Had a “Non”Turkish Delight

I arrived at my hotel in Istanbul Old Town with plenty of time to treat myself to a Turkish bath experience. WOW, was I unprepared for the pain, torture and embarrassment to follow. I think I was in denial and forgot to mention it in my first post.

The “treatment” started with my undressing and wrapping myself with the cloth provided. I was introduced to my personal non English speaking masseuse. She showed me to a marble chamber with a marble slab to lie down on and relax.

After about 10 minutes on the cold marble bed, I was led to the first “torture” room. I was stripped naked and she began aggressively scrubbing my whole buck naked body. This was after the “water-boarding” to get me wet and ready.

After the skin scraping I was water-boarded again and instructed to lie on a marble slab to get the bubble treatment…..and I mean bubble galore. The bubbles felt like a nice warm blanket until the Olympic fingers started…oh boy! The bubble treated included a head rub and shampoo.

I had not opened my eyes to see what was going on and kept

telling myself that this will rejuvenate me.

After being dried off I was led to my clothes and them deposited to a padded anti chamber and offered a peace offering of Turkish herb drink, Turkish tea and some Turkish Delight candy.

I did feel good after and boy was I CLEAN!