My Finnish Sauna

re: My Finnish Sauna

mbear — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:34:24 GMT

Finally, the ultimate argument: “Your sister can do it and you can’t.” Bingo, out we went.
--this cracks me up! Always works :)

re: My Finnish Sauna

Steve Buck — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:07:40 GMT

I have also had the opportunity to learn about the joys of a sauna. My wife's grandfather, the Old Finn, had a sauna in New Hampshire. Although I still wish to have the experience of a sauna in Finland, I am happy that I can at least have the experience.

Unfortunately my wife's grandfather passed away a few years ago at 89. The sauna he made by hand still lives on. I should also mention that the bottle opener in the sauna still sees a lot of use.

re: My Finnish Sauna

blogreader — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:33:14 GMT

The connection to Finland for some reason surprised me. I lived in Finland for two years (town of Lahti) and I have very fond memories of the Finnish sauna among other things:

I learned to drive my first stick shift there on the many roundabouts in their streets (in the dead of winter).

As someone who has always worked, I struggled for the first time in how to occupy my day; I picked up the game of squash and learned how to do aerobics in the finnish language.

I took Finnish courses but found immersion into the culture was the best way to learn. On the flip side, I taught conversational English to high school students.

Now having kids of my own, I wish for the day that I can take them back and expose them to a great country.