It was requested I recap the awkwadness and dilema of going to the sauna naked.
The first weekend in Jyvaskyla there was the 'Ultimate Sauna Experience' and we baked in the sauna, swan in the lake, and ate sausages that were grilled over a fire. It's very Finnish! It was a blast! Of coarse, we can't have that kind of experience every weekend, somebody has to pay for the heat and sausages!
I decided I wanted to go to the sauna again, it's very relaxing and cleansing. Ian had been going to the sauna for a few weeks and I asked him if it was custom to go naked or wear a swimsuit like we did for the Ultimate Sauna Experience. He said it would be more awkward for me to wear a swimsuit. I think 'Okay, easy enough!' I go the sauna and sure enough, it definitely would have been weird if I wore a swimsuit. The girls were all Finnish and flaunting their Finnish bodies! The sauna was on the top of the roof, so there was a balcony we could go stand on in between sitting in the sauna. So my second sauna experience was actually more Finnish than the first.
Going to the sauna became a regular thing for me to do. However, if the girls are not Finnish they do not go naked. Therefore, I am this American girl running around naked. On top of that, the sauna that you can regularly go to is much smaller than this nice one the Finns normally go to. Six girls, five in swimsuits. Thanks guys!
I still go to the sauna naked. That is how it is meant to be done!
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