Vardzia/Borjomi:
My last full weekend in Georgia, and perhaps the best one of all. Some of my
favorite TLG friends and I went to Vardzia, an ancient cave city in southern
Georgia, and stayed in Borjomi, a small city famous for its sulphur springs and
mineral water. To my amazing friends who spent this weekend (and all other
weekends) with me, thank you for a great four months in Georgia, and I hope we
meet again soon.
Living
off the land: Georgia is warming up, everything is blooming, and the first
fruits of the summer are already ripe for picking. In my spare time these days
I just pick fruit at my house/the
neighbor’s. It’s early, but we already have plenty of strawberries, cherries
(big, small, red, pink, and white), bushmala (my favorite thing, I’ve never had
anything like it before), tkhemali and alucha (green and red plums). Later on
my host family will have lemons, oranges, citrus (like a small grapefruit),
peixo (quinces?), grapes, peaches, and apricots.
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| This is a bushmala tree. I want one. |
Other things of note from this week: I went to the swimming pool (who knew there was a pool in Samtredia?), saw a free concert of my favorite Georgian band Mgzavrebi (again, in Samtredia? Who knew?) and ate a lot of cake (because there is always an occasion for cake in this country).
My suitcase has been mostly packed for days. I'm so ready to get out of here.
Love,
Sarah
