{"id":459,"date":"2012-12-06T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T17:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joncu.roguenet.org\/swissblog\/?p=459"},"modified":"2021-09-21T22:48:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T22:48:36","slug":"christmas-baths-baden-baden-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/2012\/12\/06\/christmas-baths-baden-baden-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Baths – Baden-Baden, Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

How well named a town!\u00a0 Jon\u2019s chorus would be rehearsing with the Baden-Baden Orchestra, bussing there and back, thus taking a full day for a 4-hour rehearsal.\u00a0 Room on the bus meant I could tag along to see the town.\u00a0 What is Baden-Baden famous for?\u00a0 Baths, of course.\u00a0 Their old Friedrichsbad is the most traditional of all. http:\/\/www.carasana.de\/en\/friedrichsbad\/home\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Some doctor figured out a system of bathing, with showers and saunas and plunges, each for a certain number of minutes at a specific degree for the perfect bathing experience.\u00a0 17 steps!\u00a0 I had to do something<\/em> while Jon was singing.\u00a0 So I \u2018took the baths\u2019.\u00a0 And they left me super clean and<\/em> relaxed and<\/em> invigorated.\u00a0 Three hours of watering my body.\u00a0 Plus a few minutes of being soaped up and scrubbed\u00a0 and \u2018creamed\u2019, a lotion application by a masseuse, definitely not a massage, but still pleasant.\u00a0 The building itself is wonderful, very \u2018Belle \u00c9poque\u2019 luxury.\u00a0 Soaking in fully-tiled rooms with domed ceilings, arched entries, and the occasional painting or Greek-style statue, I felt the experience was more about the ambience than the water!<\/p>\n

The timing for the rehearsal was also\u00a0fortunate as Baden-Baden\u2019s Christkindlmarkt was in full swing right outside the rehearsal hall.<\/p>\n

\"Baden-Baden<\/a>

Buildings decorated for Christmas<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Lowenbrau<\/a>

Outdoor light displays are generally less elaborate than in the US, so this Lowenbrau Weihnachtsgarten is exceptional.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Santas\"<\/a>

Santas aplenty<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miniature<\/a>

Miniature houses at a Christkindlmarkt booth.<\/p><\/div>\n

We found a very special Christmas gift for friends and tasted the German version of Gluhwein and Heisen Met (mulled wine and hot mead).<\/p>\n

\"Baden-Baden<\/a>

Frescoes in the porch of the Baden-Baden Trinkhalle which was built to serve the local waters to tourists, now also serves coffee, cakes and tourist information.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Casino<\/a>

Jon rehearsed in this side hall of the Casino.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How well named a town!\u00a0 Jon\u2019s chorus would be rehearsing with the Baden-Baden Orchestra, bussing there and back, thus taking a full day for a 4-hour rehearsal.\u00a0 Room on the bus meant I could tag along to see the town.\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-switzerland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1498,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}