{"id":2940,"date":"2016-07-05T13:50:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T13:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/?p=2940"},"modified":"2016-07-05T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T13:50:10","slug":"i-went-to-kazbegi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/en\/interns-blog\/anne-hardt\/i-went-to-kazbegi\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Georgia, the state in the US or the country in Europe?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/georgia_country-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2943 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/georgia_country-copy-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"georgia_country-copy\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/georgia_country-copy-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/georgia_country-copy.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Georgia_in_United_States.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2947 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Georgia_in_United_States-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia_in_United_States\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Georgia_in_United_States-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Georgia_in_United_States-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Georgia_in_United_States.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>That was the first thing my friend asked when I broke the matter of<br \/>\ninterning\u00a0in Georgia. While I was still in Budapest my Georgian roommate used to picture Georgia as Europe&#8217;s most Eastern country (and not Asia!) and a country working on its future membership in the Union. So, my first reaction to this question: &#8220;Man, naturally mentioning Georgia and Europe in one sentence, you just made a whole nation very happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What I knew about Georgia before my arrival:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/khat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2945 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/khat.jpg\" alt=\"khat\" width=\"265\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>Georgians are very hospital<\/li>\n<li>there are about 4 mio of them<\/li>\n<li>they like being called Europeans<\/li>\n<li>they eat\u00a0Khachapuri and\u00a0Khinkali<\/li>\n<li>they have a language not similar to any other<\/li>\n<li>they successfully reformed their country during the last 15 years<\/li>\n<li>they have frozen conflicts with two regions, Ossetia and Abkhazia, who claimed independence<\/li>\n<li>they are out of sorts with Russia after a war in 2008 and Russia&#8217;s continuing attempts to broaden its influence in the region<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What I know now, exactly one week after my arrival:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/khink.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2946 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/caucasianhouse.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/khink.jpg\" alt=\"khink\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>Georgians are very hospital<\/li>\n<li>there are about 4 mio of them<\/li>\n<li>they are Europeans and at supermarkets etc. many of them speak English<\/li>\n<li>they drive on the right side of the road and some cars also have the steering wheel\u00a0there<\/li>\n<li><strong>I<\/strong> eat\u00a0Khachapuri and\u00a0Khinkali, fruits and vegetables are incredibly tasty and they are eaten in various combinations, they have a kefir-like yoghurt called Matsoni and a bitter plum-sauce that I put on\u00a0everything&#8230; and luckily they love coriander. Even though everybody told and keeps on telling me that Georgia is a meat country I keep on treating myself with vegetarian delicacies<\/li>\n<li>they have a language not similar to any other and I am still trying to figure out similarities&#8230;or sounds<\/li>\n<li>Tbilisi has extremely friendly street dogs and cats<\/li>\n<li>they (Georgians of course and not the street animals) successfully reformed their country during the last 15 years but still have to catch up in some spheres, e.g. LGBT rights<\/li>\n<li>they have frozen conflicts with\/in two regions, Ossetia and Abkhazia, who claimed independence and are under Russian influence<\/li>\n<li>they are out of sorts with Russia after a war in 2008 and Russia&#8217;s continuing attempts to broaden its influence in the region<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That was the first thing my friend asked when I broke the matter of interning\u00a0in Georgia. 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