Then it was my turn to lay down. I remember thinking how odd it was, but that I felt comfortable, even though I had no clothes on and a guy was hitting me on the back with branches. Maybe it was the vodka? maybe it was the friendliness of the people?but I think it was probably both.
While the branch wacking thing was still going on, one of the guys told me to throw on my shorts to hit the shower. So we went into the changing room, threw on our shorts and ran out of the banya to an outdoor shower. The water was freezing, but oddly refreshing. After this, we ran back into the banya to hang around and talk some more. We ended with a quick cold outdoor shower, and then went back to drinking vodka and eating watermelon (The picture is our first post banya drink).

