Life 101 in Eastern Europe
An archive of my blog during the time I lived in Eastern Europe (2017 – 2018)
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August 18, 2018
My thinking was to end the blog; however, I am going only to “suspend” it. Ah, I know that language can be structured to mean anything; but, I don’t feel that this part of my life is ending. What I mean by that is even though I don’t plan to reside in Georgia at any… read more
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August 7, 2018
Travels in East Europe (The Baltic States) = Part 2 Before I begin with the second leg of the trip; I want to share my experience on Turkish Airline from Prague to Istanbul. For some reason, and believe me I am not questioning it, I was bumped up from economy to business class. Wow, now… read more
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August 4, 2018
Travels in East Europe (The Baltic States) I was not able to do a July blog as I was traveling, as you may remember, from Estonia to Prague. Overall, it was a great trip. 14 days of travel through Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia (High Tatras Mountains) and finishing in Prague. Be warned; this is… read more
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July 18, 2018
My Ex-pat life, at least, living here in Georgia is coming to an end. I made a decision/choice that I spoke about in my previous blog that I am going back to live in the United States for a little while. I’m working on what is next for me; one thing of which would be… read more
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June 27, 2018
I am writing this on the day before I travel back to Tbilisi and also an accounting of my travel back to Tbilisi (as an after thought at the end of the blog). I will fly on June 25th and arrive in Tbilisi in the early morning hours of June 27th. The time difference (as I… read more
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May 30, 2018
I’m home here in Philadelphia and have been since early May. You may remember that I arrived in early May so that I could attend the wedding of my brother’s daughter on May 11th. It was a day to remember for everyone in attendance. The Moorestown Community House, Moorestown New Jersey (link below) was a… read more
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April 29, 2018
Once again I was fortunate to be selected to be an Election Observer for the OSCE and served as an observer for the Presidential Election in Montenegro. At first I was selected to go to Azerbaijan; however, because of their visa requirement I would not have had enough time to secure the visa – so,… read more
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March 30, 2018
Happy Easter! Once again I was selected to be part of the US Delegation to observe an upcoming election. This time I will be going to Montenegro to observe their Presidential Election which happens on April 15th. I am excited about this as it will be my 3rd mission (Moldova, Macedonia and now Montenegro) – seems like I… read more
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February 28, 2018
Here we are the last day in February. The weather has been so mild; I’ve given up on having snow. Not going to happen. The wind at times is awesome and my view makes it even better. I love to listen to the howling and the banging of whatever is loose in the neighborhood. At… read more
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January 30, 2018
Here we are already at the end of January. The first month of 2018 is coming to a close; and what a boring month it has been. Seriously, I sure don’t have a lot of exciting stuff to write about. How is this for excitement……… I went out today to buy beans. I don’t know… read more
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January 6, 2018
Happy New Year! I had hoped to close 2017 out with a blog at the end of December; however, (and I make no excuses) I just didn’t do it. Spending the holidays here in Tbilisi was so disappointing. As you may remember, my trip to Turkey was cancelled due to all VISAS being cancelled for… read more
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December 11, 2017
Day 161, Daily Meditation Each day that I practice my meditation I was amazed that I still continue with this, as I come to call it, my daily ritual. This may change as time goes forward; but “I think not” – as they say in novels. We do things that we get benefit out of (good… read more