It’s Tuesday and it feels like I’ve been here for a month. Monday was blessedly wonderful. The others had to go to work, but I got to stay home, unpack, and take a nap. In the evening, we met a bunch of Expats at a Georgian restaurant in Old Tbilisi. Old Tbilisi is just like it sounds—the oldest part of the city. The Expats taught us the proper etiquette for the Georgian supra, and advised us on how to eat khinkali, a traditional Georgian dish. Basically, khinkali are giant dumplings. The dough surrounding the meat is twisted into a knot at [View Full Entry]

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Due to the fantastic nature of jet lag, my body awoke at 6 AM this morning—unfortunately my mind didn’t wake up until much later. Despite the fact that the water in my shower was some sort of black sewage for the first 5 seconds, bathing did help me to rediscover my will to live. Paul and I walked to the local money exchange to get Lari, the Georgian currency. Because my mind was still asleep, I left my passport at the exchange and didn’t realize it until I was a block away. Frantic, I ran back to reclaim it. I expected [View Full Entry]

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I don’t know if it’s because I’ve spent too much time in Russia, but part of me is waiting for the other shoe to drop. The fact is, this Georgian experience has been far too wonderful for something bad not to happen. But let me start from the beginning… If you’ve never flown KLM, then you don’t know what good airline service can be. In fact, the flight from New York to Amsterdam was so delightful, I didn’t want to sleep for fear of missing something wonderful like free chocolate. Of course, we all agreed that the wonderful KLM flight was [View Full Entry]

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Hi Family and Friends, Welcome to my travel diary for Georgia! Since I won't be able to email ya'll individually, I thought it'd be nice to make a travelblog so that you can check on what Dana and I are doing during the summer. I guarantee lots of zaney stories that will make my mother cringe for fear of my life...but that's the fun of traveling in former soviet republics!!! We leave tomorrow at...I don't know when but Dana does and that's all that's important. We're heading to Amsterdam and then off to Tblisi. There will be someone to meet us [View Full Entry]

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