Day Three – 10/30/2014: On Which Sam Turns 30 and Experiences a 55 Year Old Man Rub

The only excursion that we officially planned getting to Switzerland was going to the alpine spa village of Leukerbad to partake of its thermal baths and get hot stone massages.  Leukerbad is almost due east of Crans-Montana but given all the mountains, getting there required taking the funicular down into Sierre, catching the train over to Leuk where we boarded a bus for one of the craziest drives I’ve ever been on up and back into the mountains.  Needless to say, I was very glad that the seat in front of me had little handles for me to grab on to. 

That windy path was one of the straighter parts of the road that we took. 

One of the many hillside villages that we passed. 

After making our way to the Alpentherme, we paid for a soak and headed to the pools (where coincidentally we were the youngest people by probably 20 years). The water was toasty, the air fresh, the mountains lovely.  All and all, we were feeling good and relaxed and looking forward to our massages.

I’m going to let Sam take it from here and describe in his own words his massage experience. I apologize for the shaking camera – there were points where I just could not stop giggling!! 

We also found our first Alpenrose in Leukerbad.