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On our autumn holiday last October we visited the Meri Hotel Spa in Kuressaare and had a chance to talk to their very experienced doctor, Helvi Koppel. She introduced to us the variety of treatments they had for different conditions. (home page)I felt slightly frustrated when I realised I should have come here two years ago when I broke my ankle very badly. The process in Finland did not go altogether well and my ankle is and will remain stiff. Aku Eronen and doctor Helvi Koppel. In March 2015 I fell on a slippery road while I was walking to work in the morning. I broke three bones. The local hospital did a wonderful job putting the pieces back together and sent me home after a few days. For six weeks I had a cast and walked around with a pair of crutches. Or mostly, I sat on the sofa because walking was so difficult. I got some instructions for doing gymnastics and I tried to follow them closely. So far, so good. The problem arose, when the cast had been removed and I was supp...

All the older generations of Finns have probably heard the Saarenmaa walse, which praises the white nights and the beauty of summer nights in Saarenmaa.  We headed there, too, for a week in June, not so much attracted by the white nights, but by the very reasonable prices of spa holidays. We had been planning to stay in our home country and were counting the costs of accommodation when we noticed a newspaper ad of one week spa holiday for a much cheaper price. We made a quick decision and were on our way just a few days later. We were met in Tallinna harbour by our Estonian guide, Anneli. During the bus ride she told us what to expect in our destination. After about two hours bus trip we boarded a ferry to the island of Muhu and from there to Saaremaa island and its capital, Kuressaare. Our hotel, spa hotel R üütli, was in a wonderful place on the seafront, next to the medieval Bishop´s Castle, just a short walk from the centre of Kuressaare. We indulged in spa life: ...