Spa Day

One of our special splurges is a day at the spa. Finding these spas requires searching for many combinations of words.

In Budapest it was called a bath. California was a Finnish Sauna. Germany its a Thermal Bath.

However it is named we enjoy our day.

The Thermal Bath in Aachen, a Germany is interesting as there was a clothing and no -clothing sides.

We had reserved a Hamman bathing experience, so by default we were on the no-clothes side. Apparently the Germans have a strong sauna culture so naked spas aren’t unusual. And we have done this in the past so it wasn’t too crazy for us either.

We enjoyed the Hamman, hot tubs, wet sauna, dry sauna, I had a coffee scrub and Marc did a “popsicle” Aufgass. An Aufgass is a bit like a sauna show, with a sauna master who leads the group of sauna users in song, dances, and some sauna rituals.

The Hamman is a bathing event where you are scrubbed with bubbles and soap and splashed with water, all while layout on a heated stone slab. It was wonderful.

Even lunch is inside the facility where you can eat (while wearing a cozy robe) and drink great food.

After lunch we ventured to the bathing suit side and enjoyed their larger pools and tubs. The “suit” side had a pool with a current so you could float/swim and the water carried you in a circle. Imagine A lazy river with the speed turned up.

After 7 hours of luxury we called it a day and took our squeaky clean bodies back to our hotel.Read more