21st December

Her uncle and aunt had a bit surprise for Maia this morning. After the breakfast her aunt asked her if she would like to go to the sauna. There was a big sauna in a village half way to the city and they would go with the whole family. Sophie said, that this was to celebrate her pregnancy, getting her a relaxing day and take a break from the actions of the last days. Especially for the last reason Maia was directly happy for the proposal. One hour later they all sat in the SUV of Patrick and were on their way to the sauna.

The first surprise for Maia was, when she heard that the sauna was naked here. Her aunt explained her that they would not be alone but with a lot of other men and women. One hour later, they arrived at the sauna and even though Maia was a bit shy to strip in front of others, she was excited about going to the sauna. She had only been to a sauna once before at home a few years ago, but there they wore swim suits. She was still hesitant when she went to the changing room with her aunt and she was stripping bare naked directly, only grabbing a towel. "You can put the towel around you if you walk around. In the sauna it goes between you and the wood, because it would else be too hot and the sweat is not good for the material. You will see in a moment." It was a complete new experience for Maia. When they entered the open area, there were a lot of furs around her. Most of them did not bother to hide their body at all, only a hand full of women and one boy were as shy as she was and had their parts covered with the towel while walking around. She also saw one or two older men with a bathrobe when they walked around, but it seemed this was mainly against the wind that picked up and felt quite chilling. "Come, we will take this one." Said her aunt. "It has a nice event right now." Maia saw her aunt looking at a sign next to a sauna saying, "Lemon & Ice" on it.

This sauna trip was like none she had experienced before. When she went in the sauna was already very warm and everyone disrobed and put the towel on the planks to sit on them. Maia looked to the ground embarrassed when she undid her towel and placed it next to her aunt. There were in total over 20 total strangers in the sauna with them and the sauna was very big. All of them were naked, but no one seemed to actually care about it. She did not even see one of the men eyeing the women and it helped Maia to slowly lose a bit of her nervousness, because no one except her aunt seemed to notice her at all. A woman came in, an otter who wore light clothes like a skirt and a shirt to cover herself. Maia understood soon that this was someone from the facility who would do the event announced outside. The woman started to explain what would happen in the event. "We will have three stages." She explained and Maia understood that in this sauna the stages meant pouring water on the hot rocks in the middle. The woman explained that the water contained lavender in the first stage, spruce needles in the second and the last was a combination of spruce needles, honey and a lemon. In addition, everyone would get a slice of lemon and ice before the last phase. Before Maia understood all of this, the woman began and took a big spoon to pour water over the heated rocks. It hissed and the heat suddenly rose. Maia could feel that the heat went through her fur and opened the pores of her skin. She gasped a few times, because she had never felt such a sudden rise of heat before but slowly she got used to it. Others in the sauna also moaned and groaned from the heat or huffed strongly, while the woman took a towel and swung it around which made the heat and a relaxing scent of lavender spread into every corner of the sauna. After the first surprise, Maia felt the relaxing feeling of this and liked it. Her fur slowly began to soak in sweat and she saw her aunt and others rub the body to make sure the sweat was covering the whole body and Maia imitated this. A few minutes later the woman began with the second phase and this time a very strong scent of spruce filled the air and Maia could feel how her lungs felt fresh and open from the strong odor. It was at the same time relaxing and refreshing to breath in the air filled with the scent of spruce. Again, the woman swung her towel and Maia began to feel a bit dizzy from the heat but held on. It was an unknown feeling for her but other than on hot days this sweating felt good and relaxing. It was much different than any sauna she had visited before. After a few more minutes, the woman went outside and came back with a big bowl with white crystals in it and another one with slices of Lemon. Everyone got a few slices of lemon and could take something from the big bowl, which Maia found out was crushed ice. Her aunt showed her how to rub the ice over her whole body, making sure it went under her fur and on the skin, and bite into the lemon to suck out the juice. The ice made her body tingle from the combination of the hot air and the cold ice that she massaged over her skin until the hand full of ice had melted. Then she bit into the lemon and the sour but refreshing taste made her body and mind relax and it was perfect with the whole experience. Then came the last phase, where a different water was gushed over the rocks and Maia smelled again a mild aroma of spruce, together with the sweat smell of honey and the prickling freshness of lemons. The woman even took the left-over lemons and pressed the juice from them over the rocks to make the lemon scent even stronger. The event was over and all gave the woman, who led the event, a round of applause before they left one after another and Maia also followed her aunt, who said that for her first time Maia should not overdo it. Maia screamed when her aunt suddenly showered her with ice cold water that made her wake up from the dazed weariness that came over her in the sauna and left a comfortable burning feeling on her skin. Maia understood fast, especially because her aunt also showered with the same cold water, that her aunt did not want to be mean but this was part of the experience of the sauna. The day was wonderful. Maia had many other event sauna experiences, with melons, salt, honey-water that was applied over the whole body like a lube and so on. Everything was so strange for her but after trying it out, it felt so good, that she already loved this kind of sauna.

On their way back, Maia was totally exhausted but happy from the day and thanked her uncle and aunt for this nice experience. She put her head on the shoulder of Derick, who had his arm around her shoulder, and fell asleep exhausted but happy. She did not see her aunt and uncle share a look after looking into the mirror behind the kids and smile over the adorable pair.