This is the story of our experiences in saunas and spas in Switzerland and Germany. It's a multi-part story based on true events. If you're looking for quick and hard sex look elsewhere!
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February was upon us and the next family visit was a week away. This time it was my sister and her family coming over from the UK. Lilly is five years younger than me, her husband Frank is my age and their two children are James (19) and Sophie (18). We haven't seen them in over four years as they live in the north near the Scottish borders.
I drove to the airport to pick them up. Lilly looks younger than her age and could easily pass for early thirties. Frank is the opposite, overweight with a white beard he looks more like a 60 year old Santa Claus. Both the kids are good looking with James around 6 foot tall and Sophie around 5 1/2 foot. Both are on the skinny side but it was hard to tell as they were bundled up in think winter clothes.
Apart from Frank all have dark brown hair like myself. We caught up on the latest news during the drive home. Both Jia and myself are not big fans of Frank. In the past he was often grumpy, drank a lot and generally lazed about rather than doing anything. I felt my sister could have done much better. It was the first time they had visited our home in Switzerland and they were amazed by the beautiful views and by our spacious and modern home.
Frank immediately asked for a beer and settled himself down on the sofa while the rest of the family unpacked their gear. I could tell he hadn't changed and was glad they were only planning to stay a week as I'd already had enough of him. After having lunch we talked about what they wanted to do over the coming days.
As they weren't interested in skiing or skating the choices were a bit limited. We decided on a couple of outings to mountains and some hiking trails nearby. Frank said he couldn't go to any high altitudes and didn't want to hike, he said he would just stay at home and watch TV. This was fine with us as the last thing we needed was him complaining all day.
Jia also suggested a visit to a water park and spa. My sister and the kids said they would enjoy that with Frank saying he hates water and would just stay home again, I really wondered why he had bothered to come before realizing that if he'd stayed at home he would have had to cook and clean for himself.
We decided to spend the afternoon in town leaving Frank to 'rest'. During the walk to town I managed to get Lilly away from the others for a private chat. I asked her "how are things going in your life? Are you happy?"
She said "Frank's getting more and more difficult. I don't know if our marriage is going to last much longer but I want to try and keep it going until the kids move out."
"I'm sorry to hear that but I understand. You know you can count on our support whatever happens. Hopefully you can still enjoy your holiday."
She smiled and said "I'm sure I'll enjoy it especially as Frank will probably just laze around at home."
I decided I better warn her about the saunas and said, "hey, just so you know. The saunas and spas here are mostly mixed gender and nude!"
"Really? I've heard about them being like that in Germany but I didn't know it was the same here!"
"It's quite confusing here. In the French and Italian part of the country most are clothing required but not in the German part. How do you feel about it?"
She gave it some thought and then said. "I don't know. I haven't' really considered it. Do you and Jia go nude?"
"Yes, we started about a year ago and really enjoy it now."
"I'm surprised you have it in you - you were always such a shy prude growing up!"
I laughed "You're right about that! Actually both Jia and I regret not trying it sooner."
Lilly the said "well, if you and Jia can do it so can I! God, the last time we saw each other naked must have been when we still took baths together!"
"How do you feel about us seeing each other naked?"
"It'll be weird that's for sure!"
The others caught up with us and I ended the conversation by saying "anyway, you still have some time to think about it before you decide."
Sophie heard my last comment and asked "decide about what?"
I was surprised when Lilly answered, "Your uncle was just telling me that you have to be nude in the spas and saunas we're going to visit."
James and Sophie looked at each other in shock before James blurted out "No way!" and Sophie added "you must be joking!".
Lilly went on "I'm not joking and just to be clear its men and women nude together."
James laughed and said "OK, now I'm sure you're just making this up!"
Jia then told them "It's really true. But don't worry; it's only in the sauna and spa areas not in the pools. So you don't have to be nude to go swimming!"
They both looked relieved hearing that and Sophie asked her mum, "are you going to do it?"
Lilly replied, "I don't know yet but probably. I'd love to try the saunas and if Jia and Tom can do it, so can I."
Sophie blushed and asked Jia "so you have been to one of these places before?"
Jia replied, "We've been to lots and it's great. I was scared at the beginning but now I love it and it's no big deal being naked."
James said "I still can't really believe this! There's no way I'm going. I don't even get naked in the school showers and that's without any girls around."
We carried on walking and switched to another topic. The next few days were uneventful and I don't know if Frank even left the house once. The night before we were going to visit the water park, Jia and I were reading in bed when there was a knock on our door. We were both naked but covered by our bedsheet so I said "come in".
