Searching for Bodywork and Fitness
in Sofia, BU gym
Gym in Sofia
Not the Tri-County Market
We can feel the history
Güncel haberleri takip edin
(photo by John)
pivo before hiking back down
This is a memorial page for the late and great mentor of many, John Harris, who promoted so many valuable techniques and ideas, and encouraged me to dive deeper into the bodywork field.
Here are "some photos" of our 2004 quest for vestigial remnants of Eastern Europe's former empires of therapeutic bodywork, athletic training, holistic arts and hearty nutrition. Thank you for all the knowledge and insights. Rest in Peace John!
Paul Boarding at SBA (good ol' days of cheap and plentiful flights)
Taking off over Ultimate Field (now Gulag dorms)
Turning over Isla Vista
On to Big Bird in LAX (John will be behind me soon over Lockerbie)
Look Who I Found in Sofia
John pumping iron
Unilateral press
Bulgarian Athlete
Gym in Sofia
Stretch in Sofia
John at Lunch in Bulgaria
John Food Shopping in Sofia
Our Room in Sofia
Traffic Control on Street
Powerplant from Bus
John Harris at Rila Entrance
John in Rila Monastery
Rila Monastery Interior
Looks like they need bodywork...
during Ottoman Empire
Refuge from the rulers
Paul Tai Chi (photo by John)
Lunch in Rila with doctor
John back from hike
Our Room in Rila
Modern shared services
Any building permit?
Stormwater prevention program?
Bulgarian countryside
Renovated Nordstrom's?
Chapala in 30 years??
Ready to charge Teslas
Carbohydrates, not hydrocarbons
Back in Sofia
Pool closed
Was New in 1800s
Get Your Cash From BulBank
John on Bus
Bulk Nuts
Bulgarian Pizza
Communist Statue, NATO Graffiti
State Street in 50 Years
John and Paul at Dinner
Dinner
Got an Electrical Permit?
Pool Time
You Wanna Donner??
John got his Donner
Best Dressed Fruit Vendors
Is the Electrical Work Finished?
Hostel Food
John Turning the AC On
Taxi To Train Station
Train to Turkey
Are you sure we want to go that way?
The Khans came this way?
Veliko Tarnovo
I guess that we're really going to Turkey
Our Rations for the Morning
John on Night Train to Istanbul - (We were not allowed to photograph our ejection from the train at 4AM for customs inspection)
Taxi in Istanbul
Welcome to Istanbul
Aerial View
Lunch is the Priority
You charge for napkins too?
Bus Tour
John Discussing Deeperwork
Istanbul Hamami
The real Hammam
Monsieur masseur
Finally some deepwork
Sinbad's Culinary Marvels (took 1/2 hour)
Blue Mosque
Lunch
Lunch Again
Searching for real yogurt
Danone, Danone, Danone
Streets of Istanbul
Hiking in Istanbul
Manhole Floating
John at Topkapi Palace
Dinner
Seismic design differs from California's
John reads the newspaper
The News Aug. 10, 2004
The News 2024 (20 years later)
Boarding Hungarian Plane in Sofia to Prague
Flying Map over Hungary
John on Bus in Prague
John at Prague Metro
Dinner- Pork, Dumplings, Sauerkraut
Wandering in Prague
...along with a few other tourists
to the Charles Bridge
Culinary wonders
Ice Cream Break
Praha view
Public Transportation with Bling
Basic Food
Time for a workout
Time for Laundry
Museum of War and Communism
Commie Museum- After Work - Go to the sport fields and gyms (or bread line)
Prague Spring 1968
Fruit Dumplings With Cocoa
Warning from Chef
Super Sportsman with Barbell
No Elevator
Can we get another room?
This One Is Better
Need A Key To Exit
John Buying Milk
Groceries
Sardines, rye bread and the usual beverage
Kolace Time
Rent a Trabant
Old Town Square
Cow Kinesiology
Karluv Most
Toward the Castle
Castle from the Charles Bridge
Torture Museum
Dinner with Family
Lunch at "Home"
Chinese Restaurant
Petynka Pool
Proper Lunch
Continental Breakfast
Real Breakfast
Teddy Art
Sucking Out Fiat Papers
Deli
Home Lunch
Working out at the YMCA
Internal Rotation For Luggage
YMCA Aerobics Class
YMCA War Memorial
Post Workout Meal
Street Sausage as Dessert
Other Dessert
Off to the Next Capital
Back to the Metro Bunker
Waiting for the Subway
and Back Up to Train Station to Hungary...
...Arrived back from Hungary to Brno, CZ
John likes Guiness and coke
Back to Czech Food
Bookstore Health Section
Undercrossing
Paul's Restaurant
To the Festival in Dolni Dunajovice, Moravia
John off to the Festival?
...but First We Need to Feed the Hogs
John carrying Barley
Private Transportation
John Farm Worker
John on work break
Meditation did not move it, so...
...we had to...
...work for food
Hope we get food for this
Log Splitting
After work rest
Meanwhile, the women have been working
Making Dumplings
Dinner!
tasted extra good after the work
Now time for bodywork
Deeperwork in action
Deep Tissue
Cranial
Dolni Dunajovice Wine Harvest Festival Begins
Dolni Dunajovice Wine Harvest Fest
Festival Dancers
Wine is Ready
Food is Ready
Foood
Music
Festivities and dancing (did John do the polka?)
Breakfast
Good Morning
Morning Exercise
and Stretching
and Dog Yoga
and more Bodywork
bodywork
John in a Familiar Pose
Don't forget the Plantar
Upper Trap area
and the photographer
Teamwork
Deepwork
Lunch First Course
Drive back to Brno
Next Home
Dorm
Dorm Room
ADA Compliant?
PA system
All the Laundry Amenities
and Privacy
Nice Kitchen
...but Time to Hunt for Food
Found some Dinner
Another Fireworks Show for John's Arrival
Fitness Statues
Fitness Gym
Massage Menu
Massage Menu
Mom and Pop Restaurant
Lunch with Karel Puklicky, who still biked to Switzerland at 70
Karel Puklicky, past Bike Champ friend who can't drink water straight
John and Karel in Brno
John at Karel's
Karel and his bikes
More Karel's bikes
Karel and John
Paul and Karel
John and Karel on the tramvaj
Going to see the Castle
Brno Cathedral
John looking off Brno Castle
US and Russian Bombs Did Not Destroy All the Buildings
Busy Construction Worker
Karel and John
Lunch with Karel
On Train - Brno to Olomouc
Arrived at Olomouc
Chinese Restaurant
Lunch in Olomouc
Olomouc
On Train - Olomouc to Ostrava
John on the tramvaj in Ostrava
Successfully punched his ticket!
Hotel
Ostrava
John on Train
Popelin, CZ
Czech before opening the back door
Tongue twister
Home dinner with friends
Good sleep
Bohemian breakfast
Butcher
Baker
Knife shop
Vegetarian advertising
Gym time
View from gym
Home dinner
Up the tower
View of the real Budweiser city
in the car
John hiking
Friends hiking
Some view
Turisticke signs
Tower to watch out for Ottomans
Watching for Turks
View
Refreshment with John
Hike back down
Post event stretching
More stretching
Home cooked
John on bike
Biking
John biking in Southern Bohemia
Bike
John Biked to castle
Paul with bike
Chinese Traditional Medicine Clinic
John on bike
John back in town
Are you back there?
Riding on the cobblestones
John in bike lane
John under trolleybus wires
John Tai Chi 1
John Tai Chi 2
John Tai Chi 3
John Tai Chi 4
John Tai Chi 5
John Tai Chi 6
Medical massage
DORN Therapy
Certified
More info
Dinner
On the road again
John on bus to...
Another tower
Český Krumlov castle
Český Krumlov view
Back to train
Paul waiting
On the train
and off the train
Back in CZ- John off the train
John on Prague metro
next hotel
Vegetarian tonight
Dinner
Torture Museum
5-Element Shiatsu class
Vlci Mak schedule
John Receiving Shiatsu Massage at Vlci Mak
Releasing some tissue from carrying bags
Train From Prague To Budapest
Train Arrived in Budapest
Fireworks For John's Arrival
Dinner in Budapest
Our Hostel
John in the Hostel
Nap Time
John Looking for Breakfast
Breakfast
Budapest Architecture
Budapest Church
Budapest Pool
John on trolley
John coming home
Shopping
Bread
Even the Oatmeal is Sweetened
Budget Breakfast
Communist Terror Museum
Budapest
Pool
Crossing the Street
Rush Hour
John Shopping for a Snack
John snacking
Cheese Sampler Dinner
Massage Certs
Physiotherapy Charts
Massage Cream
Gym
Crane
John Passed Safely and Sidewalk did not sink
Gulash etc.
Massage Menu
Historical Pool
Second Pool at Bathhouse
Must Be Fit to slay dragon
Not Taichi
Dinner after Eger
Breakfast Options
Pre Train Stretching
Protraction stretch
Pect stretch
Good stretch for massage therapists
Lunch on the Train back to CZ
Budapest Tour Map
Lunch
Budapest Communist Statue Park
Looking for Train Tickets
Waiting to Buy Train Tickets
Catch Train 2 Days Later
Eger Minaret
Eger Battle statue
Edge of Ottoman Empire
Watchtowers Everywhere
No Salad Bar for John
Streets for Common People
Ottoman Invasion Plaque
Saved Europe For Thousand Years
Defense Wall
Below the Wall
John Stretching or Testing the fortress wall
Eger Fortress Natural Wall
John absorbing the history
Statue Slaying The Snake of Communism
Monument for the Last Bloody Revolution - 1956
Train back to Budapest
Festivals to Remember History
John teaching 200hr in 2004
Fix Pain Book
Barefoot Class Feb 2004
John's Honda 2006
John on Honda 2006
John outside BTI 2009
John H (Deeperwork)
John Harris (Deeperwork)
Bye, Bye
