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Someone was talking about a sauna in Vienna, I guess. This sort of reminded me of a ski trip I made to Austria but to a place I can't exactly remember where it was. Maybe Bad Gastein? Wherever it was, they had Deutschebahn service direct from there, which I took all the way back to Germany. Anyway, I stayed in a smaller sort of gasthaus that was set up for skiers - probably 20 or 30 rooms, a common dining area, a nice wellness center, and, with that, a nice sauna area. So, I was there with a German lady I had once dated briefly and then we stayed in touch. And her son was there with some firends, so it was definitely not an "adults-only" place. Anyway, as we had on other occasions, we spend a lot of time naked. She is rather attractive, with modest breasts but a slim, firm body from running alot. At that time we were both in our early 40s. I just thought it was funny how she and I would be in the sauna and she would start conversations with rather attractive ladies while we were there (OK, not *in* the sauna itself, but outside, though still in the "no clothing" area). So, I got to talk to some really nice-looking ladies who had nothing to hide. And my friend was saying, "let's try this light booth, infrared is good for your love life!"

Conversations - another stream-of-consciousness memory. I was in Baden-Baden with a lady I had just begun to date, in fact, this was our first day. So, we had been in Friederichsbad an hour or two and were hanging out in one of the small pools, when she mentioned that I am circumsized. I said, "of course, most American men are circumsized - it's for public health reasons (to reduce cervical cancer)." I then went on about how, according to his book Bravo Two-Zero, "Andy McNab" could prove to the Iraqis that he was not an Israeli by dropping trou to show them that he (a Brit) is not circumsized, but that would not work for most Americans. So, then, this guy who had been in a corner near us spoke up and it turns out he was an Israeli (I did not check to see if he was circumsized). It was funny because the lady I was with was suddenly conscious that she was in a conversation with a stranger and both were naked. But it conintued, anyway, though she called me her husband at one point to create some distance between her and the other guy. I found that a bit humorous, but played along.