OK, So whilst in Finland I became very accustomed to the Finnish way of living! This involved midnight fishing, day and night Saunas and Lake Swimming! I can really see why these Northern Europeans have such amazing skin. They lead a somewhat stressful professional life in the city and have these stunning backdropped country homes. Whilst staying with the man's relatives 2 hours north of Helsinki I found I LOVE this kind of lifestyle. The first night we went swimming in the 'local lake' at get this, MIDNIGHT. Still set in beautiful twilight this was a lovely end to a first night in the countryside. The man's relatives then got us to try the 'sauna-lake in the evening' combo. This involved first starting up the sauna, this can take around 40 minutes, you boil the water, burn the wood in the fire and wait, and wait, until the sauna room hits 80'. Yes that's right, 80'! Then comes the splashing water bit, and oh dear LORD... The man's dad nearly KILLED me with steam heat- The British skin isn't used to it. You also have the option of using the equivalent of liquid air freshener on the rocks for clearing the senses, sinuses or de stressing. So after spending 10 ish to however many minutes you can handle in the sauna you then RUN the 30 odd metres through the above picture to the lake and JUMP!
After spending 10 ish minutes in the cool lake you then sprint back to the sauna and do it all over again! Until you feel like all your skin has repaired itself and grown anew. Finish by using the boiled fresh sauna water and a yummy moisturiser. Lovely jubbly...
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