As soon as I finished work on Saturday I went to a spa not far from the school for a lovely treat a friend had booked for me. I had a gift certificate which entitled me to a massage, facial, free use of saunas and the pools etc.. They even had a real Finnish sauna complete with a naked Sicilian pediatrician. I don't generally tend to start chatting to naked men in public saunas but I walked in and asked if it was ok for me to heittää löylyä (throw some water on the stones) which immediately inspired him to ask me where I learned to use a sauna. Turns out the guy was headed to Turku for some medical conference in May and was at the spa trying to get rid of injuries he had gotten in a car accident. Later on, as I was being pampered in a dim room with nice music and the soothing smell of essential oils, I heard the same guy whimpering in the next room "fa male fa male" (it hurts, it hurts) as he was getting his (less enjoyable and probably less gentle) massage. Poor fella.
Thats mostly it. Otherwise the weekend was quiet. Weather is getting warmer though, which is great. They have promised 18 degrees for Thursday!
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