Our youngest daughter, Une, is home from France this summer and helps with practical tasks inside and outside the house: painting, masonry and miscellaneous. That is really good for us. It’s actually very nice to have a longer visit at home, and very satisfying to make progress on the house, which ‘Should have been completely finished at once (10 years ago), not almost-finished like everyone else are doing it!‘ That did not happen of course, we were so tired of house building and fixing, that when the house was good enough to live in, we stopped working and never quite reached the end. The first item on the program that has actually been finished this summer is painting the flagpole (and casting a new foundation, since we suddenly discovered that the old one just crumbled away). It was 10 years since the last time. Yes, we have to do regular maintenance in between activities to finish the house, and then it takes even longer.
In the absence of a longer holiday/trip abroad this summer, we wanted to celebrate with something spectacular and different, and so the 2-year’s bath became a SPA in Trondheim’s old mansion: Hotel Britannia.
Apart from all the hot pots in Iceland, we have had no intention of reviewing water parks in our blog. But we really enjoy to treat ourselves with a little SPA every now and then. And Tospaornottospa was very excited about the wellness lounge in the basement of Britannia. A fun effect in the jacuzzi that didn’t have bubbles was the northern lights in the sky.
Except that, there was a 12 m pool for swimming and a lot of different saunas, but what is the purpose of all the variants? Who wants to sit in a semi-lukewarm room with 55 degrees Celsius? But the Finnish sauna was absolutely perfect. And we always appreciate the possibility of a cold water dip. Hot and cold alternately, that’s the best! A bowl of ice to rub you with was a fun feature as well.
Idun was absolutely sure when we started the exploration of Trøndelag’s bathing spots: ‘If we put in a little effort, we will easily manage to bathe 2-3 times in all 39 municipalities in Trøndelag in one year!‘ Well, that was a bit optimistic. Not all weekends can be devoted to swimming, and besides, there is also bathing outside Trøndelag from time to time. Now, after 2 years, we are about halfway there. So then it’s just a matter of looking forward to 2 new years? We have to admit that the expenses for the 2-year celebration are not exactly in line with the income of the blog, which is rather precisely at 0. But it’s fun!
