Ukuhlangenwe nakho kwe-19th Century Spa neZithuthukisi zanamuhla
I-Saratoga Springs yayingenye yezindawo ezinkulu ze-spa zekhulu le-19, indawo lapho abacebile babuthana khona ehlobo ehlobo ukuze babone futhi babonakale, baqhube amahhashi, badlale, bahambe emasimini, balalele umculo bese bathatha amanzi. Eyaziwa ngokuthi "iNdlovukazi YaseSpain" eMelika, kwakuyinkambiso enkulu emadolobheni ase spa aseYurophu ekhulu le-19 njengeBenen-Baden, eJalimane.
Amadolobha amaningi amakhulu aseMelika ayengena emadodeni futhi embi kakhulu ngemva kokuba "ukwelashwa kwe-spa" kufakwe esikhundleni semithi yesimanje.
Manje i-pendulum ibuyele emuva eya ezithombeni eziningi zemvelo njengamanzi okugeza amaminerali , kanti i-Saratoga Springs ingenye yezindawo ezimbalwa eMelika lapho ungakujabulela khona okuthile okuphathelene nesipiliyoni se-spa yekhulu le-19 - ukugeza nokuphuza amanzi, ukubheja emanzini, ukudla ukuphuma, ukuhamba ngepaki noma ezitolo zendawo yedolobha, futhi ujabulele i-ballet ne-orchestra ehlobo.
Hlalani kuGideyoni Putnam
Uma ungumthandi we-spa, indawo engcono kakhulu yokuhlala nguGideon Putnam. Ihotela elihle likhona ngaphakathi kwe-2,200-acre eSaratoga Spa State Park, eyasungulwa ngo-1915 ukuvikela iziphethu. UGideyoni Putnam uphezulu emabhishi aseRoosevelt & Spa, isakhiwo esihle se-brick ne-limestone se-1935 lapho ungakujabulela khona ukugeza kwamaminerali emibhakeni yangempela bese uthola massage yobuchwepheshe kamuva. I-Roosevelt Baths spa menu iye yanda kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva ukuthi ingafaki nje kuphela izinto eziyisisekelo ze-spa ezifana nokugeza, ukusikhipha umzimba , ama- facial and treatments , kodwa neminye iminikelo esoteric efana ne-Ayurveda ne-Bach Flower Remedy ukubonisana, imfundo yokuzindla, umsebenzi wamandla, nokuqeqeshwa komuntu siqu.
I-Saratoga Spa State Park nayo iyindawo ye-Saratoga Performing Arts Centre eyaziwayo ezweni lonke, ikhaya lasehlobo laseNew York City Ballet kanye neFiladelphia Orchestra. Kuhamba kancane imizuzu embalwa ukusuka kuGideon Putnam, inzuzo enkulu uma uya emakhonsathini, njengoba ithrafikhi ingaba inselele.
Okunye okukhangayo ngaphakathi kwemingcele yepaki kufaka i-Spa Little Theatre, iNational Museum of Dance kanye ne-Saratoga Automobile Museum.
UGideon Putnam unikeza i-yoga izifundo zokuzivocavoca ngoLwesibili kuya ngoLwesihlanu, ngo-R10. Unokufinyelela okulula ezinkambeni zansuku zonke nezinhlelo zemfundo ezinikezwa ngaphakathi kwepaki, njengezinkambo zokuhamba eziqondisiwe eziphethweni. Ungakwazi futhi ukufunda mayelana nokuklama kwepaki, ama-bluebirds, izimvemvane nezihlahla. Ngale ndlela ukuhlala kuGideon Putnam sekufana ne-spa ehamba phambili.
Ngezimpelasonto ezithile, uGideon Putnam kanye noBoosevelt Baths banikeza ama-"Retreats Wellness Retreats" okubandakanya ukulala, ibhati elilodwa ngosuku, ukudla okuningi, isigaba sokupheka, kanye nemisebenzi kanye nama-workshops. I-workshop elandelayo izonikezwa ngoNovemba 11 kuya ku-13, 2016.
Umlando weSaratoga Springs
I-Saratoga Springs ine-mineral kuphela yemithombo yamaminerali ephuma empumalanga ye-Rockies, enezingxube zezinto ezingu-16 kuhlanganise ne-bicarbonate, i-chloride, i-sodium, i-calcium, i-potassium ne-magnesium. Amanzi ayeyingcwele kumaMohawks, abiza indawo yeSerchtague, "indawo yamanzi asheshayo". Ukubizwa kabi ngaleli gama ukuthi indawo yaziwa kanjani njengeSaratoga.
Abantu baseMelika baseMelika babekholelwa ukuthi amanzi aphethwe ngamanzi aphethwe ngumuntu uManitou, enikeza ngempahla yokuphulukisa.
Iziphethu "zitholakale" nguSir William Johnson ngo-1771 futhi maduzane waba isikhombiso sabahlali abamhlophe, abahlanganyela nenkolelo kaMohawk yokuthi amanzi amaminerali anesakhiwo sokuphulukisa. Lapho uGideon Putnam ehlala eduze ne-High Rock Spring ngo-1795, wabona ukuthi indawo yakhona yayithenga futhi ithengwe eduze neCongress Spring kanti ngo-1802, yavula iTaynam's Tavern neBhodiing House. Kwakuyimpumelelo, futhi ama-inns amaningi alandelwa. Ngo-1831, lapho kufika isitimela esivela eNew York City, ukuvakasha kwaqeda. 'Ukuthatha ukwelashwa' eSaratoga kwakuyisiko esiqinile sabantu abayizinkulungwane zezivakashi.
Umjaho wamahhashi ube yingxenye yeSaratoga Springs scene kusukela ngo-1847, lapho kuhlangana khona imizila yezintambo emgwaqeni ongcolile eduze kwe-Union Avenue.
Ngo-1864 ithrekhi emikhulu yakhiwe ngakolunye uhlangothi lwe-Union Avenue, indawo yeSaratoga Race Course yamanje.
I-John Morrissey's Club House, i-Canfield Casino kanye neyamamyuziyamu aseCongress Park, yavuleka ngo-1870. Ngemuva kokuhlwa ntambama emncintiswaneni womncintiswano, izigidi zazibuthelwa emidlalweni emikhulu, zizungezwe ubuhle obuphezulu bama-Victorian. U-Diamond Jim Brady, uLillian Russell, uLily Langtry, kanye neBet-A-Million Gates babephakathi kwalabo abangezelele umbukiso eSaratoga.
Izindlu zase-Victor zase-Ornate zakhiwe yizityebi eNyakatho YaseNyakatho nasezindaweni ezizungeze idolobha kusukela ngo-1870 kuya ekupheleni kwekhulu lama-20. Ehlobo elibanjwe "izindlu zokulala" ngabanikazi bazo abacebile, babamba abaPhostoli abavakashele, abaPresidente, abaholi bezombusazwe kanye nezikhulu zebhizinisi. Ezinye iziphawulekayo, kuhlanganise noSusan B. Anthony, uSarah Bernhardt, uCaruso, uVictor Herbert, uJohn Philip Sousa, uDaniel Webster no-Oscar Wilde nabo bahambela.
Ngo-1909, umbuso waseNew York waqala ukuthenga umhlaba ukuze ulondoloze amanzi amaminerali, ayepheliswa ukuthuthukiswa kwezebhizinisi. (Izinkampani zakha izitshalo eziphezu kwamanzi futhi zisebenzise amaphampu anamandla anamandla okukhipha amanzi amaminerali egesi layo, okwathengiswa ngaleso sikhathi ezinkampanini zesiphuzo.) Lokhu kugcina kugcina kube yiSaratoga Spa State Park.
UMbusi uFranklin Roosevelt wahlala ezindlini zokugezela zaseSaratoga Springs ngenkathi elwa nepholio, futhi ngo-1929, wamisa ikhomishana yokuthuthukisa indawo yokwelashwa lapha, nokwakhiwa kwe-spa kaSaratoga. Uhulumeni waxhaswa le phrojekthi ngawo-1930 ukwakha i-Saratoga Spa State Park, kuhlanganise noGideon Putnam kanye namanzi okugezela ama-neo-classical amane angaphakathi ngaphakathi epaki.
Kulawo mabhuku okugeza, kuphela i-Roosevelt Bathhouse ivulekile ukugeza. (Yalungiswa futhi yavulwa futhi ngo-2004, njengoba nje izibhuku zeLincoln zivaliwe futhi ziphendulwa ngamanzi okugeza.) Ezinye ziguqulelwe kwezinye izinto, njenge-Spa Little Theatre, iNational Museum of Dance kanye neSaratoga Automobile Museum namahhovisi . Amanzibhisi aseLincoln aguqulwa abe yindawo yehhovisi, kodwa usengakwazi ukuhamba ngemikhawulo ethile emakethe yomlimi futhi uhlole izakhiwo zomlando.
Ngawo-1940, ukuhlala kwamaviki amathathu kwakubhekwa njengesijwayelekile futhi kufaka ama-21 amaminerali okugeza, izifo zokufinyelela, ukudla okulawulwayo, ukuphumula, ukuzivocavoca nokuzilibazisa. Inani lokugeza lafika ngo-1946 kumabhati angu-200 000 ngonyaka. Ngo-2015 kwakunezingu-25,000 zokugeza ezihlinzekwa eBheosevelt Bathhouse.
I-Saratoga Springs Bath - I-Then and Now
Ngangenelisekile ukuba ngibe nokugeza okuyisikole esikoleni esidala eSaratoga Springs emashumini eminyaka edlule, lapho uLincoln Baths esevulekile. Udadewethu wayehlala eBoston futhi ngangihlala eNew York, ngakho-ke sanquma ukuthi kwakuyiphuzu elihle lomhlangano. Angikaze ngize ngikhohlwa lokho kugeza. I-bathhouse yayingumdanso. Owesifazane oneminyaka engama-50 ubudala obeneminyaka eyishumi nantathu ubudala wadonsa ibhande lokushisa kimi nje ekushiseni okulungile, angixwayise ukuthi ngingathinti izilawuli njengoba ngingangena emanzini imizuzu engu-20 futhi akazange anike isikhathi sokushisa.
Kuze kube manje angizange ngizizwele. Kodwa amanzi kwakuhlaza okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhakeni ngokumelene ne-porcelain emhlophe yokugeza. Ngilala futhi amabhuloho emvelo amanzi anamathela esikhumbeni sami. Ngaso sonke isikhathi, umuntu wayezovulela isikhumba sami phezulu, anginike umzwelo omnandi kakhulu wokuthutha. Akumangalisi ukuthi yayibizwa ngokuthi "i-Nature's Champagne"! Ngemva kwalokho, ngifakwe ephepheni bese ngilala uhlaka ngehora lesigamu ukuze ngiphume futhi ngivumelanise ingqondo yami. Kodwa iparadesi yayizophela. Ngangibhalele ukusikhipha umzimba, futhi ngathola enye yezimiso zokuzibulala ezesabekayo zokuphila kwami. Ukugeza okudala esikoleni kwakuhle kakhulu. Ukuphunga esikoleni esidala kwakungekho. Kuyinto elula ukuhlwithwa umuntu onzima futhi angazi ukuthi benzani.
Ngabuyela eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, emva kokuba uRovelvelt Baths evuliwe ngo-2004, futhi ngilindele ukugeza kwami. Kodwa lapho ngingena ekamelweni, ngashaqeka ukubona amanzi enombala. Kwakukhona amabhubhu ambalwa, lapha nalapha, kodwa hhayi umuzwa omuhle wokugqoke ezinqabeni ezihlunga ngalunye. Ngabe ngangiyiphutha kabi? Ngabe ngidangele?
I-massage therapist (owayengumuntu omuhle kakhulu) wachaza ukuthi amabhati ayesishintshile ngempela. Okokuqala imishini kahulumeni eyatshisa amanzi amaminerali abikisiwe, aphuma emhlabathini abandayo, kuze kufike izinga lokushisa elungile. Kodwa kwafika kuma-1930, futhi lapho lokho kusebenza kuphukile, umbuso wanquma ukuthi kubiza kakhulu. Isixazululo esilula, eshibhile kwakuwukushisa amanzi okumpompi ukushisa okuphezulu kakhulu futhi ukuhlanganisa namanzi ahlanzekile amaminerali ukuba avele emgqonyeni ngamaphesenti angama-98 e-farenheit. Inhlanganisela yalaba ababili yaguqula amanzi umbala okhandlayo.
Ngizwile ukuthi kunezinambuzane ezimbalwa lapho ungathola khona ukugeza okungeziwe okungakonakali, kodwa kubhalwa kusengaphambili yi-cognoscenti. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-bathhouse ihle kakhulu ukuthi i-massage yami ihle kakhulu, futhi yengeze okunye okufana no-Judith Jackson aromatherapy nama-facial amahle.
Ezinye Izinto Ongayenza Ku-Saratoga State State Park
I-Pool Peerless Complex iqukethe idizi elikhulu elinenhlabathi ejulile, i-slide pool ehlukene eline-19 'i-slide kabili futhi idiza elihamba phambili lezingane elinomthombo wamakhowe. I-pool yama-slide inesidingo sokuphakama okungenani okungama-48 "ubude. I-Historic Victoria Pool iyidamu elincane elizungezwe ngezinyawo. Izindawo zombili zomhlaba zihlanganisa nezinsizakalo zokudla neziphuzo, izikhumba, amakamelo okuzula kanye nezindawo zokuphumula.
I-Saratoga Spa State Park inikeza izifundo ezimbili zegalofu ezinhle; inkambiso ye-18-hole course kanye nenselele engu-9-hole, ephelele nge-shop pro nokudlela. Indawo enomusa inikeza izindawo zepikiniki, imigwaqo e-shady streamside, efanelekayo kumuntu oyithandayo noma ohambahambayo, kanye nokusebenza okuqinisekisiwe okusetshenziselwa abagijimi nabagijimi esikoleni esiphakeme nabamakholiji. Imisebenzi yasebusika ihlanganisa ukushushuluza kwezwe elingenqamula emakhilomitha angaba ngu-12, i-ice skating, i-hockey ye-ice.