Sadhvi
This past weekend we were snowed in. Last Tuesday and Wednesday we had a blizzard with constant winds of about 50 mph, night and day. The weekend before we had 3 solid days of non-stop rain, with a little mud slide thrown in nearby. Now I know, I could be 6 feet under rubble in Haiti, so believe me, I am not complaining: I am just noticing things!
So if I could get away, it wouldn’t be to the Caribbean, it wouldn’t be to Mexico, it would be to one of my favorite thermal baths in Switzerland.
When I lived in Switzerland http://www.myswitzerland.com, I got such a thrill out of taking the train and going to one of the many beautiful, clean, and affordable hot springs. I liked to visit and experience the different minerals that made up each of the hot springs.
It was very interesting to find that the salt-based hot springs made me feel like I had just been disinfected; very clean, and all cuts were healed. The baking soda mineral bath was a true delight! It made my skin feel like silk, and it was the most relaxing. In the little town of Vals was a smallish pool that had mountain meadow herbs like fresh-cut hay and lavender flowers that was very nice.
But maybe my most favorite was the one in a little village called Scuol in an area that speaks a language that is a mixture of German, French, and Italian, and that language is called Romansch. It is supposedly a dying language, which makes it intriguing right there. Listening to people speak Romansch, which is Latin-based like English, made me feel as if I was not on the planet Earth, and I like that feeling - a lot.
I wish I could take a few weeks off and go to Switzerland, where they are also having record amounts of snow and cold.
But at least they have these incredible mineral baths that you can escape to! Where dipping your toe into 38 degree Celsius water (that’s 100.4 °F) and feeling the body turn into liquid relaxation as you slink into the waters that make you feel like you have gone back to a primodial place called “Aahhhhhh” … yes, I’ll take one of those right now, please.
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hi hilarie,
do you know the name of that thermal bad that you and ratus and sakshi went to?
xxx
sadhvi
Hi Cathy,
OK, if I got 12 women together for 10 days to take a planned trip to Switzerland to visit all my favorite thermal baths… and not have it be when all the school kids are out on holiday, could you join? This would only be friends and friends of friends cuz we would all be seen in bathing suits and be together for the trip.
Let me know,
xxx
SadhviSez@oops50.com
hi sally lou,
let’s go tomorrow, ok?
xxx
sadhvi
hi mary rose…yeah, that’s a great idea…swiss spa therapy! let’s go. hot springs is ok, but it’s not switzerland. we’ll have to take a day trip to hot springs once you come here.
xxx
sadhvi
This old body is ready to return to this bath – but that plane trip is so long for me – but I do have lots of great memories.
Count me in!
I’m on my way!
Sadhvi,
Your descriptions are divine. Wish we could meet for some Swiss Spa therapy. I have read that Hot Springs NC has some interesting waters. Have you tried them?
Mary Rose