Friday, March 23, 2012

Video Killed the Radio Star

A couple short, silent-style films from my prehistoric digital camera. Enjoy the creepy stylings of FujiFilm 100!

First, the view from Tbilisi's mountains:


Next, my three year old host brother Nkusha on a drunken tear. The dance he's doing at the beginning of the video is the Nkusha version of the traditional Georgian dance:


The cow that someone let into the town of Khoni's broken down, rusted amusement park. Keep in mind that this fence had no openings in it, so someone went to great pains to get this cow in there:

Another cow-themed video, this time of the cow that snuck in the traffic circle in the "city" center of Khoni, to help itself to some of that untrodden grass. Alas, it was not long before its dreams were dashed:


Inside the beautiful Gelati monastery (you might want to skip this one if you have motion sickness issues. Also, sorry for the part where I point the camera at the floor. The woman I walked past was giving me a seriously nasty look for filming so I had to pretend like that wasn't what was happening for a minute.):


Finally, outside the monastery. Just taking in the beautiful day...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Tbilisi Weekends

Sunshine, warm weather, Tbilisi. Snow, wind, Kutaisi. People, places, things.

Khoni music school.

Our rooster, strutting his stuff.

Fiffo, wild Tbilisi Friends Hostel cat.

Charlie Chaplin.


The bar was on fire.

Appropriate St. Patrick's Day libations.




Climbing on things that should not be climbed on at the fortress in Tbilisi.


A statue in the city center, Kutaisi. Bemusement.

Getting money. As one does.

Tbilisi metro station.

I paid 2 lari for this, outrage.

PUPPIES.

Palace.

This bridge is not like the others.


Yep.




Strange fowl.




Poodles and bears, what else is needed.

Sunrise in Tbilisi.



The night train to Tbilisi.


Climbing on statues.




Kutaisi Opera House.

Yep. This post is totally out of order, so you'll have to draw your own conclusions as to what order these things happened in. Use your imagination.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Complete this Sentence: As American as...

a. Effective Public Works.


b. Inventive Structural Engineering.


c. Casinomobiles.


d. McDonald's.


e. Cultural Imperialism.



f. DIY.


g. Gas Stations.


h. Voyeurism.


i. Industrial Wasteland.


j. Graffiti.




k. Apple Pie.


(on the left is the leftover blobby piece)