Like you may have noticed, the 28°C/85°F temperatures didn’t exactly incite me to post during the past week. With a violent thunderstorm ending the fun tonight, I will share a day of unashamed pampering in the sun with you all. And pampering was definitely on the menu, over at Kouros (do check out their website in English), Antwerp’s most exclusive male-only ’sauna and leisure club’. Kouros is a refreshing breath of fresh air compared with the (often rightfully earned) sleazy reputation of “male-only saunas”. This particular place not only oozes with class but manages to provide its services as if they all came out of a well-prepared package deal: dining along the outside pool, a wine label of their own, top quality service and infrastructure in what used to be a classic green suburbia mansion.
I talked for hours to some amazingly interesting people (many were not local, several spoke a multitude of languages) until the first drops of rain hit the outside hot-tub, not really a problem since we were all wet anyway. Diner was equally superb, turning the day into a real experience. If you’re even in the neighborhood, this place is worth checking out. Being gay is not a requirement, being male is 
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