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A WALK TO SONJA'S YOGA STUDIO




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The reason for Sonja, Paul, and Sam's residence in Croatia is the opportunity to bring quality yoga instruction to Zagreb. Sonja has been very successful in increasing attendance at NAVA yoga studio. She is well-loved by her students. Too well-loved of course, for those of us who want them to come home soon. It's a long way to January 2006 when they plan to return This is assuming they don't move to England to take advantage of the great health care system they have there. Important because Sam has had a couple of asthma attacks that needed good medical care. One of these attacks happened last month while Paul and Sam were visiting Sam's wonderful Aunt and Uncle, Deb and Adrian. The ambulance ride, hospital visit, and all his care were free. And they even gave him a nebulizer for home use. Very, very different from what happens in this supremely unenlightened country. Even in Zagreb they had a home visit by a local pediatrician. Unheard of here.

Sonja, Paul, and Sam live in the old city part of Zagreb, which sits high above the rest of the city. Their apartment is in a building hundreds of years old. On one of our days there we walked with Sonja to her studio. First we walked up a long flight of stairs. Then up another, longer flight of stairs (if you look closely, you can see, far down in the distance, Sam coming up).

At the top, Sam is pleased. Especially because now we were starting down.

At the bottom we walked through an alleyway, then out onto the street, before arriving finally outside the studio (which as you can see in the photo is on the second floor of a building overlooking the main square.

A lovely walk.



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