There are 9 cows in my Village

Yesterday I arrived in Nabak’evi, a beautiful village just out of Samtredia in Imereti, Georgia. I met my Host “Mother” at the hotel in Tbilisi and we took a 3 hour Marshutka (Van) ride to Western Georgia. She is ADORABLE and she doesn’t speak English OR Russian, which means I spend a lot of time brushing up on my Georgian. I am getting a Georgian-English dictionary tomorrow, which will help a lot…


I live in an average Georgian Family --- Grandparents, parents, and a 6-year-old host brother who is literally the cutest, funniest kid I have ever met. His name is Koka, he loves to dance and sing, and he helps me learn Georgian. Today we practiced counting to Ten, had a photoshoot with my camera, and watched Bruce Willis on TV. Looooove this kid.


If there’s one thing that I’m concerned about, it’s that I have eaten almost nothing besides Khachipurri (cheesy-bread) since I got here… I’ve also had bulki (sweet bread), noodles with butter and sugar, pakhlava (like baklava, but thicker and chocolatey), Pelamushi (wine jello), potato-rice-mayonnaise salad, fried chicken, and lots of tea with lemon (kumquat???) in it. A lot of sweets, fats, and carbs --- but at least with the citrus I might avoid scurvy!

Going on a walk to see the village tomorrow, will bring back pictures (although my internet is really terrible, so you might have to wait to get them. Sorry!)

Loooove,
Sarah

p.s. --- School just got cancelled for the whole week because it snowed this morning. What to do now? More news later!