I'm on vacation with Janne, a road trip through western US. Our hotel in Flagstaff turned out to have a sauna. Great!
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July 2017, Flagstaff Hilton Garden Inn, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Late arrival... quick dinner... and then onto testing the wellness area at Dresden's Hilton hotel. Usually, hotel saunas are simple, but not this one!
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July 2017, Hilton Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Long meeting... but for once, I had a free Sunday morning, so I went to the sauna and pool at the Prague Hilton. Hot... spacious and well-maintained sauna.
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July 2017, Hilton Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
I was just going to walk around in rain, but the sign for ice swimming caught my attention.
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June 2017, Allas, Helsinki, Finland
Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal)
This is an exceptional opportunity that only opens once a year. Janne and I are crawling in the cave, guided by friendly cavers from the Swedish Speleological Association. We get to see amazing things, from stalactites to "Inre Sjön", a small lake (or rather, a pool) a kilometer into the cave.
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June 2017, Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden; Kanalen, Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden; Bryet, Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden; Galgbergsgrottan, Visby, Gotland, Sweden
Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic, Swimming, Boating); Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic, Digging); Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic); Swimming (Indoor, Underground, Water, Waterbody-Cave)
The Finnish Speleological Association arranged a basic caving course in Turku in June. The course started from the basics, like crawling. A slide to teach crawling! And walking, for that we had another slide.
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June 2017, Luolavuoren luola, Turku, Finland; Ispoisten ranta, Turku, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Crack, Basic, Training); Swimming (Outdoor)
I'm wet. Cold. Sweaty. And have 16 hours of travel ahead of me. Auberge and Spa Beaux Rêves' sauna to the rescue!
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May 2017, Auberge et Spa Beaux Reves, Quebec, Canada
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Sometimes skiing isn't just about the skiing. I can also be about hot springs in the middle of the backcountry skinning trip. We climbed Mt. Niseko Annupuri (1308m), skied the backside of the mountain and found an onsen, a Japanese hot spring.
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March 2017, Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan
Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool, Thermal-Bath)
I'm staying at the Chicago Swissotel for a conference. There was a break in Internet connectivity while we were setting up our network, so I decided to visit the sauna and pool at the 42nd floor of this high-rise hotel.
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March 2017, Swissotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Nippy a bit? Swimming at a lake when it is -18C.
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January 2017, Kuusijärvi, Vantaa, Finland
Sauna (Smoke); Swimming (Ice, Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Lake, Beach)
I have finally visited the refurbished Leppävaara swimming pool centre. Generally, a very positive experience! So many new pools!
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January 2017, Leppävaaran uimahalli, Espoo, Finland
Swimming (Indoor, Outdoor, Waterbody-Pool, Water); Sauna (Normal)
When I travel, I try to find places where I can go to a sauna. It relaxes me... Last week I was in Seoul, South Korea, staying at the Conrad. This new hotel has a very nice gym & pool & spa area on the 8th floor. The pool is free of use for hotel guests, but the sauna costs 39,000 local (about 35€) to use. Nevertheless, I needed the relaxation. Badly.
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November 2016, Seoul, South Korea
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Another visit to a sauna in foreign land! This time in 杭州市 or Hangzhou, China! The sauna was in the Courtyard Marriott hotel that I stayed at. A bit dark and basic, but still large, and most importantly, the temperature was high enough and you were allowed to pour water to the heater!
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October 2016, Courtyard Marriott, Hangzhou, China
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
It is late May, and Saint-Sauveur is one of the only two open ski areas in the east. And I've already been to the other one, Killington. And what's more, all the ski crazies are here!
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May 2016, Mont Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Canada
Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Hungary, 200 kilometers southwest of Budapest. The Hévíz lake is the world's second-largest thermal lake, fueled by hot and cold springs deep in the bottom of the lake. Reportedly there's half a cubic meter per second of hot water coming up from a cave at the depth of 38 meters. This holds the temperature nice even during cold winters, never dropping under 24 degrees and in the summer reaching as hight as 37 degrees.
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January 2016, Hévíz spa, Hévíz, Hungary
Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Lake); Sauna (Normal); Caving (Rock, None)
There are usually no great views from caves, at least not of the sunset. Except at Rokokallio.
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December 2015, Päällysluola, Rokokallio, Vihti, Finland; Kuusijärvi, Vantaa, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Crack, Basic); Sauna (Smoke); Swimming (Ice, Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Lake, Beach)