Last Monday we went to Abastumani: two years to the day after our first (and only other) visit there. Last …Continue reading »
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On Friday my office had planned to visit a village about 30 minutes outside of Akhaltsikhe called Arali. I love …Continue reading »
A good friend of mine always says that he loves when people come to visit him in his city, because …Continue reading »
And just like that, we’re back in Georgia! (Well, not “just like that” – but our 19.5 hours in transit …Continue reading »
We’re in America! We’re succeeded in surprising (or, more accurately, totally shocking) both our mothers, which has been really fun. …Continue reading »
We had the third of our NGO training series last Wednesday, this one on marketing organizations to donors and stakeholders. …Continue reading »
My organization has a lot of trainings. In fact, I think all non-governmental organizations in Georgia have a lot of …Continue reading »
We have not yet been to a Georgian wedding. This is fairly remarkable, as it seems that someone we know …Continue reading »
We’ve got a pretty good thing going here in Akhaltsikhe. Last spring, Sean and I went from being pretty much …Continue reading »
Shota Rustaveli’s statue in the small park, which we never seem to visit but is actually very nice and much …Continue reading »
The past two weeks have passed by in a bit of a blur. We’ve been off work a lot, celebrating …Continue reading »
Spring is here! We shouldn’t have been as surprised as we were. We felt it came out of nowhere, but …Continue reading »
It is a rare Saturday evening. We are at home. Most of our recent weekends have involved traveling. Sometimes to …Continue reading »
I got back a little bit ago from working out at the stadium — undoubtedly my most intense workout of …Continue reading »
I am thrilled to say that the project I posted about in February – the one to purchase new equipment …Continue reading »
6 AM. The plane touches down in Accra, the capital of Ghana. You can’t see out the windows. Fogged over, …Continue reading »
So, Amsterdam. We spent four days there before traveling to Ghana, and we really loved it. Loved it in a …Continue reading »
These first few weeks of March have been a whirlwind of experiences, climates and cultures. It’s all going to take …Continue reading »
Sean and I have spent the last two days in beautiful Amsterdam. I’m not sure what either of us expected …Continue reading »
This morning we left Gudauri. As McKinze said, it was stunningly beautiful. Looking around at the top of the mountain, …Continue reading »
We’re in Gudauri, a Georgian ski resort a few hours north of Tbilisi in the Greater Caucasus Mountains. And ohmygoodness …Continue reading »
While the Olympic Games you all know and love are coming this summer to London, and in the winter of …Continue reading »
A week ago we had the privilege of spending the weekend in a small village in far eastern Georgia, not …Continue reading »
Since getting on a Russian history kick I’ve been wanting to visit the Stalin museum in nearby Gori. Stalin (born …Continue reading »
My office has a women’s medical clinic on the first floor. All services are complimentary, which I think is pretty …Continue reading »
After this, we broke from the tradition of the weekend and hit up the Thai place close to the …Continue reading »
Outside of writing what felt like writing a ba-jillion grants in January (actual count: four), I spent a lot of …Continue reading »
Last weekend we decided to go on vacation… to be sight-seers… in Tbilisi. We’ve been to Tbilisi many times in …Continue reading »
Today was a big day in Akhaltsikhe: The Americans came to town. More specifically, an entourage from the Tbilisi office …Continue reading »
I’m happy to report that a few of my projects from last fall have wrapped up – and I have …Continue reading »
I’ve done yoga ten out of the last eleven days. Sixteen out of the last nineteen. I quite like it. …Continue reading »
As we’ve mentioned, probably ad nauseum to many of you, we had a bit of a rough time adjusting after …Continue reading »
It’s been quiet on here. After the New Years-ing I’ve been thrown back into work, which isn’t necessarily a bad …Continue reading »
Sean awesomely surprised me with a Kindle Touch for my birthday in December. I’d always said I didn’t want one, …Continue reading »
Look, I’m not gonna lie: it’s been tough readjusting to life in Georgia. Not because the Georgian New Year’s celebration …Continue reading »
I feel like I’m finally emerging from the fog that is Georgian New Years. Well, Georgian New Years with a …Continue reading »
Want to see some of the people, places and things that make our life here what it is? Before we …Continue reading »
When McKinze and I celebrated our first Christmas together five years ago (5 years??? wow!), we put together a little …Continue reading »
This past weekend my brother, Sean and I – along with lots of help from my mom – hosted Cook …Continue reading »
One of my favorite pastimes – and something I’ve really missed being in Georgia – is baking. Sean would say …Continue reading »
Yep, that’s us! Coming to America, just like Neil says. As you read this, we’re somewhere above the Atlantic, on …Continue reading »
My organization has a website! Come on, click through…give them some love! We created the site as a part of …Continue reading »
Thursday was World AIDS Day. We (and by “we,” I mean the foreigners in town that have been collaborating in …Continue reading »
Two years ago today we wrote our first post on this blog, in an effort to begin documenting our experience …Continue reading »
What is more difficult than learning Georgian, a language with guttural sounds that do not exist in my native tongue …Continue reading »
While many Americans spent Black Friday tripping over each other at Wal-Mart for an opportunity to save an extra buck, …Continue reading »
Here’s a little video I made recently at the request of our Country Director. He wanted to interview current Peace …Continue reading »
Outside of the food and football (both of which we enjoyed today, despite being halfway around the world), today is …Continue reading »
There is a lot of hype about Sighnaghi. Approximately 100 km southeast of Tbilisi, overlooking the fertile valleys famous for …Continue reading »
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