Russian Spa Camp

As we finish up our last few hours here in Russian Spa Camp, I would be remiss if I did not journal our experience while here.

For the last 10 days, we wake up in the morning in our two room suite and look out the window to see what the weather will look like.  Because we are on Mashuk Mountain, some mornings, we wake up to being in a cloud, which we can watch pass by.

Looking out our window

We then go down at 8:00 and have breakfast.   Breakfast consists of tea, and bread and cheese.  Then there is some combination of cucumbers, cabbage, and/or carrots.  As well, we get a tiny bit of caviar and a wee bit of butter.  They then serve some sort of meat or fish with a bit of potato and/or noodles.  What can I say, the food is very healthy.  I can however, say that the staff is lovely and they are always stopping by to see if we are ok, or if we need anything.   This makes me feel as though I should not say anything bad about the food.  I will say, I am not going to miss it.

Then we head down to our foam bath.  This is a couple buildings away.   Many mornings we were greated by the "guard" dog, who was very happy to have a pet and belly scratch.

After presenting our treatment book (which must go with us everywhere) we are called in to take our foam bath.  It  is like sitting in a chia latte.  You climb in and the foam rises and is filled with some sort of herbs.  It makes your skin quite soft.

After that we head back to the main building for our oxygen cocktail.  I believe this is the same type of liquid that we were just soaking in, but I do not know that for sure.   They fill the glass with foamy liquid in what looks like a ice cream dish.  The girl who serves us, giggles everytime we see her.

After that, I go in for my breathing thing.  One is called quartz and one is oxygen.  I did not take pictures, as there were generally others in the room at the same time.  Dave waits patiently in a chair for me to finish.   One floor waiting room offers Russian music videos, which he has grown quite fond of.

Then we head down for our massage bath.  This is nice.  You go into a nice warm bath, and the attendant works on your muscles with a type of pulsing power hose.   It is quite relaxing, and helps with the back after sleeping on the thin, hard beds here.

After that we go to lunch and then we are free for the day.

In the end was it worth the extra few dollars a day?  Most definitely!  It was a chance to see a very unique aspect of Russian culture.   The people were really nice.   It was in a very quite and peaceful surrounding, and we were able to take nice long hikes (up and down hill).   Glad that we did it.