Blogs from Tbilisi District, Georgia, Asia - page 13

OK wow what a weekend! so this weekend we went khevsureti, a region in northern georgia near the chechen border. since this isnt the official blog i can write that we went to the border here or else teh school would flip out. i didnt feel the least bit scared and it was not dangerous or anything. I am not gonna write about the history of the khevsureti because u can read it here on wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khevsureti of course the journey was just as fun as the destination. it was a 2 day trip and they told us to pack warmly and be ready to hike a lot. so we get to the meeting place at 7am like tehy told us. so we are sitting in the bus waiting for everyone to come cuz obviously ... read more

ok so much to write about, i don't even know where to begin. i dunno if i should write about some observations i have made recently or what i have been doing. i will try to attempt both. i am just gonna go in order of events that have taken place in teh last couple of weeks. so last week we went and saw georgian dancing. wow is all i can say. holy crap. i dont know how it is physically possible to jump up in the air and land on your toes! or land on your knees and 'bounce' back up. it was amazing to watch. it really nice too cuz we were there with our entire host family and it was a nice "family" outing. the show was supposed to start at 8 but ... read more

FYI-this is the unoffical blog meant for family and friends, it reflects ONLY my views and of nobody else i am alive and well in tbilisi gerogia. after 27 hours in transit i finally landed on sunday at 4am in tbilisi. i couldnt see much from the airplane but i was still really excited and nervous. i don't speak georgian and while many georgians speak russian i was and still am a bit nervous to use it because of all the conflict/dislike between the two countries. I was greeted by host mom, her daughter and my classmate who is interning with me in georgia. as the sun began to rise on the drive home i saw my first glimpses of tbilisi. it is really beautiful. there are lush green hills surrounding the city with beautiful old ... read more

Quick Note: When traveling half way across the world don't end blogs mid sentence. It worries people. Mostly mothers. Since I last wrote we went on a journey through the country side of Georgia, many things happened, some funny, some educational, all memorable. Below I will do my best to summarize the events in an exciting and hopefully entertaining manner. After posting we headed out to play some pool and then hit up a restaurant for some beer. Pool itself wasn't very exciting; I posted a modest 6-0 record representing Canada to the best of billiard abilities. The restaurant is where things got interesting. We asked Koka for a pitcher of beer. He had no idea what we were talking about. After a few moments of conversing Koka understood that we wanted a lot of beer. ... read more

How clean is a whistle? I mean really. Got a hold of a few pics from Yesterday. We awoke this morning to Dali having breakfast ready, again. Bread, cheese, tea, coffee, and hot dogs were on the menu and we all dove in and respectfully filled our bellies. It's hard to describe the day. We started out going to vineyard out in the country. It was an old farm, full of pigs, goats, a few sheep, and even less cows. There were two farm dogs, Basa and Schmeigel. Basa was a beast; she was the daughter of a wolf and a normal dog and it showed. They also had making wine down to a pretty good science and we were allowed to sample far too many different types by 11 in the morning. Having worked on ... read more