tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post1040936276991305545..comments2023-06-12T16:10:50.655+02:00Comments on The Beet Goes On: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Russian Banya (But Where Afraid to Ask)The Expatressehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127602680470789727noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-52651490589344495652009-09-24T06:21:28.469+03:002009-09-24T06:21:28.469+03:00Ohhhhhh! I wanna go!!!! Let's maybe make a blo...Ohhhhhh! I wanna go!!!! Let's maybe make a bloggers' event out of it! Are you ever free on Wednesdays? Is the banya open then? <br /><br />Thanks for such a great blog post!<br /><br />I wonder if Larissa could get me and my mom on a Bolshoi tour in December...MoscowMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071640212219249372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-62328838598836484992009-09-23T09:30:22.530+03:002009-09-23T09:30:22.530+03:00I want one in Sydney.
What a bargain!
Thank you so...I want one in Sydney.<br />What a bargain!<br />Thank you so much for your detailed descriptions - I am going to come back, have a more leisurely read and follow up all your links. <br />You're better than TV :)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133820052028735829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-72222320333480758362009-09-23T09:13:16.403+03:002009-09-23T09:13:16.403+03:00NICE PLACE!NICE PLACE!The Dapper Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08244147102946953872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-68040723932383778322009-09-23T07:22:36.459+03:002009-09-23T07:22:36.459+03:00Thanks, Natalie.
Valentina: web addresses in Russ...Thanks, Natalie.<br /><br />Valentina: web addresses in Russia are never in Cyrillic. But it doesn't mean "English Spoken Here." Far from it.The Expatressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00127602680470789727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-18797470517861986232009-09-23T03:37:40.212+03:002009-09-23T03:37:40.212+03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02620180970957639661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-15207481146210863702009-09-23T03:37:10.300+03:002009-09-23T03:37:10.300+03:00God I should be Russian, this sounds like the sort...God I should be Russian, this sounds like the sort of self hating, toxin purging routine I could do once a week...God knows, I have the toxins!!<br />When I was in Khabarovsk, there was a section of the hotel that had what looked like closets, that I thought I understood to be steam rooms. I really wanted to try it, but never did.julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02620180970957639661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-22338404151714041162009-09-23T01:47:00.533+03:002009-09-23T01:47:00.533+03:00Expratresse:
#5 on that menu, горячие блюда, I b...Expratresse: <br /><br />#5 on that menu, горячие блюда, I believe translates better to "hot dishes".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-10338586656663478492009-09-22T21:51:34.001+03:002009-09-22T21:51:34.001+03:00Ha! That's funny.Ha! That's funny.The Expatressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00127602680470789727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-28549919593946052652009-09-22T21:47:46.228+03:002009-09-22T21:47:46.228+03:00i just remembered i also went to a banya on the ou...i just remembered i also went to a banya on the outskirts of the city, close to some warehouses & factories. I entered somehow through the "wrong" entrance to find a banya room full of prostitutes, waiting for their party to arrive. <br /><br />the management brisky showed me to the correct room.Marco Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14743362297094244898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-69680609085607233622009-09-22T21:36:31.186+03:002009-09-22T21:36:31.186+03:00I had a "conversation client" of sorts, ...I had a "conversation client" of sorts, ages ago. He told me that many residential buildings have banyas on the street level where shops often are. He hated them: "They always have food. Why would I want to stand around naked and eat? And prostitutes. If I want to hire a girl, I'm not going to do it in the banya!"<br /><br />He was very matter-of-fact.The Expatressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00127602680470789727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-63567673372093685072009-09-22T21:32:58.771+03:002009-09-22T21:32:58.771+03:00went there my very first time in Moscow 8 years ag...went there my very first time in Moscow 8 years ago. It was like I had walked into the bizarro parallel universe for the Sopranos. Giant mafioso types with tiny cel phones....and there are some rooms that are curtained off, when a guy can get a special massage....off the menu. at least that's what i was told. the *other* bada bing room.Marco Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14743362297094244898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-45275299890933747812009-09-22T21:28:32.475+03:002009-09-22T21:28:32.475+03:00Very interested but I'll be skipping the banya...Very interested but I'll be skipping the banya when I am in Moscow over the holidays. Since I can't stand the feeling when being sweaty, it would not be a good place for me.<br /><br />When are you going? You'll have to let us all know how it was.Tina in CThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389744278715174313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-54347460913069390412009-09-22T21:27:36.279+03:002009-09-22T21:27:36.279+03:00WEll I wonder how you remember what to do when you...WEll I wonder how you remember what to do when you're there the first time. I imagine there must be someone who speaks Eng to direct you. After all, they have the name of the place in Eng on the caps...<br /><br />Ok. I looked at the film... albeit a bit late... It is a really lovely place in only the way a fake gothic place can be. Rather like a Banya Church but you say it is rather a religion among Russians!<br /><br />Now I get the branch thing but I'm still fuzzy about the honey, salt, soap routine! You'll just have to go there and report back! xovvalentinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07594647719641535734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105130528225923495.post-70557373647411400552009-09-22T21:06:29.461+03:002009-09-22T21:06:29.461+03:00Wow! This is an amazing blog entry! So specific!...Wow! This is an amazing blog entry! So specific! Jeez, I don't know how you could remember all of these things if you went there! I would surely fry myself and my goodies...<br /><br />How far is this place from where you live? If it costs about $35 for the bath and another $30 for the accoutrements that's about $70 THREE times a week!!! Or is that for the "upscale" banya? Of course men go there to do biz I'm sure... sort of like the golf course in the US but women can go to those too...<br /><br />It sure takes a long time to get the food! I mean half an hour for a dessert? Puh-leez! I can understand the wait for some of the items but others??<br /><br />And Mayakovsky! I hadn't thought about him in about 30 years!!<br /><br />And I love the pre-tour shots of Russian limoncello!! Not to mention the wall of fame!! I wonder if they have one in the Women's section too? And those fabulous little white felt caps! So do you continue to bring it with you or get a new one each time? I imagine you have to get a new one for sanitary issues or else the cat could have been sleeping on it between baths...HA! As Seabury would have said. I'm sure he must have gone here. He visited Russia and spoke Russian...<br /><br />The oak leaves are interesting and so is the birch thing but I don't understand how they work? Do you get the oak leaves wet and plaster them over your soapy body? Or put them on top of the honey on your body? How can you have honey and soap on your body at the same time?<br /><br />I find this honey thing pretty fascinating. I know it has antiseptic properties but it does sound a little like something out of Winney the Pooh!<br /><br />Anyhow thanks for the very informative report!! You must tell us how it goes when you go there! More great blog subject matter I'm sure! xovvalentinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07594647719641535734noreply@blogger.com