Naked times, jjimjilbang...

And as if this day couldn't be more scrumptious, we decided to have our maiden voyage into jjimjilbang, the Korean spa/sauna.
Fork over the equivalent of $6 to receive your locker key and towels, get naked, grab your hand towel and scrub down with no shame in the hall of showers. Walking and flopping our way around without much fabric to cover up, we just had to roll with it and realize there was no judgment, just wonder. Our curves, a tad different than the other Korean ladies, we drew many a stare but got over it quickly when we submerged into a hot green tea bath!

What an amazing cultural treasure, it's such a treat to see women in a natural state just being and the humanness of it is ridiculously humbling and awe-inspiring simultaneously. Girls being scrubbed by sisters, mothers, grandmothers, friends... jiggling and wiggling in all the imperfect perfections. This is just the way it is and I have to say, I felt amazing.

The Korean ice cream after the igloo saunas and massage chairs was the cherry on top of my Sunday to be sure! Shaved ice, milk, bean paste, boki, cornflakes, yogurt and fruit- yum yum yum.

So needless to say I will be jjimjilbang-ing weekly... what a treat to bathe and sprawl like a goddess and do so with nothing but a tidbit of terrycloth and a smile? Sign me up, for six dollars, every Sunday!