Turkish bath anyone? .....Yes please !

Class was not that long today, we walked down and around the international business center of Paris.  There was lots and lots of modern sculpture and art at every turn.  in the middle of the day after class finished there was a free concert, the La Defense Jazz Festival.   A few of my classmates and I wiggled and danced to an African Reggae/calypso band that rocked!
After the days activities a few girls and I went to a Turkish Bath where we were massaged, exfoliated and sat in the hottest steam you can imagine.  We were not allowed to bring cameras into the bath, but I will do my best to describe it.
Upon entering the bath you take off your shoes and replace them with flip flops.  Pay up front for all the services that you want; I purchased a 20 mins massage, exfoliate, unlimited steam rooms, and a sea kelp black soap.  Bikini bottoms were the norm, and a few woman wore 1 piece bathing suits.  The first room you come to after taking off your shoes is the relaxation/massage room.  Walk through this room and change out of your clothes, walk back into the room and wait while 4 large ladies massage other customers. The room is square and on the perimeter there are lounging mats and in the interior of the square is a large fountain and the 4 massage tables.
After your massage you go and take a shower with the black soap and return to the middle room to get "rubbed down" with an exfoliating mit.
Then you get to spend the rest of your time in the hot steam.  There were 3 chambers of steam getting hotter and hotter the further you walked back.  The middle room had 6, 8x10 "stalls" with hot and cold water where you shower yourself off.

After taking in all the steam you can handle the bath refreshes you with a mint tea out in the garden after you have showered and dressed.

My friend M and I decided to have dinner out and we dined on delicious mussels and fries with ice cream for dessert.  A fantastic way to end a day!

This is the view from the roof of my residence.