For our summer trip this year we kicked up the difficulty a couple notches. This time we were heading out to a part of the world that is not exactly on the beaten path, but certainly not a backwoods. A few years ago when staying in Moscow we had the opportunity to eat in a Georgian restaurant, and we were very happy with what we ate and drank. The wines were excellent, not all sweet like I had imagined, and the food was delicious: full of nuts, berries, eggplants and cheeses that came together nicely into a light but delicious meal that went perfectly with the wine.
Since that time, we had been hoping to visit Georgia ourselves, and to tag onto the trip a visit to Armenia, to try out Armenian brandy and learn more about that country.
So we spent a lot of time planning, and we set our expectations low, considering the infrastructure and standard of living would probably be less than what we are used to when traveling through Western Europe.
As it turned out it was a challenging trip, but also one of the more rewarding trips that we have taken. We saw a lot of new things, I became a little more comfortable around people wearing burqas, and we saw some parts of the world that were quite different from anything we’d seen before.
So let’s get down to it. Day by day, starting with our departure from Japan on August 4th, 2017.
