Sophie À La Carte!

Hello all, I'm currently in Moscow and lagging behind on my blog updates, so to commemorate my last, lovely week in Sakartvelo (Georgia) I will share some pictures of my experiences. Essentially, after Mestia I went back to Tbilisi for one night, spent some time with my friend Nino the next day, and then took a marshrutka to Sighnaghi in the Kakheti region, which is known for its wine. On the bus I met Kristine, a Norwegian, and we spent the day in Sighnaghi together, including an amazing meal at Pheasant's Tears. The next day in the morning I visited the Bodbe Convent and met a nice Austrian/German couple. Afterwards I took a taxi to Lagodekhi, a few kilometers from the border with Azerbaijan with a great nature reserve. At the guest house I met Roberta and Domenico, an Italian couple living in Modena. We shared several meals together! I spent a couple of days hiking there before I came back to Tbilisi and took a day trip to the Kazbegi region for a hike. The day after I r...

Coming off of a solo travel slump, I was excited for a change of scenery as I headed up to Svaneti, a region in the mountains of northern Georgia. The crazy ride into the mountains and up, up, up, was already worth it. Living in Kansas and Minnesota for almost my entire life, I’m still enamored by and in awe of mountain ranges. Especially snow-capped ones! P.S., you’d be surprised to learn how many people think that Minnesota has mountains. I think they confused it with Montana. P.S.S. Minnesota is flatter than Kansas. Google it folks. Tacky tourist photo :D I arrived in Mestia about eight and a half hours after I left Batumi. I checked into Roza’s guesthouse, highly recommended by several sources, chilled for a bit, then immediately resolved to end my solo travel slump. Fortunately, as I headed into town for dinner I ran into Ben, an English dude also staying at Roza’s. I asked him to join me for dinner, and for the next two nights we ate at the same place together, Ca...