Oh thermal bath, how I love thee!  Your warm, green, salty waters.  Your coed naked saunas.   You are my excuse to laze around all day in a bathrobe as you cure all that ails me.  Bad Saarow, in eastern Brandenburg on the shores of the Scharmuetzelsee, with your treatments for a variety of true medical conditions! Cardiovascular diseases, rheumatism, respiratory illnesses, you are all cured! And those lovely wellness spa treaments, ahhh. Days spent in the Thermalbad, with your pressurized water sprays and multiple temperatures.  The Saunalandschaft, the cheap prices! Truly you are a wonder for tired Berliners in need of serious rejuvenation – and you are most German and so democratic! Ain’t nothing like this in New York. (Amanda Herman)