Guria – Living the Journey

One last day on the road

My best sleep of the trip was to lead in to one of the best days as we headed back to Tbilisi to ‘tie up the ends’, celebrate my birthday and get me on a flight to Istanbul. I wasn’t sure I was ready to leave.. Breakfast in the cute wine bar/dining room over, pickedContinue reading “One last day on the road”

Visiting Shroma

One of the main purposes of visiting Guria was to meet a young lady who had done a huge amount to add value to the education of others in her school. She set up a reading club and found ways of getting funding from outside agencies by writing proposals for how their money would beContinue reading “Visiting Shroma”

Finding Anaseuli

May 6th, the Tuesday after Easter, was to be a fairly leisurely day – or was it? We certainly spent the morning sitting in a warm room, in good company, catching up on various things we hadn’t done. Lika. our host, had had to go to a meeting in the nearby town so wasn’t ableContinue reading “Finding Anaseuli”

Honouring the dead on Easter Monday

As I understand it, Easter is the time when most families in Georgia gather for celebration and part of that celebration is to visit the graves of those who have died. Families take a whole feast to the graveside and share the time with their deceased family members. Not at all the ‘ It’s SundayContinue reading “Honouring the dead on Easter Monday”

A ‘different’ Easter Sunday

We knew we needed an early start – even more so when we realised that Shukhuti was a fifty-rather than thirty – minute drive away and the rain was torrential. There was no doubt, though, that the hardy men of the villages of Shukhuti would go ahead with the annual Lelo Burti challenge between theContinue reading “A ‘different’ Easter Sunday”

Driving to Guria

My trusty driver arrived outside the hotel on the dot of 10.00a.m. We loaded the van and were off. Driving through Tbilisi in the rain was as miserable as driving anywhere in the rain – but this was an adventure well and truly beginning. It was well past 1pm by the time we even thoughtContinue reading “Driving to Guria”