BADEN - BADEN -- My spa day at the Friedrichsbad here is an experience I will likely remember for a long time to come. For only 55 Euro, I got to luxuriate in a classic Roman bath house for 1/2 day, and experience the "17 steps" to rejuvenation. It took about five minutes to get past the total nudity part (co-ed no less) but once that was accomplished I had an absolutely marvelous time. Here is a picture of the outside:
and a promotional photo of one of the steps, which is the soap and warm water scrub step:
There are many pools and whirlpools and sauna rooms in between, and you just keep walking from room to room in your birthday suit, completing the steps. At the end, they do a cream lotion massage, and then put you in a "resting room" where they wrap you in a blanket and you lie on a bed to take a little nap if you wish. They finish you off in a lounge where you enjoy a snack, sparkling fruit juice, and choice of tea. You then return to the co-ed locker room and change back into your street clothes.
The train ride to Baden-Baden was very lovely, and I even had a little lunch at one of the plazas before catching a bus that took me back to the train station where I caught my 40-minute ride back to Freiburg.
Last night, I returned to Zum Deutschen Haus where I had a bratwurst plate with German potato salad, bread/butter, and a glass of Ganter pils. Tonight, I ate at a Greek place next to the hotel where I had a Gyros (carving the lamb fresh from the large spinning wheel of meat) with a diet Coke, which they call "Coca Cola Light" here.
Tomorrow is my last day in Freiburg, and I'll probably just ride the trolley and explore more of the city, and sample some more of the beers in the outdoor seating areas, and hopefully the weather will be as nice as today. The hotel has offered to store one of my suitcases (the wardrobe) containing all my dress clothes, since I do not need them any more, and it's senseless to haul that extra piece of luggage to Berlin and Munich for five days. So I will pick it up on my way from Munich to the Frankfurt airport on the morning of April 8.
Hope everyone is well,
Love,
Bruce
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