Aaaahhh! a Spa...

If you know me a little then you know also  it was only a matter of time until I had to write about my favorite topic: Spa´s!!!

I don´t just like Spa´s. I´m a Spa-aholic. I L O V E them and I can´t help it.
It is all the fault  of a few trips to Thailand and me beeing ill some years ago. Ill enough for me to having had to stay off work for several months and finding out about this llittle ayurvedic farm beeing located next door to us in Nierstein.

With more than enough time back then and good reasons to do something to make me feel better I dived into  the world of facials and massages. And since then I could not help but making it a routine of not only going back to our neighbours but also to explore all sorts of treatments during my travels in  Asia.

The great thing about living in Shanghai is  - hooray !!- I´m living in Asia now! And the city is fringed with massage and spa salons. Even our Yoga studio is offering a massage service. Most  places provide the traditional Chinese massage which to be honest is not really one of my favorites because it makes you  feel like piece of unfinished edam cheese and they are poking the holes into your body - or they try to squeeze the  kidneys out of your back (aparently helps the body coping with toxics..). No, my favorite  here is a Japanese Shihatsu where you still wear a pyjama but it is much closer to a Thai  massage without the twisting and bending bits (That´s what I have yoga for now..)

Of coarse after 7 months here I have also found my favorite place - DRAGONFLY! I can only blame my sister in law who introduced me 3 years ago. I was on one of those marathon conferences in Shanghai with work and needed somewhere to recover from it.  I loved Dragonfly instantly. The athomosphere is relaxing, it smells great and there is always some plinki plink musik in the air. It has the style of a 5 star spa - but not the price level. Curious? Take a look: Dragon Fly

So last week Paul came along to have his jetlag (and hangover from his birthday celebrations ..) massaged out. When we checked out the dialog was as follows:

Lucy @ Dragonfly:      Did you enjoy your massage?
Us:                                 Yees!!.. (..followed by a big jawn..)
Lucy:                            Are you a member? You come here lot, Lina! (my chinese name)
Me:                                No I´m still no member...
Paul:                               Why not?
Me:                                Because you have to pay a deposit to become one
Lucy:                            Yes, but you can use the credit  and get 30% off every massage in future
Paul:                              So why don´t you sign up?
Me:                                ????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hooray! And here I´m sitting with a brand new club card from Dragonfly. The next 30 massages are payed for and when I openend my fortune cooky which I got after every treatment I found the following message:

Seems like my membership was a well and soon required investment! :-)