A party trick. 

Giorgi's dad next to Kaha. He is working on the new school building. Georgians keep it in the family. Giorgi's family have been very kind. They put out an amazing feat everytime Kaha and I have come out. 

Another friend from school. He works security as well.  

Kaha after a few toasts. First we toast for peace, the nation, family, friends, parents, brothers, those who have past. The list is long and the wine bottles keep refilling. 

A little party trick. Georgi watches the cup on my elbow. Just in case I screw it up. I drank half before the glass started to slip off my elbow. 

During the super (pronounce with a slavic "r"), Georgi and I have a special toast. Georgia was our Tamada. He parents put out a great spread. We put down 8 liters of wine at the least. 

Kaha. A good friend from school. He is the head of security for QSI Tbilisi. 

All you need is four brinks. I wonder why we bother with the expensive grills. 

George, his friend and dad are putting salt on the pork before they barbaque it. 

Kaha is putting together the still. It's for a drink called cha cha. It's the Georgian slivovic. 

A view of Turtle lake a bit above Tbilisi. I took the scouts hiking up there last weekend. It had a great vista. 

Our friends with Jenny after the Swan Lake preformance; Nino, Bob and Emily, (Jen) and Sophia.  

Fall baseball season is over, but Simon had a great time playing. They play on the only baseball diamond in all of Georgia. It's brand new. The Georgian president and the U.S. ambassador christened it last year. 

Simon has starting serving at our church inTbilisi. 

A scene from Swan Lake at the Tbilisi Opera House. It was a great production. We were really impressed with it. 

Felicity at basketball practice. Thet go every Saturday morning to a gym near the school. They practice in the school yard twice a week as well. The season starts soon. 

Felicity at basketball practice. Thet go every Saturday morning to a gym near the school. They practice in the school yard twice a week as well. The season starts soon. 

Another shot of the main church. 

In front of a church built in the 16th century. 

Simon on a hike through the caucuses.
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small church on a hill during the hike. 

Monks walking across monastic grounds. 

Woman lighting a candle and praying in the catacomb. 

Two Georgian orthodox monks walking across the monastic grounds.  

Woman lighting a candle in a dark catacomb under a church at a monastary.