I’ve just come back from my secret weekend adventure.
I had no idea where we were going or what we were going to do. I just knew that we were going somewhere in the middle of the countryside.
It turned out that Sir Pe had checked us into Sätra Brunn, one of Sweden’s oldest spas. People have been coming here ‘to take the waters’ since 1700.
The spa is set in a huge park and two-hundred-year old buildings have now been converted into hotel rooms. (You can see one of the hotel wings in the long red building behind me in the picture.)
Some of the very old cottages are nearly 300 years old and are not used nowadays — like the old red cabin on the right-hand side of the photo below.
The oldest spring is Trinity Spring and it is still bubbling today. Housed in a wooden yellow building, it is open to everyone who wants to come and taste its water. Trinity Spring, together with six other springs dotted around the estate, provide all the drinking water for the spa resort. Nowadays though, the iron and sulfur are filtered out.
After checking into the hotel, we wandered over to the swimming pool. The water was 34 C – almost as hot as the air at a balmy 30 C!
My next surprise awaited… a dark chocolate full body massage and facial! I smelled delicious, my skin was rehydrated and I was so relaxed I could have floated away…
As my one of my T shirts declares, “There’s nothing wrong with me that a little bit of chocolate can’t fix!”
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I’m glad you enjoyed it! We really must do this again sometime 🙂
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Chocolate!
Chocolate!!!
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Chocolate!!!!
You look wonderful. But after bathing in chocolate, what else can you expect?
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you look most glowing…smiles.
very cool weekend!
so do you get to eat your way out of this….lol.
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You have a lovely husband! That was such a lovely thing for him to do 🙂
C x
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Sounds wonderful – a real treat!
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What a special surprise!!
I´ve never heard of a chocolate massage before, but how can it be anything but good?! You really are glowing!
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I’m forwarding this to my husband!
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Anyone would recognize me. I’m the girl in the neighborhood always walking around with chocolate stains at the corners of my mouth.
Sounds like a fabulous week-end and you look WONDERFUL!
Di
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That sounds fabulous and you do look like your glowing. Chocolate is always the answer.
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
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I’ve never heard of this and am making it a priority to get a chocolate massage now. Thank you for introducing me to edible skin treatments!!
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I nearly swooned when I read this. What an extraordinary place and I love your creative photos.
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Too envious to write a thing! Wonderful weekend!
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I am jealous! What a perfect weekend.
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Beautiful countryside. The pics through rare-view mirror are fantastic.
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Oh, how fantastic! I’m so happy for you and I’m sooo envious! You look terrific! And chocolate, too? That has to be heaven! Have a great week!
Sylvia
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What a great get away. Sounds like so much fun and looks beautiful too from your photographs. Great shot of you.
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A chocolate glow! I love it!
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I could use a chocolate full body massage! I bet the aroma was delicious. Sounds absolutely wonderful. 🙂
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It certainly sounds different 😀
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Fi – I’m a little bit jealous! You’re using glow and chocolate in the same sentence. I’d try it in my bath tub, but somehow, I don’t think it would be the same. You deserve it!
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i’m in the mood fer chocolate suddenly:)
love the photos of the red barn in the mirrors, lots!
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Sir Pe is DEFINITELY a keeper!!!
you look fabulous!
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What a delightful adventure – a spa *and* chocolate. awesome!
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I might be a little bit jealous.
Sounds like a wonderful adventure.
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Yes I am a tad jealous..and you look lovely with a chocolate glow..what a doll that rascal Sir Pe is:)
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Such a wonderful surprise. I love the idea of a dark chocolate massage and facial, as long as there’s some to eat too.
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Cool idea, would have loved to see you with you your chocolate mask on.
You are stunningly beautiful!
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wow, it’s great to be pampered with chocolates.:p
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nice post!
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such a pretty and sweet as chocolate place!!
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your smile says it all – a real treat
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What a pleasant surprise. I love places like that with so much history.
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Chocolate? That has got to make your stomach growl.
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Beautiful world!
Great post Lady Fi.
Have a nice week.
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LadyFi: Into each life a little chocolate must fall to sweeten the day. Neat photo of the lady herself.
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Wow ! that I call a world ! You probably came out of there like a new born baby !
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wow, that massage sounds just great. 🙂
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You look absolutely beautiful!!!
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What a fabulous surprise and a great place to visit. Chocolate, the perfect touch!
Thanks for sharing,
jj
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You look so lovely and relaxed! I think I need to sign up for chocolate therapy as well!
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Oh that sounds like a wonderful time!
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A dark chocolate full body massage and facial!!!?????? OH MY GOD … why have I never heard of this! I would be in heaven … or hell. I guess I couldn’t lick it off myself could I?
That is a great photo of you … you look LOVELY!!
The photos (and using the mirrors like that) were gorgeous.
What a wonderful gift!
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Everything about this post is fabulous.
Especially the photo of you looking so relaxed and content.
and you were so brave to go along with a surprise, I’m kind of a chicken about stuff like that .
I can take or leave chocolate , but I doubt they do cheese massages 🙂
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Aren’t you the lucky one:) I’d probably be tasting the chocolate while it’s on me hehehe!
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You certainly look happy. Was it difficult getting the chocolate off? I can’t imagine a chocolate massage.
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Actually, it was more like a rich cocoa-based massage with cocoa lotion… (Not real chocolate although it smellt gorgeous.)
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Sounds and looks spectacular!
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I’m sorry, did you say chocolate body massage? I think I passed out for a second.
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That sounds fabulous! You’ve just added to my list of “must experience” places 😉
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What a wonderful surprise for you! When I was a kid I once had a bath in seaweed and was scrubbed by an old woman til my skin was red! Nothing like chocolate.
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Three cheers for Sir Pe for thinking of and planning a getaway like that for you. Of course you know, men like that are hard to come by! You look dreamy and swoony and I’m thinkin’ Sir Pe is one smart guy!!!!! Glad you had such a great time! 🙂
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One of my favorite T shirts reads: Three out of the four voices in my head say, “eat the chocolate!”
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Everything about it sounds completely heavenly. Sweden is so beautiful. Every time I come here I get to visit a little more of it. Maybe one day I’ll actually visit for real.
And you, Lady Fi, are gorgeous!
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Wow, sounds fantastic! Good to see yr photo too 🙂
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Not sure how I managed to miss this post but the chocolate adventure sounds fantastic!
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