Category Archives: Georgia

Drinking from the river and eating from the trees II

So after going to bed at 10 the previous evening, everybody got up early to climb the next destination, the TV tower. For the day we hired a guide, Merab and told him to be there at nine although he … Continue reading

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Preview: Drinking from the river and eating from the trees II

Yes, I admit that I am a techie. I also love the mountains and am a big fan of taking pictures. All that came together recently, when we drove to Svaneti. Right on the top of the mountain we climbed … Continue reading

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Drinking from the river and eating from the trees I

Short preliminary tip: If you want to see the slide show in a somewhat chronological order (a few photos are out of order though), please scroll, wait for the slide show to be loaded and pause it until you have … Continue reading

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Losing weight on your way home

Two introductory sentences: A post about public transport here in Batumi and in Georgia overall is about to come soon, but this will give you a feeling on what that post will be alike. Combining the post’s title with public … Continue reading

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It’s all natural

Actually, this post was supposed to be kind of short. I wanted to dedicate it to all you nature lovers and especial to my mother. Mum, this post is still dedicated to you, but will contain a few things I … Continue reading

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Teaching English and Chasing Mosquitoes

School finally started. And although I mainly had to improvise, it was actually really fun, I enjoyed it alot. The students are pretty motivated and my teachers are really nice to work with. In the beginning it was a bit … Continue reading

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Batumi East Side Rain

School starts tomorrow. So I figured I would go to school today to finally get my three to be assisted teachers assigned and to talk about what would happen from tomorrow on. It was my fourth day in my school. … Continue reading

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Tchame, Tchame!

Georgia is known for his big scale hospitality. You encounter this basically everywhere you go. Whenever you go visit somebody’s place for no matter how short the stay might be, you will get served something to eat. Let it be … Continue reading

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Qart’uli Suphra

Let me first give some introductory information. This post is going to be dealing with my first working day in school. Still it is called ‘Qart’uli Suphra’. Qart’uli means ‘Georgian’. Suphra means ‘Party’. I suppose now you know where this … Continue reading

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Tbilisi weddings

Last weekend I have been in Tbilisi. Not for some random reason, no. Actually I did not plan to drive through the whole country again that early. No, there has been a wedding. Of two of our second group fellows, … Continue reading

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