Hey all, I am writing you from the school I will be teaching at in Chochkhati Georgia! The has Internet yay! Last night I met my host family and they are very nice. I'll have a host dad, mom, 2 sisters, and a brother for the next four months. They have a nice house in the country side and it reminds me of where knob creek, Kentucky... The landscape, not the town. The drive yesterday was long, but the scenery was beautiful. Naturally because we are in Georgia we had to stop twice for drinks, and countless other times to buy fruit and other food items. I got to my house at about 9 pm and my family had made a feast. kinkahili (meat dumplings), kachapuri (cheese bread) , normal bread, fish, chicken, homemade wine, tea, a dessert bread of kinds and Coca Cola. It was a great meal! The family had a soccer game (Georgia vs. Malta), so I was pretty excited about that. The house itself is very nice. My room has hardwood floors and a double bed and 2 electrical outlets!!!! Yes, the little things in life make me happy. My house also has a toilet, and a shower (with hot water!) I'm sure ill be posting pictures of it later!
-Kenneth
Sounds like you lucked out with the family :) Home made wine? Sounds pretty cool, you'll have to learn their techniques lol...My prof here is doing studies about alcohol dependency, maybe I should convince him to do some field work this semester there lol... Enjoy the new culture, and don't worry too much about the language barrier...you'll survive. You'll just get really good at communicating without words. Once school starts to get going you'll have to tell us all about it, and classes and such. Do visit the black sea!! How cool!
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