Karlovy Vary, Weight Loss Program - Day 11

Sunny day!!! Well sunny from time to time but I was so excited and got out for an early walk this morning. I only did about 2 hours before I had to be at my treatments but it was great to be out in the town with the sun shining and even when it started snowing from time to time it was still perfect.

I walked to a large park on the side of the hill very close to town and behind where all the beautiful villas are. The park is small but with all the snow it was gorgeous and the snow was about ankle deep which was great, like walking in the sand at the beach so my legs got even more exercise.

Library

Library Hallway

I stopped off at the library where I exchanged my first checked out book that I had finished yesterday afternoon. The library offers classes like stretching and stuff for the kids. You can see the young artists Christmas art still on the hall walls.

Treatments are now all ones I've had before so nothing unusual or new. I think my favorite is the lymph-drainage, it's so relaxing and I always feels thinner afterwards even though you're not really sweating or anything so I can't imagine where the fat would have gone. It just feels like it's being squeezed out of your body.

After lunch in my room, mozzarella sandwich, I went into the town center and back then off to the spa to spend some time sweating in the sauna which was exceedingly hot today. I don't usually sweat that much but after 10 minutes I looked like I had just taken a shower. I was in there alone which was nice but I do like the older Russian couple that is usually there when I go. And yesterday they were there and I like that they don't talk at me they just smile and say a few nice things, at least I presume they're nice based on the tone. It's the couple I mentioned before where the large women wears a tiny bikini. Well she has more than one and was wearing another yesterday. I really must give her credit for being so comfortable in them and also for her husband who is a much thinner person for clearly being very happy with his wife. It's nice they don't look at the flaws, or at least it seems that way to a stranger who has only seen them a handful of times as we all sat and sweat out toxins.

After getting my evening water cure I had dinner in my room and now I get to relax with a good book, hurrah! It's interesting, most of the locals don't do the water cures. Peter, the manager at my hotel said you shouldn't do the cure all the time so it's not something people here would do all year round only for a few weeks at a time.

Snow Shower with huge, fluffy snow flakes and sun in the background

More wonderful, fluffy snow flakes and ducks having fun in the river

And interestingly I was talking to Sona who does the massage/wraps and she is just so sweet and friendly and she just happened to leave the spa at the same time and she was walking to her bus stop and I was heading to my water cure and I just happened to ask if she did the cures thinking she's say an emphatic no but then she smiled and counted something on her hands (her English is not great but she really tries to communicate) and she said March after a few seconds and then counted out to April and said that. So I confirmed she was saying that each year she does the water cure for two months March and April and she confirmed I'd gotten her meaning. And she interestingly does the same water source 1B 50 degrees.

Row of ducks who all swam down stream or let the current carry them down and then all at once they started heading up stream doing their ducky water aerobics and getting into a single line formation while the other ducks stand on the brick walkway across from them. It's a great sight to watch them play this little water game

I still haven't found spring 13, 14 & 16 so I'll have to keep my eyes out for them or who knows maybe they existed and then were removed.