tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32437289.post1372970754474463157..comments2017-01-22T06:06:54.662+01:00Comments on Fire At Will: Memphis to Munich: The Estonian Sauna VisitNick O.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05302680637268168032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32437289.post-43928151127937033522011-03-22T23:20:48.992+01:002011-03-22T23:20:48.992+01:00Hi there!
Nice story. I'm an Australian livin...Hi there!<br /><br />Nice story. I'm an Australian living in Estonia, and at first the sauna experience was also a little strange and nerve wracking for me. <br /><br />Nowadays though, I think my initial reactions to sauna culture in Estonia say more about how nudity is perceived negatively in countries like America and Australia, rather than how strange the sauna experience was.<br /><br />You obviously visited a public sauna, which I think might be a little bit different than what most Estonians experience and know, which is having a sauna at their own (or their friend's/relative's) 'summer cottage' in the countryside.<br /><br />In case you haven't heard already, the idea behind hitting yourself with birch leaves is to improve circulation during the sauna.<br /><br />Thanks for writing this. It was good to read someone else's experience of a Estonian sauna.<br /><br />GeoffGeoffnoreply@blogger.com