After an 8 hour layover in Munich, we landed in Tblisi at 3AM in the morning, Georgia time. Some fantastic current volunteers, and PC Georgia staff were there to greet us, cheering us as if we just got the opportunity to be on The Price is Right (credit to some other volunteer for that analogy). We were also greeted by TV cameras, (although someone said those may have been for Para-Olympians on our flight). We were all completely exhausted, but after a week we have now conquered Jetlag. Mostly.
We were taken about an hour north of Tblisi for orientation at the Bazeleti training facility. Tons and tons of information is coming our way each day, and the group is getting to know each other better and better. We have started some basic language lessons, learned cross-cultural differences, and even got a visit from Ambassador Richard Nordland! Georgia is an incredibly beautiful country, I wish I had more pictures to show. We have been inside doing lessons during beautiful days. Fellow Washingtonian Alan Luan has some sweet pics, I highly recommend checking out his website: http://www.alanluan.com/1/post/2014/05/im-alive.html
Here are some of his best photos that I am going to shamelessly post. We are so lucky to be here.
Tomorrow we leave Bazaleti for K'hasuri, a small town in central Georgia. In the villages around K'hasuri, we will be studying the Georgian language intensively for 3 months in "learning clusters" of 6, as well as learning the technical skills we will need to succeed at our posts. We meet our host families AND find out our cluster mates tomorrow, so we are all nervous and excited!
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