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"  When I travel, I do as I&amp;#039;m told. On a Saturday night in Stockholm, that meant staying at a club called Under Bron until they played R.E.M. to get everyone to leave, then lining my hotel bathtub in pillows and sitting there with friends, drinking Orangina spiked with sweet vermouth until dawn. The next day, the traditional Swedish gravlax and tea weren&amp;#039;t quite enough to kill our hangovers, so my friend Zeke and I did as the Swedes do and headed to Sturebadet. It&amp;#039;s a spa in the middle of Stockholm that was founded in the 19th century and was supposedly a favorite of Greta Garbo, and we thought it might have something on the treatment menu that could bring us back to life. Related: I Tried It: The Juice Cleanse That Promises Better Sex In the dressing room, after being given a towel and slippers and a waffle knit robe, I realized I had no idea how European (read: naked) the common areas were and had to ask around until a bemused woman told me I definitely needed to wear a swimsuit on the coed floor. Zeke and I sat in the hot tub and swam in the crazy-opulent Moorish/Nordic pool and then went our separate ways. He went to one of the two gyms and I commenced a sauna-steam-aromatherapy room-napping routine. I was still in a kind of half-asleep, deeply blissed-xout state, drinking fizzy water and eating tiny green apples, when it was time for my turn at Sturebadet&amp;#039;s signature treatment, the Sami Zen. The Sami are the native nomadic people who live in the Lapland, which stretches across northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. (My mother once told me that Ren\u00E9e Zellweger is part Sami\u2014I always enjoy a celebrity tie-in.) Related: The Ultimate Beauty Secrets From a French Skin Care Guru Anyway, the treatment is a combination of body scrubbing, bathing, and massage, all of which happens in a replica of a yurt soundtracked to the soothing sounds of joik music (which Wikipedia aptly describes as &amp;quot;comparable to the traditional chanting of some Native American cultures&amp;quot;). There is even a replica of the night sky on the ceiling, with twinkling lights forming the constellations! The night before my friend Hugo said this all sounded like Sami Disneyland, but I didn&amp;#039;t care about the authenticity level. Folk music and tents and elaborate spa rituals are like catnip to me. First you lay on a table and get scrubbed, then you go in the shower and rinse it all off. Meanwhile, a lovely blond attendant draws you a bath perfumed with Kerstin Florian&amp;#039;s Wildflower Bath. The room has changing colored lights, which give the overall experience just a smidge of a disco vibe. Then, with about an hour left, you get on a massage table and you&amp;#039;re given a mini facial and a real-deal Swedish hot stone massage using oil from the juniper tree. I would be lying if I said I did not fall asleep mid-massage. Related: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Reveal Their Beauty Quirks According to the literature, &amp;quot;by reaching a place of such deep relaxation, with heat, stones, repetitive movement, and healing botanicals, we believe we can reach a point of complete release, allowing the body an opportunity to heal.&amp;quot; As I left the spa with soft skin and a beatific expression on my face, I thought it was just the healing I needed. And my hangover? Gone. Photo: Getty Images  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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