2002-06-30 04:00:00 PDT Bad Bertrich, Germany-- I was standing in my underpants and a T-shirt, facing a man in a white suit holding a hose. When he blasted my legs with cold water, I gasped. I pivoted ...

It's not the nudity that shocks visitors to Europe's largest thermal spa. It's the clientele. On a wintry Friday evening on the outskirts of Munich, post-work pals aren't watching TV or heading out ...

When you go to the spa, all you want is to feel relaxed and rejuvenated. Unfortunately, though, relaxed is the opposite of how British-Arab writer Anbara Salam felt during her trip to a German spa ...

In the 1860s, the Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, spent a good deal of time in Germany, as many Russians did during that period. A compulsive gambler, he lost everything in the opulent spa and ...

It’s 10 years ago. I’m on a road trip to Germany with my then boyfriend. I’m pretty useless as a travel companion as I can’t drive and I can’t speak German, so my boyfriend is doing both. We cross ...