Today, I will go to a hamam or Turkish bath. I have been dying to go for years and this is my first chance. Gokay and I had a couples hamam a few years ago and God, it was nice. We got a package deal that involved a hamam bath and a massage but it was in a touristy hotel and wasn't the real experience. When my friend Amy asked me if I wanted to join her I jumped for it.
The hamam experience is great. You strip down to your underwear (I will wear bikini bottoms), or in some places you can go naked, and you sit on a marble table like stone for at least 30 minutes. In that room there is wet heat and you are supposed to sweat to get all your toxins out and let your skin get good and wet. Then, the women come in and cover your body with soap suds and scrub your skin with a rough washcloth-like glove. They scrub you from head to toe and get all of your dead skin off for about 30 minutes. They then lead you over to one of the many sinks around the outside of the room and they rinse you off. Then you are allowed to spend time in the heated pools if you like. Some people say they feel like a fish being descaled and I am all ready for it.
My only second thought about it is that I will leave Yasemin with her daddy for the first time. We planned it for 7:30pm that way I can get her fed and cleaned and ready for bed before I go. I know they will be fine.....
Anyway, I will be a clean, relaxed mama. I can't wait!!!
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