I haven't been on here for a few weeks. Things have been crazy and I've been all over the place. With all the travel I haven't had my computer with me and not having a computer makes it hard to blog. With that here are some of the high lights from the last few weeks.
We hosted a leadership conference for the school presidents in the Poti schools. We had 4 PCVs come as well as 2 Flex students. Flex is a program where students go to America for a year to study in high school. Lots of the PC camps use old flex students to help with translation and teaching. Our two were both amazing and a lot of fun. Everyone came in the night before and stayed in Poti. Here is a photo my neighbor took of the group having dinner at my house. The next week was IST (in service training) in Borjomi. It was the first time all the G15s were together again. It feels like forever since July when we were all together in Tbilisi together for the last time. We had language classes and culture sessions. The hotel we were at is really nice, the spa is the best part. I know what your thinking, but IST isn't all spa trips and nice hotels. That's just the fun part to write about. There was a lot of learning and trying to figure out Georgian. Also a lot of eating. 
After IST I went into Tbilisi for a meeting and then a magical trip to a KFC. I don't go o KFC much in the states, but it was amazing here. There is something about American fast food. It could be that it taste the same everywhere, or that it brings back memories of home, or that it is something I can't have at site so it's special. That weekend was packed with adventures. I went to see three different friends at their sites. The first was Tserovani. I did a whole post about being in Tserovani this summer so I'm not going to write more here. The second was Mtskheta. It is one of the oldest cities in Georgia. It has all the charm of a little European country with all the culture and food of Georgia. It is about 12 miles north of Tbilisi. They have a few churches and other things to see. The last site was Shaumiani for a friends birthday. It is on the South East part of Georgia. Our friend lives in one of the IDP settlements. It is such a different place from Poti. The landscape, people, food, everything. It was fun to see what other PCVs experiences have been like and the kind of lives they are living here in Georgia. Other high lights from the weekend include: staying the night at my host families near Gori, seeing Hunger Games in theater, eating at Pipes Burgers, and live music at an Irish pub. 
Monday morning I got up very early and headed back to Poti. Once back home, I got ready and went right to Batumi for a work event with the Believe Foundation. It was an art show held at the Radisson Blu. The event was full of art and great food. After the group went out for some Mexican potatoes and khachapuri. The night ended with me asleep in the front of a taxi on our way back to Poti because I had been traveling for 8 days and just needed to sleep at that point. 
The next week (last week) was Thanksgiving. Because there are so many PCVs in country we can't all get together. So we had small Thanksgivings all over the country. I was with a group of about 24 PCVs in Kobuleti, a beach town just South of Poti. We stayed in a house on the beach and had a great Thanksgiving weekend filled with Pie and potatoes. We even found cheddar cheese at a store in Batumi for the potatoes. The weather was amazing, it was up to 71 degrees on Saturday. Me and Melody took that time to go for a little swim in the Black Sea. It was cold but really fun. We ended the night with a fire on the beach. So there you have it. My last twoish weeks in a nutshell. They were full of great people and fun times. 
