It is very easy to become a creature of habit; travelling as I do, I find myself almost searching for patterns, looking for flakes of continuity in an otherwise fairly random life. I am staying currently in the Courtyard Marriott …
There really are few places whose daily peak is at about 0400; in fact, I can’t think of another off hand. However, Tbilisi airport is one of those, and it was my pleasure to have landed there this morning at …
What a fun place this can be.
Issues with the airport notwithstanding, my last day in Tbilisi was brilliant. Once again, it was punctuated with insight and conversation, ideas and debate; it is a really interesting place.
Of all places, …
This is Day 5 of a rather fascinating week in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.
I am here principally for business, although sneaking in a few minutes of dinner and a child’s portion of the remarkably good Georgian wine has …
Now even I would be the first to admit a certain lack of impartiality. Riding, as I am, well restored by a couple of beakers of the concentrated soul of the Italian sun, in the business class cabin of a …
One of the more surreal parts of an endlessly surreal week is officially being somewhere that I am not, and in the future, to boot.
Let …
Rarely am I reduced to silence; in particular as I travel. This journey, however, is rather different, and as I find myself hurtling across the Atlantic Ocean at a sedate 25 miles per hour, safely cocooned by the overwhelming comfort …
Mundane, daily chores are actually quite fun to do when one is not at home, but simply playing house.
We have rented a small house in Tbilisi for five nights, partly for the space, and partly to be able to …
I have an explanation to offer.
I like travelling overland for a variety of reasons. I can see people; I can actually feel the earth beneath me and know that we are all connected; I can meet people, and perhaps …