Ketunretket provides Sauna Experiences to our clients. Of course, sometimes we need some relaxation ourselves, so this weekend it came possible to participate in a Whisking International Conference in Kaunas, Vilnus..
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This conference had participants from Baltics, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, USA and other EU countries.
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Logo of the International Whisking Academy
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Here is the Whisker Man, Mr. Rimas Kavaliauskas from Lithuania. But hey, he has not got whiskers?
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Here is one example of the Right and the Only Way of Whisking - or is it?
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Juha from Finland is getting what he wanted...
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Sauna-Mama Arja from Finland is getting ready for the Sauna
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Now this was the best part of the weekend: a real Lithuanian Pirtis (Sauna) by Liuda Medine and Arvydas Medinis in western part of Kaunas.
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Owner of the Pirtis (Lithuanian Sauna Bath) mr. Arvydas Medinis with Arja and Mari from Finland
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Arvydas has built this wonderful sauna himself. It includes a big stove and a relaxation room.
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Liuda, Timo, Arvydas and Mari in the hot room with whisking twigs.
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Arvydas had installed a pump bringing ice-cold water from the pond.
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I'm not as good as you, I am as good as I am!
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Liuda had placed dry herbs over a transparent cloth above the relaxation room.
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Liuda collects and dries herbs for the relaxation tea
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Next day we had a 100km drive to Rimas's own small sauna area near Vilnus, to receive whisking education. However, this education was expensive and gave nothing, to be honest.
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Rimas Kavaliauskas has written a book of how to provide whisking on 10 different difficulty levels. This guy used to be a physics professor, now he is the sauna master!