Tag Archives: family

A Mini-ish Update

Posted on July 8, 2012 by arrancat

Not been able to write much recently, as my laptop is on its way out. Basically the hot weather and being an elderly computer, means that when the battery gets hot, it presses on the tracker pad and bar from … Continue reading →

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Dirty Laundry? You Need La Machine du Voisin!

Posted on May 25, 2012 by arrancat

Just came across this little idea, set up by a group of students in Lile, France, who set up a website advertising a machine wash for €4-5 a go. I’m thinking it could be quite a money spinner here in … Continue reading →

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Strawberries and Sugar

Posted on May 23, 2012 by arrancat

Reblogged from Making a Difference: Standing with my Georgian brother, Nika, in the middle of a neighborhood bebo’s strawberry field, picking strawberries barefoot in the mud, as a toothless woman empties a handful of the red fruit into my palms, … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Family, Friendship, Georgian Life, Nature and Wildlife, and Seasons, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia) | Tagged bebia, brother, buses, city, cooking, cream, culture, deda, dishes, employment, expat, family, fields, foreigner, georgia, georgian, grandmother, guest, home, hospitality, host, jam, kakheti, kids, learn, life, made, mother, nika, region, sakartvelo, seasonal, seasons, strawberries, strawberry, students, sugar, summer, sweet, teach, time, tlg, traditions, village | Leave a comment

Mid-May

Posted on May 14, 2012 by arrancat

Reblogged from Making a Difference: It’s mid-May, and the end of the school year is a month away. Volunteers who are leaving Georgia – for vacation or forever – already have their flight itineraries. Now commences the countdown. 30 days … Continue reading →

Posted in Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia), Uncategorized | Tagged class, classroom, english, esl, family, footprints, foreign, foreigner, georgia, georgian, host, kids, language, learn, may, mid, sakartvelo, school, seasons, teach, teacher, teaching, tefl, tlg, weather | Leave a comment

Aghdgoma or Bust

Posted on April 29, 2012 by arrancat

Reblogged from Making a Difference: What do late night cemetery rendesvous, toy guns, inter-village judo tournaments and drunk driving all have in common? If I told you that it was Georgian Easter would you be surprised? I would have been, … Continue reading →

Posted in Death and Dying, Family, Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia), Uncategorized | Tagged blood, cake, caucasus, cemetery, children, christ, customs, dead, death, easter, eggs, english, esl, experiences, family, football, georgia, guest, host, learn, life, paska, people, red, relatives, sakartvelo, stories, tales, teach, teaching, tefl, tlg, traditions | Leave a comment

Georgia's Orthodox Easter

Posted on April 28, 2012 by arrancat

Reblogged from Living Kunz's Blog: Hello all! Been meaning to post this for a while but due to lack of internet and funds, I just haven’t been able to until now. On 15 April, Georgia celebrates Easter. Tradition dictates that … Continue reading →

Posted in Death and Dying, Family, Georgian Life, Nature and Wildlife, and Seasons, Photos, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia), Uncategorized | Tagged boiled, cake, caucasus, celebration, christian, dead, easter, egg, eggs, family, funeral, georgia, graveyard, learn, orthodox, paska, people, red, supra, suprah, tbilisi, teach, tlg, toast, traditions | Leave a comment

Yoga in the Park: Part 2

Posted on April 23, 2012 by arrancat

As promised, here are just a few of the photos from our yoga session in Vake Park, Tbilisi yesterday, thanks to Sun Yoga Tbilisi, who you can follow on facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/SunYogaTbilisi and a Happy St George’s Day today if you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Georgian Life, Health and Fitness, Nature and Wildlife, and Seasons, Ocean Rowing, Oceans Project, Photos, Uncategorized | Tagged air, award, bubbles, chant, children, circle, day, dofe, dog, duke, edinburgh, environment, exercises, family, fresh, georgia, georgian, health, healthy-living, international, ocean, oceans, opg, outdoors, park, people, picnic, project, row, scorpion, special, sun, tbilisi, training, travel, vacation, vake, warrior, weather, yoga, yoga positions, yogi, young | 1 Comment

Yoga in the Park

Posted on April 22, 2012 by arrancat

Had a fantastic day today, and it was great to get out and about and leave the fundraising work behind for once. Cracking weather, and the Oceans Ambassadors and I headed to Vake Park, where the very lovely people from … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Family, Georgian Life, Health and Fitness, Nature and Wildlife, and Seasons, Ocean Rowing, Oceans Project, Uncategorized | Tagged air, award, breathing, bubbles, chant, children, circle, day, dofe, dog, duke, edinburgh, environment, exercises, family, fresh, georgia, georgian, health, healthy-living, international, ocean, oceans, opg, outdoors, park, people, picnic, project, row, scorpion, special, sun, tbilisi, training, travel, vacation, vake, warrior, weather, yoga, yoga positions, yogi, young | Leave a comment

Realities of being Back in Georgia: aka Culture Shock!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by arrancat

I thought I was doing pretty well with being back in Georgia, and on the whole I am happy to be back, but the suddenly reality of being somewhere so not British really kicked in on my way home from … Continue reading →