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, I found myself at the Christmas party of AmCham, the […]
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 been quite possible. It is, of course, quite different from the […]
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 bmi plane heading back to Tbilisi, I am extremely comfortable, […]
Arriving in the UK on the Queen Mary offers a glimpse into the future 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 me explain. Cunard think of everything, and to this end […]
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 of the Queen Mary 2, one’s mind drifts. Not, I […]
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 get under the skin of the city, at least a […]
Every time I finish an overland journey, I decide that it was the last one that I would make. It comes as a complete surprise every so often to realise that I am neither getting younger, nor is my age staying still. Not, I have to emphasise that I am […]
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 the most important point of all is that it is […]
I love Georgia, and was pleased to get off the train and speed toward Tbilisi, its fascinating capital. We were only stopping there for an hour to meet friends, pick up their daughter and three of her friends and head off to Svaneti, a distant and remote part of the […]