Some Pix......................

This is a random conglomeration of pictures that we have taken. We are still feeling our way in reducing the size of pictures and getting them posted in the proper way to the blog. If the presentation of the pictures seems somewhat disjointed , it's because it is disjointed ! We'll post more later.





Here's a small park near the Bazaar. As you can see, some people are not particularly environmentally conscious. The Peace Corps is involved in a number of projects to raise environmental awareness, particularly among young people.













Here comes the train we are about to board for a day's excursion with our host family to Borjomi. It is about 2 hours to get there by car, but it turned out to take us more than 3 1/2 hours by train. We came back by marshutka and bus.














The train was hot and slow and the seats were hard wooden benches.











This is a church located right in Gori. It takes about an hour and a half to hike up to it. We haven't done it yet, but we hope to get there before our training is over and we leave Gori


















This is the family after getting off the gondola in Borjomi park. Borjomi is a travel destination within Georgia and is also the home of Borjomi water, the most sold bottled water in Georgia. With the family is Marina, the person who tutors Miriam, Natia and Ilia in English, along with her children, Luka and Elena.







The gondola during its ascent.














This is a wishing tree. You make a wish and tie it to a branch of the tree.















Lisa had practice school for a couple of weeks during
her TEFL training. These are some of her students.

















I was lucky enough to be invited to attend a conference in Batumi, a beach resort on the Black Sea. No conference would be complete without a supra, and this one was held at a restaurant on a pier extending out into the water. Other than the fact that the temperature was a humid 100 degrees plus, a good time was had by all.









Here's the view out the restaurant window at the bathers on the beach. As you can see, the beach is all stone, rather than sand, as are most beaches in Georgia.