dutch) accords Thermen Katara with a 9.3 (out of 10).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <a href="https://blootkompas.nl/locaties/thermen-katara/" target="_blank">Blootkompas</a> rates it a 8.9, ex-aequo best of Belgium.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Certainly on Google it's relatively easy to establish the relation to other Belgium wellness / complexes. Katara beats <a href="https://www.waerwaters.com/" target="_blank">Waers Waters</a> and <a href="https://www.thermenlonderzeel.be/" target="_blank">Thermen Londerzeel</a> (both 4.5 stars). </div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, yes best. Near to top notch so to say. But this according to it's mostly Dutch speaking clients.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Herald</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And the reality?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Locationswise, it's hardly a very scenic place: just outside the East-Flemish village of Belsele, along the main road between the towns of Sint Niklaas and Lokeren. There's a large parking area in front. And an overflow area which quite often fills up as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note that it is advisable to reserve an arrival time on forehand, Katara is very popular.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The entrance procedure is efficient (single entrance is nearly 40€) and one is ushered in, within a short time to the changing area. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The changing rooms are a number of larger cubicles with lockers around, nothing out of the ordinary.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Katara has expanded quite a bit during the past few years, so don't be fooled by the modest actual entrance with just a couple of showers and a central hall with 2 saunas, and a steam room. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Directly outside here are a heated pool and jacuzzi. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">To the right a door heads to a smaller hall, affording entry to a rock sauna and another door heading further outside. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The outside area comprises besides the already mentioned: three saunas, a couple of jacuzzi's and a seperate building with relax space. Then there's another additional building with an Icelandic themed corner with two larger saunas and then a large deep hot bath. This building also has a large Roman steam room.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For more info just head over to their informative website.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All this completed with an extensive and well used restaurant. Surprisingly (for Belgium) with a good choice for vegetarians and vegans, with many of the dishes heralding the season.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Faith</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As for the experience.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">On a dreary saturday afternoon, mid-March, we arrived with just a few spots available on the car-park, neatly on time as to regards our reservation (just a sort of heads up to sauna staff, so as to spread those entering). </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The changing rooms were quiet as was the entrance showers. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The smallish central was busy, it's always good to establish what's the programme for that day. When are the <i>Aufguss</i> sessions? And where? Anything else ?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Aufguss</i> sessions were mostly hourly, theme wised Asian / banya. And in the Roman steam-room there were two scrub sessions, which require an extra fee, as well as requirement to reserve.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As starters, we enjoy the Tibetan (rock) salt sauna, then a cooling down session outside. Followed up by a steam-room. And a light lunch.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then a popular <i>Aufguss</i> session, with about 60 others, a slight squeeze. Cooling down, a couple of pool lengths swim, then just relaxing in the Geysir bath, one of the most popular places.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A light dinner, another <i>Aufguss</i>, with beech infusions. The ceremony master is quite good in producing this entertainment. This is as <a href="https://opcongemetxavier.be/2021/12/22/thermen-katara-wellness-review-update-ijslands-badhuis/">OpCongemetXavier</a> (Dec. 22, 2021) experiences this (translated):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'Be sure to take part in the banja ritual in the Finnish Sauna [since, moved to the bigger Thai sauna]! The pourer then druidically immerses a bunch of dried birch branches in a bowl of water, first moistens the oven with it and then sprinkles his sauna guests with the healing birch water, just as a pastor in the church blesses his faithful. Wellness is not just relaxation. Wellness is a religion'.</blockquote></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the cooling down, a sweatroom and then a lie down in the Japanese sauna. Time to leave.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the day there was a good and mixed crowd (m/m, f/f, m/f couples -young and old-, young families, groups of friends, etc.), everybody is equally impressed by what's on offer and enjoying the mood lift. A great place to get an energy uplift.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite when leaving evidence that even the overflow parking was well filled, one never had the impression that the other guests are too much.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dessert</span></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Overall there are not many other experiences to share, other than those under the review sections mentioned already. Or the odd experience here and there. There's this from <a href="https://ongewoneweken.wordpress.com/2017/02/05/help-ik-zit-in-een-naaktsauna/">Ongewone weken</a> (Feb. 5, 2017, translated) with this conclusion:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'All in all it was a successful day. I go home 'relaxed as a pudding', to put it in Jorryd's words. And you get used to being naked. After a few hours you are so relaxed that you simply don't care who sees what. What also helps is that – contrary to what I expected – you are not stared at at all by men who could be your father or grandfather. Yes, here we felt like a bunch of hippies in a luxury world'.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Reditt has a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/x33l1r/sauna_recommendations/" target="_blank">recent</a> stubb on Belgium saunas:</div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BoHoBeest/"></a><blockquote><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BoHoBeest/">BoHoBeest</a>·<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/x33l1r/comment/imn9fir/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">7 mo. ago</a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Katara in Sint-Niklaas has a large variety of sauna's and opgietsessies [=<i>Aufguss</i>] as well. You can't bring your own water but there is a drinking fountain so if you buy 1 bottle in the bar you can refill.</div><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/taliza/">taliza</a>·<br />Antwerpen<br />Katara is the best !<br />Note : on Wednesday it's bathing suit day, so then there's no nakedness<br /><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mujirushi_bland/">mujirushi_bland</a>·<br />Katara is indeed my absolute favorite in this area. The only downside is it's a pain to travel back from since I live east of the Kennedytunnel.</blockquote></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.hln.be/sint-niklaas/thermen-katara-breidt-wellnesscomplex-uit-bijensauna-romeins-badhuis-en-tibetaanse-zoutgrot-zorgen-voor-unieke-ervaring~a9887843/">Het Laatste Nieuws</a> (May 4, 2022) with one of the very few news reports; this on the most recent extension / improvements:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Even in the midst of the corona crisis, business managers Geert De Mulder and Nancy Goossens did not give up. Katara was further expanded with a number of new and special bathhouses, which are now presented. “In our new Icelandic Bathhouse you can enjoy the Midsommar Sauna, the Geyser Bath, the Pao Ice Cave and bee sauna The Bee Hive”, say Geert and Nancy. “Everything you see and smell here fits into the picture. The look and feel of the bee sauna provide a unique sauna experience that is unseen in Europe. Here you really feel the way of life of the North come to life.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is not surprising, according to the operators, that the new bathhouses and saunas were built in the midst of the corona crisis. “We always wanted to swim against the current with Katara,” says Geert. “Being different from others is in our nature. When we started Katara, the banking crisis was in full swing. During the recent expansion of our complex, we went through the corona crisis. Every time we look for ways to reinvent ourselves and raise the bar a little higher. A risk that has paid off so far.”</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally, my experience based on the positives: choice of experiences, cleanliness, positive vibes other patrons, quality and service of catering: <b>9+/10</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Always leave room for improvements!</div></span><div><div><div><div class="_a9zr" style="align-items: stretch; animation-name: none; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; display: inline-block; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 1; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; transition-property: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="_a9zs" style="animation-name: none; display: inline; transition-property: none;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/thermenkatara/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none;" tabindex="0"></a></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-46294260420387541802023-03-24T10:27:00.002+01:002023-03-24T12:44:49.297+01:00Burning<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSR8sUNljhEtIcl5Tacu1kAmeKKf6wsJfJJyOzhLhilJz7PS6D84vg8GeHVss1GGB60i-C6KGz1zyjmV7S20IskmJ9BEEMjkXTYbecO0dpEIepmwnR5oV4eQjteJndyPftJPgz9G-udcj-xIIBag4_lR4OAQXeBEMiichWEIpmp_T3yP_gRIGuYXfuA/s1350/297652539_825162388653925_5226929164161664196_n.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSR8sUNljhEtIcl5Tacu1kAmeKKf6wsJfJJyOzhLhilJz7PS6D84vg8GeHVss1GGB60i-C6KGz1zyjmV7S20IskmJ9BEEMjkXTYbecO0dpEIepmwnR5oV4eQjteJndyPftJPgz9G-udcj-xIIBag4_lR4OAQXeBEMiichWEIpmp_T3yP_gRIGuYXfuA/w320-h400/297652539_825162388653925_5226929164161664196_n.jpeg" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mauee_lucas/">mauee_lucas</a></span></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">🍃</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/igor.voyages/">@igor.voyages</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">#filmphotography #35mm #camera #nikon #hotsprings #sunset</span></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></i><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'd very much like to add much more topical info concerning Europe's hot springs, but alas there's little forthcoming. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-RTZ-I1uW/" style="font-family: verdana;">Worldthermalsprings</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Mar. 16) is flying through many Portugese and French hot springs in the last few weeks. Not only are the number of soaks per day impressive, they also are able to enter many of the facilities geared up for medically supervised soaking. An exception from Rennes-les-Bains (Languedoc):</span></div><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3mkAHImEodnwovamGOQDEmXfliXDzMwyQqLABwrql7JWnchXi1AmOoENASaUGDpRal1-1AitF9t0ozj2YnRoH6E_PHibjcKGlpKUPCLM4wfXxqWcAzvwZhEYSaCcJZoiCWJjCJAhdxjRqOcgb8iqPfrL1kUlhBuHDk0I-9lbGPURwy1o7zWaeIw0Bg/s1080/336280800_1201316510505496_1826545134506356323_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3mkAHImEodnwovamGOQDEmXfliXDzMwyQqLABwrql7JWnchXi1AmOoENASaUGDpRal1-1AitF9t0ozj2YnRoH6E_PHibjcKGlpKUPCLM4wfXxqWcAzvwZhEYSaCcJZoiCWJjCJAhdxjRqOcgb8iqPfrL1kUlhBuHDk0I-9lbGPURwy1o7zWaeIw0Bg/s320/336280800_1201316510505496_1826545134506356323_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/worldthermalsprings/">worldthermalsprings</a></span></i></div><i style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>Путешествие по термам Франции, Пиренеи. RENNES LES THERMES. Как я измеряла параметры воды. Горяий источник находится в русле реки на другом берегу реки. Чтобы до него добраться надо перейти реку по порогу или в сапогах или босиком. Вижу молодой хиппи стремится к источнику, где уже принимают горячую ванну его друзья. Я прошу его вернуться, показываю, как сделать замеры и слежу за процессом. Все получилось. Потом из под плиты вылезли его друзья и спрашивали, что такое ppm. А вы знаете? #термальныеисточникимира #термальныеисточники #пиренеи #русскиевофранции #thermalsprings #hotsprings #france</blockquote></span></i></div></i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">More popularity for Bath's Roman (UK) hot springs complex. </span><a href="https://newsroom.bathnes.gov.uk/news/roman-baths-and-pump-room-rises-28th-most-visited-attraction-uk" style="font-family: verdana;">Bath Newsroom</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Mar. 17)</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><blockquote style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">'Figures released today by the Association for Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) show that the Roman Baths & Pump Room was the 28th most-visited attraction in the UK in 2022, up from 51st in 2021.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The historic attraction welcomed 851,854 visitors during 2022, compared to 351,655 in 2021. The Roman Baths was the second most-visited attraction in the South West, after Stonehenge.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Councillor Kevin Guy, Leader of Bath & North East Somerset Council, said: “These figures represent a welcome recovery for the Roman Baths and demonstrate the significance of Bath within the UK tourism industry. To be 28th in a list of such amazing visitor attractions is a tremendous achievement and I am delighted that so many people chose Bath and the Roman Baths as the place to create special memories with their friends and families'.</div></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Independent (Feb. 25) <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/england/bath/bath-wellness-uk-rebalance-festival-b2289006.html?fbclid=PAAaYmfzcJjAulA2B3nCg9DXWxjINSRjOxlwRpiFHozQlj4uYwiTu6J1BoiLg">continues</a>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'Bath may have been recognised by Unesco as one of Europe’s great spa towns but it is not all about therapeutic soaks. Back in Georgian times, people simply thought that promenading and socialising here would enhance their wellbeing. Bath authorities say they want the city to become the UK’s premier destination for wellness [it already is] and are engaging with architects to reimagine public spaces. With its first wellbeing festival [<a href="https://www.welcometobath.co.uk/rebalance-bath-wellbeing-festival/">Re:Balance</a>] looking like a success, the city promises visitors plenty to smile about'.</blockquote></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://mytravelintuscany.com/the-wild-natural-hot-springs-in-tuscany/" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Mytravelintuscany</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Mar. 1) presents an overview of all free and wild hot springs of Tuscany, Italy: six in total. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not in Tuscany:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJkTs9ssVo60MSEMCw98Y2-SYyjzJ-14cPyr-LHAKGWckaodbGjXG0pXcuAAqi6sMm6oVAz-fHP53ZhTguU9Rf2I_AIEewmgjWxa5M82UkpggkaQlGqkIogBiYK_qQ999J569yqh1wcV2nOibE9snn06XO86KP5Vctq6bUXgKtOpyqBypA4kds4zslw/s1080/282500475_1338374643339077_2359789499412741454_n.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJkTs9ssVo60MSEMCw98Y2-SYyjzJ-14cPyr-LHAKGWckaodbGjXG0pXcuAAqi6sMm6oVAz-fHP53ZhTguU9Rf2I_AIEewmgjWxa5M82UkpggkaQlGqkIogBiYK_qQ999J569yqh1wcV2nOibE9snn06XO86KP5Vctq6bUXgKtOpyqBypA4kds4zslw/s320/282500475_1338374643339077_2359789499412741454_n.jpeg" /></a></i></div></i><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/zweiberts/">zweiberts</a></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">🇬🇧below</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Heiße Quellen, Berge, Wald und unser schönes Zuhause auf vier Rädern. Was will man mehr. 💥</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Natural hot springs, mountains, forests and our littl</span></i><i><i style="font-family: verdana;">e home on wheels. Nothing to ask for. 💥</i></i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><i style="font-family: verdana;"></i></i></div></span></i></div><i><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><i></i></div></i></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://tierrassinfronteras.com/banos-de-somogil-moratalla-murcia/#comment-618">Tierrassinfronteras</a> (Mar. 13) has an article on the Baños de Somogil in Murcia (Spain). A translated snippet:</div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'The Baños de Somogil are one of the few thermal and natural places that exist in Murcia. It is important to know that despite the fact that the second pool enjoys the filtration of this type of water, it is not absolutely hot, but warm to cold.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This thermal characteristic makes it one more incentive to visit the place and enjoy discovering the difference in temperature between the two pools. I personally thought it was a wonderful place to bathe and above all curious'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">More <a href="https://murciaguia.com/banos-de-somogil-el-spa-de-la-naturaleza">info</a> (also translated):</div><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'Two streams of water converge in the pool: the Hondares stream, from its remote source, provides one of the currents, the colder and more superficial one; and, hand in hand with this current, another emerges, subterranean and hot. born from the depths of an aquifer that maintains a constant temperature of 26º. The access of this current is produced by a fault in the limestone rock. In this way, it is possible to enjoy an amazing natural spa with its two streams of water, one cold and the other hot, outdoors and in an environment of great beauty'.</blockquote><p>Warmer and sunnier. And also in Spain: </p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #141414; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyVgnE5SmvUBHS_aCIh8C7OXzJRsZN_oA8Svd3nSE3xJBDRKYQr3U6fydR1Gq1B_0ymIH6ZckpJwaUps4ip1dAs4x8hur7z5BE26HZdrZYyi71yX_TrOhd9zSj6lCMssoUNoClQGDOC9U4nfHQYecZawTxwKejneWKBRZ9yFetrVNIherrknGpFzlxQ/s1350/307792126_1182075425679615_416892733442698052_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyVgnE5SmvUBHS_aCIh8C7OXzJRsZN_oA8Svd3nSE3xJBDRKYQr3U6fydR1Gq1B_0ymIH6ZckpJwaUps4ip1dAs4x8hur7z5BE26HZdrZYyi71yX_TrOhd9zSj6lCMssoUNoClQGDOC9U4nfHQYecZawTxwKejneWKBRZ9yFetrVNIherrknGpFzlxQ/w320-h400/307792126_1182075425679615_416892733442698052_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ayouyoute/" target="_blank">ayouyoute</a></i></div></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><blockquote style="text-align: center;">🌞🫧</blockquote></i></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.everettpotter.com/2023/02/europes-spas-seek-to-lure-americans/">Everettpotter</a> (Feb. 23) notes how European spa's are seeking to attract an American clientèle.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'Americans who do travel to experience European spas will discover a world with centuries – even millennia – of tradition, and plenty of science behind the relaxing waters and treatments. The spas of Europe provide their guests with several different levels of treatment and care, falling in the categories of wellness, health and medical.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another keynote speaker [for European Spa Association annual congress in Slovakia] was North American journalist and wellness travel consultant Laura Powell, who told delegates that the pandemic ushered in a new era for the wellness industry in North America. As many people started suffering the effects of chronic stress, they realized that they needed to be more proactive about their health and wellness habits. As a result, wellness tourism skyrocketed, and people started vacationing specifically for their health (both physical and mental).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Additionally, for some time, people in the United States in particular have been fed up with a health care system that is expensive and not open to alternative therapies. Therefore, there is a growing market open to looking at overseas destinations to help cure what ails them – and at more affordable prices, to boot'.</span></div></blockquote></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Plunged</b><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/03/16/britons-warm-up-to-saunas?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-theeconomist&utm_content=later-33793252&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio">Economist</a> (Mar. 16) goes out of it's way to highlight what they believe is Britain's newest fad. Public baths are out (apparently) and community sauna's are in:</div><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'Gabrielle Reason of the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp7mlRdIztX/">British Sauna Society</a> reckons there are now 53 “authentic saunas” across Britain, a number which has doubled every year since 2018. Half of them are on the coast, where visitors can plunge into the sea and then return to the heat'.</blockquote><p>Very authentic (from Finland): </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40yusJIDZ4sxM7ve6YxBnWcMyAwO7BKcPUFe_sP2SpG_7uFI_L8lkiVvrPpCMz856v1ZrgMP_DTWitEUurNvanbHjIIJHf-Q-DzGnD20XGKCC_Pb4toneuxtf3zpSyM2T0rJOxv8HPcUi1fsaSl6oiDcy0UUlhNk-N0bdq-PsoH3EYE6I9p7lVF-BKw/s1080/79786012_2047527105392244_7586937937960708289_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40yusJIDZ4sxM7ve6YxBnWcMyAwO7BKcPUFe_sP2SpG_7uFI_L8lkiVvrPpCMz856v1ZrgMP_DTWitEUurNvanbHjIIJHf-Q-DzGnD20XGKCC_Pb4toneuxtf3zpSyM2T0rJOxv8HPcUi1fsaSl6oiDcy0UUlhNk-N0bdq-PsoH3EYE6I9p7lVF-BKw/w400-h400/79786012_2047527105392244_7586937937960708289_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/marinaminetti/">marinaminetti</a></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tack för en magisk firande kära vänner och speciellt <a href="https://www.instagram.com/harscecilia/">@harscecilia</a> & <a href="https://www.instagram.com/taigatrash/">@taigatrash</a></span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gott nytt år allihopa, önskar det kommer med många gemensamma äventyrer!</span></i></div></span></blockquote></i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Oddish news (<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-64989826">BBC</a>, Mar. 17) concerning the Turkish baths of Harrogate (UK):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Naked bathing has been banned at Harrogate's famous Turkish Baths after an incident of inappropriate behaviour was reported to police.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The historic baths on Parliament Street holds single-sex sessions for men and women where swimwear is optional.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Harrogate Borough Council, which runs the baths, said swimwear must now be worn at all times until further notice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Turkish Baths is housed in a Grade II-listed building, which has been described as "the most fully-restored" Turkish bath in Britain.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It opened in 1897 and has been managed by the council since the late 1990s'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's a pity no details are included. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">It seems at odds that whole nations in Europe have no issues concerning the swimwear-free side of things (see following), let alone there being incidents (though this does seem more commonplace in swimwear-compulsory places ...). </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also note that same council had previously planned to shelve the swimwear-free sessions last year (<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-56872333">BBC</a>, Apr. 21) citing:</div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>'However, covering up could be made compulsory because the authority said it would reflect greater "equality" in the modern world'.</blockquote><p>Maybe UK is just behind the curve when it comes to human evolution. </p><div style="text-align: justify;">On what seems the other side of the universe, German swimmers / bathers in public facilties are slowly arriving in the 21st century in which we all are equal. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">A few cities have already come around to the conclusion that requiring all-others-but-men to dress up more than what is allowed for males is inherently discrimination. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Berlin now follows, so reports <a href="https://taz.de/Baden-in-Berlin/!5919651/">Taz</a> (Mar. 8):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'In Berlins öffentlichen Bädern darf „oben ohne“ geschwommen werden. Für Sommer- wie Hallenbäder gilt das gleichermaßen. Das teilte die Pressestelle der Berliner Bäder-Betriebe (BBB) am Dienstag auf taz-Anfrage mit. Dass die Nachricht gerade jetzt publik wird, darf man als Hommage an den Frauentag am 8. März verstehen, der in der Hauptstadt ein gesetzlicher Feiertag ist'.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Apparently it was never against the rules, but society failed to observe these rights to equality; now all are in know, especially authorities. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">For some unknown reason the news went worldwide, giving the chance to media to inform their own citizens, oblivious to this kind of progress. For instance, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64907422">BBC</a> (Mar. 9):</div></span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">'Foreign visitors to Germany are often surprised - and sometimes downright disconcerted - by the sight of naked Germans frolicking in its lakes, snoring in its parks, or sweating in its saunas'.</blockquote></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kudo's to the lady who was brave enough to bring this to the attention of authorities and put up with the hassle. And still waiting for apology. And currently is being attacked by those opposed (<a href="https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2023/03/oben-ohne-aktivistin-lotte-mies-anfeindungen-hallenbad.html" target="_blank">rbb24</a>):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>'Die "Oben-ohne"-Aktivistin Lotte Mies ist eigenen Angaben zufolge Anfeindungen und Drohungen ausgesetzt. Unter anderem drohten ihr Menschen in persönlichen Nachrichten mit Vergewaltigung ...'.</blockquote></div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/767014460">Sommerhus Sauna - Somero, Finland</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/braysrunproductions">Bray's Run Productions</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.nl/i-work-in-a-naked-spa-its-exhausting-and-so-much-fun-but-every-now-and-then-we-have-to-stop-people-from-getting-intimate/" target="_blank">Businessinsider</a> (Mar. 15) seems to have found content which might interest their readers and filed under careers:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'Felix Kühn manages the sauna at a "textile-free" spa in Berlin, Germany.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This means guests must be naked to access its pool and sauna'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thnx for the explanation. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The article though is quite sensible / informative:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">'It took two weeks for me to get used to nudity – not with the guests in the sauna, but with my colleagues as we changed in front of each other.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But nudity is not a big deal here, especially as there are nude beaches in East Germany. My parents come from there, so I know that cultural identity. It's just natural and we approach each other as human beings: "This is my body, this is your body," we think.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's enjoyable to be around each other without any judgment. It's totally normal for me'.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261020256187318639.post-78848491443266838822023-03-19T21:01:00.000+01:002023-03-19T21:01:48.252+01:00Forever<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aEtGTZeQZ6AP3nN4jVT6TwvMZj2QOChVutmsffpA_C3dwt5vcpejeUCQsSynLvdqCU2EKOMP46llzsvztMPoDNk_6RbtUr7XB1eRrflsVS-EoJt-2BhqajFOgYeJZU-mAU9IrX-_NXptf9JUwEz0TY9rHueZLe_0jZHCSzVOe_u3wE-4N8IHrZQEOQ/s1350/333619102_935996320927672_90344520524364540_n.jpg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aEtGTZeQZ6AP3nN4jVT6TwvMZj2QOChVutmsffpA_C3dwt5vcpejeUCQsSynLvdqCU2EKOMP46llzsvztMPoDNk_6RbtUr7XB1eRrflsVS-EoJt-2BhqajFOgYeJZU-mAU9IrX-_NXptf9JUwEz0TY9rHueZLe_0jZHCSzVOe_u3wE-4N8IHrZQEOQ/w320-h400/333619102_935996320927672_90344520524364540_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sobirdy/">sobirdy</a></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ich weiß nicht, wann ich das letzte Mal so ehrlich fröhlich ausgesehen habe, wie auf diesen Bildern. Ich bin großer Badetonnenfan, Hot Tubes Forever. Das hier ist eine natürliche heiße Quelle und das mitten in Österreich. Voll verrückt. Versteckt im Kärntner Wald. Das heilende Wasser des Maibachl, ein Überlauf der Thermalquelle. Die Quelle fließt meist im Frühling nach der Schneeschmelze – ab März etwa – sowie nach starkem Regen. Immer nur ganz kurz. Man muss Glück haben sie zu erwischen. Schnee draußen und das Wasser hatte 26 Grad. Wenn man im Bach steckt, spürt man den Vulkan von unten sprudeln. Fand ich toll und ist ein echter Geheimtipp, den man den Anwohner:innen gegenüber natürlich mit Respekt begegnen sollte. Ich bin froh, dieses Naturschauspiel erlebt zu haben.</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Monty fand’s auch interessant.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">📷: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/leguantours/">@leguantours</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/just_in_a_case/">@just_in_a_case</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#österreich #austria #wanderlust #thermalquelle #maibachl #girlswithtattoos #tattooedwomen #inkedgirls #inkedwomen #ink #inked #baden #auszeit #hottube #naturalhotsprings #hotsprings #hotspring #breatheinbreatheout #travelinspo #travelblogger #outdoorgirl #visitcarinthia #kärnten #dachshund #dackel #naturalbeaury #heilsam</span></i></div></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/heilsam/"></a></span></i></div></span></i><div style="text-align: justify;">Hopefully, the last of the soaks in wintery settings in (yes you guessed it) another photo tour of the continent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Starting off with where the last blog entry finished, Austria. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then moving clockwise around the (mostly) northern Mediterranea</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">n nations.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWI37pIWjRDhwtk9Nw9M1tZvcY240yMxOpx-o_G2lKrowgFnleNEC7V-Z2fDPxAaeBKGmMn_q4pyhDdM9PK5Mu_yizTVWwaNsPK9hn2CjVAQVoIQd6aTI318KSNf6CCR179Q7LZ7-uARJBNBe-HPUzSSvt_m5WE734Agv4_LEjV6I1hijgEpbx6t8jw/s1350/321324864_185319164179799_2903080889777626679_n.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWI37pIWjRDhwtk9Nw9M1tZvcY240yMxOpx-o_G2lKrowgFnleNEC7V-Z2fDPxAaeBKGmMn_q4pyhDdM9PK5Mu_yizTVWwaNsPK9hn2CjVAQVoIQd6aTI318KSNf6CCR179Q7LZ7-uARJBNBe-HPUzSSvt_m5WE734Agv4_LEjV6I1hijgEpbx6t8jw/s320/321324864_185319164179799_2903080889777626679_n.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/zupan.tjasa/"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">zupan.tjasa</span></i></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote style="font-family: verdana; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Video zimskega kopanja v naravnem bazenu je na YouTube kanalu Tomaž Gorec 😍💦❄</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Posneto s #samsungs20plus #klevevz #naturalpool #bikini #lepoteslovenije #izlet #idejazaizlet #kamnaizlet #sloveniawonders #instaslovenia #sloveniawithlove #slovenija #slovenia #ifeelslovenia #visitslovenia #igslovenia #nasvetzaizlet #mojsamsungsi #slovenialovers #sloveniatrip #slovenia_ig #slovenia🇸🇮 #loveslovenia #topsloveniaphoto #samsungslovenija #tomazgorec #tjasazupan</span></i></div></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/hapinessisachoice/"></a></i></div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIsz8EcLUWIZowjqzqnTtKOZlA5LWZgXJWjJSq-WvnooyDI_CvIitMWIwjhcM_XhdYBq8OEKBWAxgig1Cs-TS0toqEB6_CnjpcGslKjYTDQ5cYWNGJDev3GiziE6iVJPozXhgcS8TsnRn9UWUICj-CjMwUAWcw6TjVON-_ZqaXdEwf5uOPb8vTzaU8w/s1440/335531479_612551210786897_1362367063175197486_n.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIsz8EcLUWIZowjqzqnTtKOZlA5LWZgXJWjJSq-WvnooyDI_CvIitMWIwjhcM_XhdYBq8OEKBWAxgig1Cs-TS0toqEB6_CnjpcGslKjYTDQ5cYWNGJDev3GiziE6iVJPozXhgcS8TsnRn9UWUICj-CjMwUAWcw6TjVON-_ZqaXdEwf5uOPb8vTzaU8w/s320/335531479_612551210786897_1362367063175197486_n.jpeg" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hubert.the.blueberry/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">hubert.the.blueberry</span></a></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Die warmen Quellen bei Përmet , über eine osmanische Brücke zu den qellen mit einer toller Aussicht . Was will man mehr ? Auf wem weg zum Meer waren wir noch bei einem blueeye</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>#vanlifediaries #vanlife #reisen #travel #explore #albania🇦🇱 #baden #hotsprings</i></div></blockquote></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpy1LwibiuwsbOL9uO4Baj9M6nVXECPb7AdYmCOP5CYBkjWJ4ecJLKYuMaB2nF7OSjeAZA4FuyBt8TaTU61alL9rCOkH5SwZkcphXMxyfGwXBxDY38FdQswH18wrvFnPQDwUYyhS-On__95Y73iBA_iK5_1u0SwUSvdZaLzTTrP7Pv7mnwt8hCUoo4Q/s900/334466396_241159465004301_4356741899539048291_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpy1LwibiuwsbOL9uO4Baj9M6nVXECPb7AdYmCOP5CYBkjWJ4ecJLKYuMaB2nF7OSjeAZA4FuyBt8TaTU61alL9rCOkH5SwZkcphXMxyfGwXBxDY38FdQswH18wrvFnPQDwUYyhS-On__95Y73iBA_iK5_1u0SwUSvdZaLzTTrP7Pv7mnwt8hCUoo4Q/s320/334466396_241159465004301_4356741899539048291_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gorska.m/">gorska.m</a></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">w marcu jak w garncu z termalną wodą😅</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#rupite #mountains #góry #bania #hot #hotsprings #spring #out #babavanga #march #bulgaria #bułgaria #travelbulgaria</span></i></div></span></blockquote></i><b>Herded</b><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDQ5zhTFaniWn2NLnr6ArK-WdS5K0HaWw81OvwHYZ4yw2R-bT6wHhcUWRPByVuJ0sJ2Yu5hKprGzyRkIfCJ5WTP6YFoQQ1wUaG2FpcErkj4EHkR9pZJyBrTolerBN8iLhdoLsA6DdOQ2MMlG7xy99rvEzSiu35MTxZdcPQmtnzbonujyJZpOgbaS0Ww/s1350/333170557_2571752106313753_2304794765949265950_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDQ5zhTFaniWn2NLnr6ArK-WdS5K0HaWw81OvwHYZ4yw2R-bT6wHhcUWRPByVuJ0sJ2Yu5hKprGzyRkIfCJ5WTP6YFoQQ1wUaG2FpcErkj4EHkR9pZJyBrTolerBN8iLhdoLsA6DdOQ2MMlG7xy99rvEzSiu35MTxZdcPQmtnzbonujyJZpOgbaS0Ww/w320-h400/333170557_2571752106313753_2304794765949265950_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/boris_the_wild/">boris_the_wild</a></span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Natural hot springs in Turkey!</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Everyone likes a warm bath every now and then I gues. Especially when you’re living in a van for months!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#adventure #travel #explore #hotsprings #roadtrip #turkey</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#vanlife #nature #europe #travelgram #vanlifemovement #vanlifeexplorers #roadtrippin</span></i></div></span></blockquote><p>Then shifting away from the continent proper, on to Turkey and Georgia.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPE3iUE2jxlOsKzsJTx4css44gO3jE1rFlfGi_FSUoNefzSszOhwdJPwMHhzZaPuIvvwR8mycJj9p6u2RNi5Ib6P32KZesz6S9l_V_dWbzUIabJzevk16lZtDyfo_9BCn5ZtoEbCZYorDz20kOizEaUaNbc3GZotdXe5unTeCbzFOPRBc_6GwvbnhFA/s1440/277429355_978110339761012_4801525707794186676_n.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPE3iUE2jxlOsKzsJTx4css44gO3jE1rFlfGi_FSUoNefzSszOhwdJPwMHhzZaPuIvvwR8mycJj9p6u2RNi5Ib6P32KZesz6S9l_V_dWbzUIabJzevk16lZtDyfo_9BCn5ZtoEbCZYorDz20kOizEaUaNbc3GZotdXe5unTeCbzFOPRBc_6GwvbnhFA/s320/277429355_978110339761012_4801525707794186676_n.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bikeupanddown/">bikeupanddown</a></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">🇹🇷 Turquie 🇹🇷 EBOUILLANTÉS 🇨🇵</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">🌍 Sources chaudes (très) de Diyadin, 288ème jour de nomadisme.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Toujours en recherche d'originalité, on a toujours voulu s'éloigner du troupeau et découvrir, quitte à être déçus, des lieux atypiques.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Impossible sauf pour finir ébouillantés d'aller dans ces gros bassins turquoises, mais il vous faudra aller dans les aménagements en dessous ou la température de l'eau redescend !</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ici, que des touristes locaux. Le lieu pourrait tellement être mieux exploité et agrémenté, c'est dommage. Mais nous avons découvert les thermes à la Turc et ça, ça n'a pas de prix.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/petaouchnok/">@petaouchnok</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_outsiders_travel/">@the_outsiders_travel</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bikewander/">@bikewander</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/leroutard/">@leroutard</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/natgeotvturkiye/">@natgeotvturkiye</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/goturkiye/">@goturkiye</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#bikewander #leventvebisikletleri #travelsbeautifulworld #experienceroutard #leroutard #outdoorgo #magazinegeo #terdav #voyaged #lonelyplanetfr #tourdumondistes #viewfever #world_inside #worldofcycling1 #bikenomad #atypique</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#radreise #bicycleworldstyle #diyadin #diyadinkaplıcaları #kaplıcaları #thermal #naturephotography #naturalthermalpools #thermalsprings #hotspringsvillage #boutdumonde #lostplaces #naturewatercolor #türkiyeturu</span></i></div></span></blockquote></i></span><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9aF7GATd7sfRfbK9-WqGXuTgaXU3baHRiVN2BHI2jb-I8xo6mWRxF-2yzO0I85ATD4yS9GjrKXhFnPpSYEtDeTjOv-0J_nrhGFR98Ad7fMuJpBcLlaPLYJ-jy2L9b8DlQi4-oUFKVEFsPmTHD5I_zsRlk_Ze3j1YdyVMqQBDaXKMn7FL2TkRXTrwVw/s1350/334573043_600027128310397_6242738782980739461_n%20(1).jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9aF7GATd7sfRfbK9-WqGXuTgaXU3baHRiVN2BHI2jb-I8xo6mWRxF-2yzO0I85ATD4yS9GjrKXhFnPpSYEtDeTjOv-0J_nrhGFR98Ad7fMuJpBcLlaPLYJ-jy2L9b8DlQi4-oUFKVEFsPmTHD5I_zsRlk_Ze3j1YdyVMqQBDaXKMn7FL2TkRXTrwVw/s320/334573043_600027128310397_6242738782980739461_n%20(1).jpeg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/agatravel/">agatravel</a></span></i></div><i style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">W ten szary i wietrzny dzień jaki mam za oknem z przyjemnością wspominam cudowne miejsce w Gruzji, oj chciałoby się teraz wskoczyć do źródełka, gdzie woda ma 40 st C ❤️ jutro na naszym kanale YouTube Camper4life będzie film z tego miejsca 🤗🚐</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#hotsprings #gruzja🇬🇪 #ciepłeźródła #camper4life_travel #podróżemałeiduże #podróże #wspomnieniazpodróży</span></i></div></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOnz74Y2L18BkRbq80IJn3mO-5oBSaZV-5GPL3DhAXzw8esLRv4mmv6Oo5Mtd54m53M7ctD2Bgp4tZfP3KnOEUG-ODEgDkNvteGIQSeLy_Rinuku_6lorvLo16CA9KQVX-NTjg6rJXoTskIGKMct5SYE9QOzIUjCPj3s6Rq3kY91V5fQxxdoC30YX5w/s900/327799064_673052604566611_2354193500836193852_n.jpeg" style="font-style: normal;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOnz74Y2L18BkRbq80IJn3mO-5oBSaZV-5GPL3DhAXzw8esLRv4mmv6Oo5Mtd54m53M7ctD2Bgp4tZfP3KnOEUG-ODEgDkNvteGIQSeLy_Rinuku_6lorvLo16CA9KQVX-NTjg6rJXoTskIGKMct5SYE9QOzIUjCPj3s6Rq3kY91V5fQxxdoC30YX5w/s320/327799064_673052604566611_2354193500836193852_n.jpeg" /></a></div></span><div style="font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/anna_bukia/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">anna_bukia</span></a></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote>+40° #hotsprings #georgia #adventure #magic #beautiful #beauty #amazing #winter #snow #cold</blockquote></span></i></div></i></blockquote></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p><b>Mystical</b></p><i></i></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnI92LPo_VJ0xY4Oy9R5C18JoF1nBKJ_J9FXPCjl5qND0fsORKunPUKW9CRB7eLhDvM3KMrRBdoEWHago8W5eR1wfpm_m8EctGN3P88p2E_DKK2dLxYQOaYb6RgNntWaM68Ca2iIO4oVRSGvqH8uIq_0C5bTeGacJTyNalpWtOd7ak05uR60MlrFpwQ/s1024/52564922537_26b2dc4af0_b.jpg" style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnI92LPo_VJ0xY4Oy9R5C18JoF1nBKJ_J9FXPCjl5qND0fsORKunPUKW9CRB7eLhDvM3KMrRBdoEWHago8W5eR1wfpm_m8EctGN3P88p2E_DKK2dLxYQOaYb6RgNntWaM68Ca2iIO4oVRSGvqH8uIq_0C5bTeGacJTyNalpWtOd7ak05uR60MlrFpwQ/w400-h275/52564922537_26b2dc4af0_b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/manuma/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Manuma</span></a></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Transcender"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Termas de La Hedionda.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Nuestro último viaje (con Gianella) empezó con termas y acabó con termas, como buscando el abrazo calentito de la Madre Tierra, en invierno.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Esto fue hace un par de semanas, antes de regresar a casa, en las termas de La Hedionda en Málaga, de las que ya hablé aquí. También dejé caer que estuvimos en las termas de Alhama de Granada, al comienzo del viaje, de las que alguna foto pondré.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>En cuanto a esta foto, buscando siempre un punto de vista diferente, según voy sintiendo la energía del lugar. Muchas gracias Giane por tener "culpa" de ello.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hacía mucho tiempo que no me desnudaba, literalmente, para una foto, como es conocido en mi. Menos conocido es, que más me desnudo cuanto más a gusto me siento (metáfora). Tengo otras fotos metido en esa poza, y solo se me ve la cabeza, pero hoy me siento "cómodo", para enseñar más, jajaja!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pd: Una cosa está clara, La Hedionda transciende!! 😉</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Y ahora, con el corazón en un puño, os dejo con el texto del video anterior...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"En el ser humano hay una problemática, no puede soportar tanta verdad.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>En consecuencia, como el ser humano no puede soportar tanta verdad, el sistema mental se sitúa en una "zona de seguridad".</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Los místicos tienen un gran problema, quieren saber la verdad.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Como quieren saber la verdad, están totalmente disociados de la sociedad, porque la sociedad no vive en la verdad, vive en una sistema tenebroso de seguridad.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>En consecuencia el místico, es como un loco en la sociedad, no lo entiende nadie. Porque en realidad como la sociedad está loca, tiene que calificar de locos a los que están cuerdos en serio. Pero es la sociedad la que está loca, y desplaza la locura al que ve la realidad.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Si usted ve profundamente la realidad, usted está muy marginal en la sociedad.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>El problema del místico es que llega a vivir una doble vida: está tan conectado con la esencia, que le parece que el mundo es todo mentira, y es mentira, pero tiene que vivir el mundo como si fuera verdad, por lo tanto es complicadísima la vida del místico, porque tiene que vivir una vida que sabe que es mentira, y tiene en el interior que vivir una verdad que no se la puede contar a nadie."</i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div></span></i><div style="text-align: justify;">We now go from east to west, coming to southern Iberia (above, below), then shift up the peninsula and over the mountains to finally end up close to where this posting began.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6XE_WkLg2KR-zl-SJDxakW4yGAuI5LP9ncOKCXmHhkXtVbPCRA_wVlSxHmPMtTxZ7jXOXHmqReETRm1sDkWG43hZ8Owzi6TfLcOSTGfnUlRtXLu2UkLjAXmSKKIX2ffbkaSDzQepb_UVCn2aSzjUQHau6-iqb4co8RvwkcuETEouiBpgSOxcyY2zPQ/s720/318682893_1492981304547026_7790029240038165726_n%20(1).jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6XE_WkLg2KR-zl-SJDxakW4yGAuI5LP9ncOKCXmHhkXtVbPCRA_wVlSxHmPMtTxZ7jXOXHmqReETRm1sDkWG43hZ8Owzi6TfLcOSTGfnUlRtXLu2UkLjAXmSKKIX2ffbkaSDzQepb_UVCn2aSzjUQHau6-iqb4co8RvwkcuETEouiBpgSOxcyY2zPQ/s320/318682893_1492981304547026_7790029240038165726_n%20(1).jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/itsasgarin/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">itsasgarin</span></a></i></div><i style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><blockquote><a href="https://www.instagram.com/luciagrosshans/">@luciagrosshans</a></blockquote></span></i></div></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGz9B6Bi6W6XoaMFIYUizqpsB3w_rXwpK_TtHdBOXJW9AtQRNxyNMR2aJdIQRfMyRnGUf-I1SqtuEMRBNSdEMhPjqwL0UX5EWfPwigC6IY-aA4agGrk7yX79jaw-087KX6mVvKTB2av2fg6W9zpVyIOuGKyAzrqkerUo6pUQ-3dLiLugz9GJ1oAejvDw/s1440/332187768_154581304085464_6372864780046740789_n.jpeg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGz9B6Bi6W6XoaMFIYUizqpsB3w_rXwpK_TtHdBOXJW9AtQRNxyNMR2aJdIQRfMyRnGUf-I1SqtuEMRBNSdEMhPjqwL0UX5EWfPwigC6IY-aA4agGrk7yX79jaw-087KX6mVvKTB2av2fg6W9zpVyIOuGKyAzrqkerUo6pUQ-3dLiLugz9GJ1oAejvDw/w400-h400/332187768_154581304085464_6372864780046740789_n.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mel_paunin/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">mel_paunin</span></a></i></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><p><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></p><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">¿Qué hace falta para estar feliz?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tal vez un poco de cielo azul por encima de nuestras cabezas, tal vez un vientecillo tibio de mediodía, quizás las plenas ocurrencias de alguien más o incluso admirar cualquier diminuto avance.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Simplemente perder ese tiempo que disfrutas..aunque si lo disfrutas, ya no es perder el tiempo.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#lafelicidadviajadeincognito</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#smile<span> </span>#nature<span> </span>#naturephotography</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#puigcerda<span> </span>#fontpedrouse</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#goodvibes<span> </span>#lake<span> </span>#swans<span> </span>#hapinessisachoice</span></i></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxPMdDRJCdErewQduCU9hR062D6xdUJ9M6lmr9zCfnZ0f1zA7ivbUA43DNUQgHmYdHUfr6oFnUsMvtbTiuHc7h-BCFyM98Ab3nE9u4rSnzM4kzwwnLAhErD-U3E7i_36vJ4jl9YgdRMExP7MZJ4myYOhfrUaCLj80xEhQ8uGG2A59rYUJfjgPgJxCNg/s801/334504598_731387715191094_2338136033256313225_n.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxPMdDRJCdErewQduCU9hR062D6xdUJ9M6lmr9zCfnZ0f1zA7ivbUA43DNUQgHmYdHUfr6oFnUsMvtbTiuHc7h-BCFyM98Ab3nE9u4rSnzM4kzwwnLAhErD-U3E7i_36vJ4jl9YgdRMExP7MZJ4myYOhfrUaCLj80xEhQ8uGG2A59rYUJfjgPgJxCNg/s320/334504598_731387715191094_2338136033256313225_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/badekultur.ch/">badekultur.ch</a></span></i></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div><p><i></i></p><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bormio: Pozza di Leonardo</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">In Bormio kann man auch kostenlos im Thermalwasser baden - aber es kann eng werden.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Zum Abkühlen legt man sich am besten in den kalten Bergbach, der gleich am Becken vorbeifliesst.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">badekultur.ch - Badetücher für das Wasserschloss Schweiz</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">#retro<span> </span>#swissdesign<span> </span>#swissdesigners<span> </span>#serviettedebain<span> </span>#segeln<span> </span>#rudern<span> </span>#societenautiquedegeneve<span> </span>#schweiztourismus🇨🇭<span> </span>#tourismswitzerland<span> </span>#suissetourisme<span> </span>#regionaleprodukte<span> </span>#produitslocaux<span> </span>#regionduleman<span> </span>#vaudtourisme<span> </span>#badekultur<span> </span>#badekulturinundennetbaden<span> </span>#sommeramzuerisee<span> </span>#sommeramzuerisee<span> </span>#leaulairetmoi<span> </span>#rhiischwümme<span> </span>#basel<span> </span>#baselswitzerland<span> </span>#rhyschwimme<span> </span>#wasserschloss<span> </span>#leléman<span> </span>#wasserschlossschweiz<span> </span>#bormio<span> </span>#bagnivecchibormio<span> </span>#bagnivecchi<span> </span>#parcodeitermi<span> </span>#bagninuovidibormio</span></i></div></span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></div></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0