Monthly Archives: May 2011

My my, where to begin? Georgia’s been good to me over the past couple of days. Here are a couple of highlights, in no particular order. – Finally went to a football game in Tbilisi on Sunday, Dinamo Tbilisi vs. … Continue reading →

I sometimes say it’s hard to place parts of Georgia (i.e., where I live) in time, but if I used their methods of healthcare as my measuring device, I would end up somewhere in the 19th century. Here are some … Continue reading →

Something I love about Georgia today: how I came home from the weekend, and noticed that there was a sheep in the backyard. It’s been acting as a lawnmower. Hopefully it’ll do well enough to not end up as dinner. … Continue reading →

(Translation: Tbilisi, I love you) Another Tbilisi weekend. Man, I’m really excited to move on to the next place I’ll be for a while (see the picture at the top of the screen . . .), but I’m going to … Continue reading →

Something I love about Georgia today: how my 6th graders had written “WE LOVE LANI” on the blackboard, and how it got another round of giggles when someone had to clean the board to do some actual work on it. … Continue reading →

Something I love about Georgia today: Davit Gareja. I should really be writing a longer post about how incredible it was, but all I’ve got is this — the words that came to my mind when I was up on … Continue reading →

I’m coming to the end of a very lovely three-day weekend. Why did I have Monday off? Because it’s Victory-over-Fascism day, of course! For once, the celebrations of Stalin are merited. Or . . . at least more merited than … Continue reading →

Something I love about Georgia today: one of my seventh graders, not a huge participator, asked for my autograph. I may have to make my scrawl more impressive. Something I miss about America: phone plans with unlimited minutes.

I have six weekends left in Georgia. Well, that’s not entirely true. I’m spending one of them in Ukraine. And then I’ll have a couple more with my parents, but those are already planned. I’ve got a long to-do list … Continue reading →

After some urging from my partner in crime, I realized that our arrival back in Tbilisi and our subsequent journey to Gurjaani merited its own post. I think it’s a really fine way to represent Georgia, in all its glory … Continue reading →