I've never had much of a desire to go to Finland before. Yes, if given the opportunity, I would go, but I've never had any real urge to just drop everything and go. Speaking of dropping everything... Let's segue into the reason I want to go to Finland.
I found out their national pass time. And that is?
Sauna... ing.
And when they say it's their national pass time? They mean it. Saunas have been incorporated into virtually every activity. You think I'm exaggerating? Well let's see... what do you wanna do this weekend? Bowling? Oh, yeah. You'll definitely want a good steaming session after that arduous activity - don't worry, almost every bowling ally in Finland has a sauna attached to it (some even with windows that overlook the lanes). You want something more rustic? Camping you say? Don't forget your portable sauna!
Saunas aren't a recent how-dee-doo in Finland; they've been around for a while. Back in the day, saunas were the "Alpha and Omega" of daily life in Finland. Goin' into labor? Sauna time. Need to prepare a dead body? Once again, sauna time. (O_o)
(If you're getting a little disgruntled at this point, don't worry. The less... relaxing... activities are banned from the saunas these days.)
Can't
afford to hop on a plane to Finland at this point? No worries. Take a few years. Save up. Saunas aint goin' no whur. And once you're there? They won't be too hard to find as there is [roughly] one sauna for every five people in Finland... uh huh.Well. It's time to go learn something I'm actually going to be graded on... (yawn.)
Ps.
<----- that's the "cheap" type sauna found in the average Finish home... yeah I know.
