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Baring it all in Baden-Baden, an ancient German spa town

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mwspa - The public square in Wiesbaden Photo Credit GNTB Francesco Carovillano

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The public square in Wiesbaden, one of three German towns honoured by Unesco as World Heritage sites.

PHOTO: GERMAN NATIONAL TOURIST BOARD

Ming E. Wong

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BADEN-BADEN, Germany – My husband is generally a good sport and open to most adventures, but he is adamant: “I’m not going in naked to be spanked by old men.”

“But it’s a 200-year-old tradition – kings and queens experienced it this way too,” I counter.

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