Georgia (the country, not the state) is officially having a moment. Major publications around the world (from Vogue to the New York Times) are screaming Georgia's praises as an up ...
The marshrutka taking us back to Tbilisi was in markedly worse shape than the one that had brought us to Kazbegi the day before. With tablets of children’s Dramamine dissolving ...
As the title of my blog implies (the kitsch part), I am a collector. I have mild hoarding aspirations that I attempt to disguise by portraying myself as a discerning ...
So I know that the time for year in review posts has come and long gone, but, like your hoarder neighbors who leave the Christmas wreath up until Spring, I ...
And now, the continuation (and conclusion) of the story of the longest travel day of my life... (for Part 1, click here) Scene 5: Didube Marshrutka Depot, 9am, Christmas Day. ...
By our final day in Armenia, David and I were sick and tired. I don’t mean that figuratively. We were both actually sick and developing a tolerance for expired Russian Theraflu, ...
Day 2 of our Armenian architecture death march leisurely exploration was actually our third day in Armenia. Our second day we kept to ourselves, and explored Yerevan on foot and ...
While I was browsing my favored geography/travel news related outlets this morning, I happened upon a slideshow of the new UNESCO world heritage sites for this year. I used to ...
When I was planning our trip to Turkey and Georgia last year, I hadn’t originally thought to make a little jaunt into Armenia. But after doing additional investigating into various ...