I noticed someone wearing locals rubber slippers in the public sauna. "Did you get those in Finland," I asked. "No," the man replied, "actually I got them in Kona, Hawaii." That nearly took me off of my seat. "I'm from Kona!" I exclaimed. He told me that he is from Finland, and had studied at the Kona branch of University of the Nations, a Global Christian university.
Sweat pored down our skin, and we left the room to take a dip in the lake.
Back in the sauna, someone threw a few scoops of water onto the coals. I lowered my head to my lap, the steam burning my arms and ears. "Sorry if it's getting too hot," the executor said. We smiled, and said things like: no problem, it's a great experience in Finland, we are beginners... Another man told us that if you go to the sauna many times, your skin gets thick soles. "When did you first go to the sauna?" I asked. "Probably when I was three months old."
After a few more rounds of lake, shower, break, sauna, it was 7 p.m. and we had to leave.
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