September 18, 2006
Not the Dutch
I finally succumbed to YouTube while on my way back from Amsterdam. This is the latest little video nonsense I posted. It is, if I say so myself, uniquely insightful.
You can see more of my Youtube film-making genius at http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=YandaBear
Posted by YandaMan at 11:25 PM
April 10, 2006
Naked in Amsterdam
Yesterday the missus and I walked through the door of 115 Herengracht in Amsterdam and spent the next four hours running around buck naked in the company of a bunch of naked Dutch strangers. The good thing about doing this in the Netherlands is that the Dutch are, in general, a health conscious and attractive race. I dread to think of encountering the same kind of establishment in certain North American cities (for example).
But really, that should be irrelevant. I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to look at anyone else in these places. This, of course, is easier said than done, especially when you're dealing with naked Dutch people. Fortunately, now that I am more mature in years than I once was, I don't have the same kind of hair-trigger erectile response I had when I was a teenager.
The magic door we walked through belonged to a place called the Sauna Deco. It was an incredibly relaxing and decadent experience. We went in the hot sauna. We went in the warm sauna. We went in the Turkish steam bath. We cavorted naked outside in the courtyard. We plunged naked in the cold water plunge pool. We each had a massage. And we sat at an ornate wooden table and played Scrabble with Dutch letters.
The hot sauna was a bit much for me. Every time I took a breath it felt like someone was sticking a pair of lit matches up my nostrils. The plunge pool was fantastic in a kind of OMIGODWHATAMIDOING kind of way. Once you came out of it you felt absolutely revitalised. I recommend the plunge pool. But first spend a bit of time in the hot sauna. (Or just leap into the sun - it's roughly the same effect).
Posted by YandaMan at 10:05 PM