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After the sauna in Switzerland on Monday, my ex-girlfriend and I went to Baden-Baden for her first trip in a few years. Because of COVID, the following were still in effect:
- No brush massage available
- Only half of the building was open (I peeked at the other half and all the pools were drained dry)
- Your 30 Euros got you unlimited time, though (no 3-hour limit), up to closing time, of course

It was a somewhat crowded Saturday (we got there around Noon), but I noticed that the hot air rooms (not a sauna, but the "Irish" part of the "Roman-Irish" baths) were much cooler than normal. I guess because of the energy shortage, they are cutting down on the heat used. The "hot" room was only 44 C, which is not even a hot day back home. Anyway, the steam rooms were as hot as ever, because they are heated by naturally hot water from a hot spring. So, that was good. And the pools of various temperatures seemed about right, and the pool with the aerators was aerating.

The crowd was a mix of people, but they seemed more local than my last visit this past summer, which seemed to have young tourists. I saw one couple who had almost the same body - both muscular and solidly built, with the only difference being that he had male junk and she had a pronounced set of breasts. Her hair was even closely shaved on the sides and very short on top - almost a blonde crew-cut. Besides my Japanese ex-girlfriend, only saw a few other asians while we were in there - one lady probably not much younger than me with a rather Central Asian look, and one younger, thinner lady who looked East Asian, with medium-sized breasts that stood out nicely and a completely shaved nether region. I didn't get to see her much, and the other lady entered just before us and left long before - maybe it was their first time and they didn't know how to enjoy the place. There were also several groups of middle-aged women, all with very sizeable breasts. I don't know if they were friends from somewhere or what, but one group spoke English and I took them to be American, while the others I could not tell. There were also a few gay couples there; middle-aged European men, it seemed. No Africans - I have only ever seen a few - nor Black North Americans (sometimes they are there). I do find it funny, though, how people wear their glasses - I guess they don't want to miss anything. :-D

After about 4 hours, we dressed and headed out, noting that the line to buy tickets was long and included about a half-dozen more Asians, so that was good, I think. Then it was off to the Christmas markets...