Collecting Moments

У грузин вино как сок — море вдов. 'Сихварули', 'цхали', 'мзэ' — много слов. В каждом доме свой портрет — у свечи. На дорогах красный свет — лихачи. На границах ждут войны — снова лёд. Эта грусть и этот стыд — кровь и пот. ** 'Сихварули', 'цхали', 'мзэ' — любовь, вода, солнце по-грузински

Within only a couple of days I went from a sense of total safety to one of absolute insecurity. First a local guy treated me badly. Then I got robbed and lost a significant amount of money. Traveling in Georgia, I now feel like I am a real daughter of the place – frustrated, lost and with a complete lack of direction. In Israel, as I know it, almost everyone thinks that he deserves something or is worth something. In Georgia the feeling of shame and meaninglessness prevails. The traditions are strong and even proud single caucasian men will let their sisters and mothers wash their socks and underwear. I got to know a man whose sister, hanging tens of socks to dry, told me “he doesn't wash them, he throws them away and we buy him new ones”. And she laughed... The widows don't let their sons exhaust themselves by doing any kind of housework and married women often say “men bring money and women should cook for them”. Their husbands and brothers and brothers-in-law and cousins an

- My home is always open for you. - I don't have a home but the world is open for you!

А. Пушкин "Монастырь на Казбеке" Высоко над семьею гор, Казбек, твой царственный шатер Сияет вечными лучами. Твой монастырь за облаками, Как в небе реющий ковчег, Парит, чуть видный, над горами. Далекий, вожделенный брег! Туда б, сказав прости ущелью, Подняться к вольной вышине! Туда б, в заоблачную келью, В соседство Бога скрыться мне!

This sweet woman Nani works every day in a restaurant from seven in the morning and from five in the evening with a short break in the afternoon. She comes back home at ten at night, milks her only cow and makes fresh cheese. And the next morning she wakes up at five to take her cow out to grazing.

My wifi says "Tbilisi Loves You" :) So after having unexpectedly spent two nights in the orthodox women's monastery I'm back to civilisation!