State of mind II

I am still alive! And have not a really good excuse for not writing for such a long time. Some great things in my life happened: My sister got married on the 8^th of September and this seemed to me an important enough reason to fly home for a week. It was a wonderfull, chaotic and happy time in Germany.

Philipp accompanied me on my way back to Georgia. Our triple team decided to take a week off and do some travelling before winter hits the country. So Kadri left with Tönu for Armenia and Elina showed some highlights of the country to her mother. Philipp and I took the night train to Batumi and spend some relaxing days at the beach and visiting the region, before we went back and had a stop in Gori. We spend Claras last day together with her and Heidi and it seems quite weird that for some of us Glennies the time here is already over.

Now we are back and working on the project. In a week from now we have a seminar in Kazbegi, presenting our work to all who are interested in the community. The web site was born yesterday and we will have a rough version ready to present at that date. Also our questionnaire shows some results that might be interesting for everyone here dealing with tourists. Many people ask us to come by and take pictures of their place. So this will keep us busy for the last month here and also working on the web page will take some time.

I could say that everything is great. But sometimes I feel doubts in my head. The easiness of the first weeks vanished a little bit. Questions arise in my head. Not so much about the project here, but about what to do after. At some point I have to decide which road to take. Maybe not for the rest of my life but for the next months, the next year. At one side I can feel the freedom of deciding for what I want to. On the other side this decision seems quite a heavy one.

It’s great to be in the same place for such a long time. It makes it possible to follow life and not only perceive the country in a static moment. Fall came to Georgia. The grass turned brown and the trees along the military highway show off in brilliant colours. The cows came back from the high pastures. That means more work for Manoni, because she has to milk three cows before going to work and great pleasure for us: fresh milk, yoghurt and home made cheese. Today school started again. The kids have off 3 month in the summer. It must be hard to get used to sit still after running around in the mountains all summer. Everywhere on the streets you could see small groups of young pupils nicely dressed... so much more to see and to experince. More pics are on the way.