GeorgiaSaburtalo41°42’40” N 44°45’26” E 26 September 2024, Georgia ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
GeorgiaIvane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University41°42’29” N 44°46’25” E 27 September 2024, Georgia ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Today was filled with reunions with my former students. What always amazes me - besides the fact that they are great people - is that every Georgian student I’ve worked with not only has greatBaca lagi
GeorgiaLiberty Square41°41’33” N 44°47’54” E 28 September 2024, Georgia ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Georgians celebrate every major (or minor!) event with a Supra, a large meal that features special food, toasts, singing, and of course, wine. The celebration is led by the Tamada, usually theBaca lagi
PengembaraWhat a beautiful, joyful, generous celebration of life, friendship and love!!! 🙌🏻
GeorgiaMakatubani42°7’41” N 43°14’30” E
29 September 2024, Georgia ⋅ 🌬 73 °F
On our drive from Tbilisi to Terjola, I realized there was a snafu in picking up our rental car and we had three hours to kill.
‘No problem,’ says Nick, the driver we had just met an hour beforeBaca lagi
PengembaraVery similar cultural pattern to the city folks Martha lived with in Baku Azerbaijan. Strong village connections - extended family, land, farming, vacations to escape the heat of the city.
GeorgiaCh'khari42°14’50” N 42°58’42” E 30 September 2024, Georgia ⋅ 🌬 77 °F
Quick note about why we are here (in this very small Georgian town). During our 2023 visit, Mark spent a great day with a winemaker/philosopher named Gia. Mark was interested in spending more time andBaca lagi
PengembaraIs Gia still growing a huge variety of grapes and making so many different wines?
PengembaraYes. He grows over 100 varieties of grapes - collecting many thought lost during Soviet years of mass production.
GeorgiaSazano42°12’36” N 43°3’32” E GeorgiaT'erjola42°11’29” N 42°58’48” E 2 Oktober 2024, Georgia ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
Tamari is my most loyal student. We talk every week about school and family. She loves to screenshare photos from her life and patiently explains the nuances of Georgian culture.
One interestingBaca lagi
PengembaraNo exaggeration - that Supra made Thanksgiving look like a snack. Funny experience - we were parked where we couldn’t get out. As it was getting late, we were waiting for the people driving the cars behind us to leave so we could leave. They didn’t leave. And one was the school principal so I thought everyone, out of respect, was waiting for her. It got to be 11:00…. Finally, Mark was so tired that he said it was time for us to go and everyone jumped up to leave. We then realized that since we were the ‘honored’ guests, everyone had to wait for us to leave. When the guests realized we didn’t know, we all had a good laugh. We could have been there all night! 😳😎
PengembaraThat’s so funny, and cultural norms like that are so powerful! Reminds me when the bell tower signaled noon and people in the 11 am Chapel service started looking at their watches!
PengembaraThat was my mom growing up - because she was feeding lots of folks for Sunday dinner.
GeorgiaTs’ablaraskhevi42°0’10” N 42°48’13” E 3 Oktober 2024, Georgia ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
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They had salt rooms in Japan. The belief was that inhaling salted air brought increased protection from colds and other respiratory issues. My friend at P&G who led the global health care business was working on a Vicks brand salt water shower product based on research that Siberian salt mine workers rarely got sick.
PengembaraNo- they couldn’t solve the problem of high salt content wrecking the metal parts of showers and drains and light fixtures.
GeorgiaAkhali Terjola42°12’34” N 42°59’18” E
4 Oktober 2024, Georgia ⋅ 🌙 59 °F
GeorgiaT'erjola42°11’4” N 42°58’25” E 5 Oktober 2024, Georgia ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
PengembaraThe food is over-the-top! There is so much of it that they stack the dishes on top of each other. Kind of crazy.
Pengembara
Amen!!!
PengembaraWow!!
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Special!