Spas are very popular out here. Any town with the name Bad (Bad Tolz, Badem-Wurttemberg, Bad-Bad) have natural springs and stuff. But Jen found one online about an hour from us, Therme-Erding, in a town called Altenerding.
Of course we got lost trying to find the place-the signs sucked-but the nicest bus driver in the history of bus drivers helped us out. We were wandering around, obviously lost...and the bus driver stopped the bus in the middle of the street and called us over to ask where we were headed, then gave us a ride to the station where we could jump on the next bus to Therme-Erding. That bus driver, runner up to nicest bus driver ever, got us there and even called to us when we got to the stop. They were awesome!
And OMG the spa....OMG is all I can say!
It was naked bodies as far as the eye could see. The locker rooms are co-ed, but the showers aren't (umm k), and everything else is co-ed. People from 16 to at least 60+. We were 2 of maybe 6 people out of the 300ish people in there in bathing suits. And....we could not stop looking at penis. Yes, I admit it. We have reached a new level of people/penis watching. Big penis, little penis, old penis, young penis. Floppy penis, perky penis, hairy penis, smooth penis. Jen and I were pointing out penises of interest all night.
Enough about penis...
The spa itself is absolutely gorgeous. Pools, steam rooms, saunas, springs, different meditation rooms (and penis)...it was incredible. We were there for 3 hours, and we barely saw a third of what is there. We plan to go again for a whole day, which is only 5 euros more than what we paid for 3 hours.
We did not know until after, though, that there are no bathing suits allowed. Its all naked, all the time. We got told 3 times we needed to be naked by the patrons there, which was totally awkward. We just thought that some parts were naked, not everything. Well, the kids section is not naked, but in the over 16 parts, it's a steamy, naked festival.
Oh god, best part....there is a restaurant in there...and half the people in there were naked. Eating naked! Like, no big deal, penis bouncing by, muff wandering around, eating a nice meal. I was shocked. I still am.
I did enjoy an ice cream cone while watching penis. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, huh?
Oh, and so I don't forget another cool part, our taxi driver was awesome. We told hi we had to go to the S-Bahn station, and he knew the timetable, and knew we only had a few minutes to spare...and that mofo stepped on the gas like a madman! Loved it! We were flying around the parking lot, I swear we were on 2 tires around the roundabout, but we got there in time. He was sehr gut.
Got home, had taco/nachos (thanks, Mom!) and crashed hard.
But when we got home, my room smelled like cigarette smoke...to be continued...
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