First, Lisa took Pam and I to The Goodstone Inn, about an hour drive. It's in Middleburg, VA, nestled in the hills. So pretty!
Our waiter was quite prim and proper. The brunch was a three-course meal with a mimosa or Bloody Mary. I chose eggs and petit steak and when I asked how the eggs were cooked, he put his nose in the air and said something like "poached, of course." I don't care for poached eggs so I asked for scrambled and he sniffed like he disapproved of my selection.
It was delicious! After, we headed to Spa World, a huge Korean-style spa with pools for each gender, massage options, the "poultice rooms," juice bar and cafe, and workout center.
Upon check-in everyone gets the same outfit: drab tunic and shorts. Orange for women. Yellow for men. We head to the locker room. Inside the locker room women are naked like it's no big deal. Yeah - it's a big deal! Going nude is not mandatory, unless you are going to the pool area. Whew!
We all got hour long foot massages by Korean mean who don't speak much English and tell us we need more sleep when we grimace because they press too hard on our feet.
Then we headed to the spa's main room where people are just "hanging out." There are seven poultice rooms...small spaces...all different temperatures with different stones or minerals to help your mind, body and spirit. The coldest was 50-something degrees and icy. The hot ones were 120-160 degrees, I think.
This was the red clay ball room. It's benefits are "general well-being."
Sporting our uniforms.
The Amethyst room. I think it was the hottest, around 160 degrees. I lasted about five minutes. But some people in there looked like they were sleeping!
Besides the clay ball and amethyst, the other poultice rooms were salt (discharges impurities from the body, heals the bone, maintains resiliency of skin, etc), charcoal, blue onyx, ice, and red clay, each with different benefits.
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