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Saturday Night Spa: Undisguised
My first experience at a nude German spa
(I first posted this story back when I had very few Medium followers and little engagement. So here it is again. Thanks for reading!)
The distressing scene in the movie Basic Instinct where Michael Douglas’s backside is exposed was enough for me to handle in the fifteen years before I’d moved to Europe. But times had changed. I was living in Germany now and life without having to witness an old man’s bare ass strutting by had ended.
It was a Saturday morning at the summer’s end when my other half eagerly approached me with the notion of attending a spa. Needless to say, I was completely taken aback.
“It will be fun and relaxing,” she said.
“Yippee,” I said with a stern face.
As if I wasn’t feeling vulnerable enough living on foreign soil. Now I’d get to experience the pleasure that is the German Spa. Saunas, mineral baths, and wellness treatments are all part of the hundreds of spa resorts that can be found throughout the country. The Germans are altogether obsessed with their spas. The culture’s spa history dates back to the Roman Period, and the therapeutic benefits one can achieve from a spa visit are believed to be medicinal-like.
