Modesty, anyone?

I was prepared for topless women at the beach. But I haven't been to the beach yet. I was not, however prepared for the gym. This morning we went to a nearby gym that has a couple of pools. At this gym, you can pay as you go to use only the pool--3.5 euros, I think, for one entry. When we entered the locker room there were a couple of older women getting dressed and chatting. One of them was completely naked and stopped drying periodically to talk with her hands. I thought, "Well that's awkward". We swam some laps and did some exercises in the pool, sat in the steam bath and then rubbed ice on our skin. I'd never heard of this but Susanna says it makes your skin tighter and younger looking so, hey, why not try it? When we got back to the locker room Susanna showed me the showers all in one room. Not unusual for a pool locker room. There were 2 or 3 others in there when I started to wash my hair. When I opened my eyes, they had all taken off their bathing suits and were just showering naked as if they were at home!. Needless to say I did not take mine off and maybe they think I'm dirty, but, well, I'll just let them think that. I went to get my towel, and Susanna said gently, "There are private dressing rooms through that door if you want". I definitely wanted my own dressing room! Not surprisingly I didn't have any trouble finding an available one!