How to make Wodka- the Aparatura

How to make Vodka, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Every Wine-farmer in Kakheti burns Dsha-Dsha in the winter, from the remaining Dsha-Dsha last Autumn

zavod-vodka-true, originally uploaded by grijsz.

This first Wodka will be burnt again, 60 Liter will be enough for next year

Mtskheta by Paata

Mtkheta, originally uploaded by Paata.

Paata has some great photos shot from helicopter, see the series here
at Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/paata/

Tbilisi cocktail-party

cocktail-party, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Gina

Georg Heym

Gina

Noch weht um dich der Duft der großen Steppen,
Der Sommer Polens, und der Wogengang
Der Weizenfelder, wenn den Fluß entlang
Der Treidler Schultern große Flöße schleppen.

Tief, wie die schwarzen, herbstlichen Zisternen,
Die einsam stechen in das Morgengraun,
Sind deine Augen, die ins Weite schaun
Aus engen Straßen nach den Wintersternen.

Du wurdest für ein wildes Pferd geschaffen,
Für einen Ritt durch Nächte und Gefahr,
Die Tschapka auf der Stirn mit Goldagraffen.

Darunter flatterte dein schwarzes Haar,
Und wie von Silber glänzten unsre Waffen,
Wenn durch die Mondnacht zieht der weiße Aar.

Lyrikmail: http://blog.lyrikmail.de/

Flag in the Wind

Animation, 2005

Take your own Gmail

Google's Gmail can be free registered now here without invitation, so take a look and check it out. I use it for almost two years and for me its simply the best E-mail-Experience.

Why Gmail is different ? Read
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/02/whats-gmails-selling-point.html
plus the Comments.

Wikipedia has a deeper description of Gmail and compares it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail

Another advantage is, that you create with the E-mail-Account a free account at Google and may use all the other great inventions and services, like Blogger, Notebook, Reader +,+,+

French Bulldog

French Bulldog, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Sayat-Nova-St.

View over Tbilisi by Cinto2

Mountain view, originally uploaded by cinto2.

Herdsman, originally uploaded by cinto2.

Check out Cinto2's photos from Georgia here

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Paris,Paris by Otari Arisheli

Collage, 40x30cm, 2000

Check out Otari's works here: http://arisheli.blogspot.com/

Horses of the Wind, Rustavi by Jumber Jikia to be sold ?

horses-rustawi, originally uploaded by grijsz.

It is not finished yet, in between should be a third rising horse. It was never paid by the town of Rustavi, so there are rumours that Jumber is going to sell or sold the statue to a private collector. To loose the Horses of the Wind would be a serious loss for Rustavi's culture.

Jörg Herold, Schneestürmer

Jörg Herold, Schneestürmer, s/w Kopien übermalt mit Beize, Gouache, Acryl, 29,7 x 42 cm, WV Nr. 981, 2006, originally uploaded by Rapho (georgien.blogspot.com).

s/w Kopien übermalt mit Beize, Gouache, Acryl, 29,7 x 42 cm, WV Nr. 981, 2006
Rechte: courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin
Gallery: http://www.eigen-art.com/

Jörg Herold has a show going on at Eigen-Art in Leipzig "Das Kaukasische - Eine Nachlese zu Empfindungen des Herrn Blumenbach" more info and images here at

http://www.eigen-art.com/Ausstell/JH_Kaukas_de.html

and here

http://georgien.blogspot.com/search?q=J%C3%B6rg+Herold

Tiny Example for the price-rally in Tbilisi

Today I wrote my first snail-nail postcards since 1995. I found some wonderful cards with motifs of Svaneti and the Sno-Valley and thought, oh, lets surprise my friends in Berlin...

Six postcards cost 50 tetri each plus 2.50 Lari porto to Germany. 18 Lari to send a couple of nice words on six cards to Germany.... A teacher gets maybe a salary of 120 Lari/month and writes 40

Use the 18 Lari porto for 8 days ADSL-Internet access ;-)

Amaztype

Browse your favourite books with a complete new handling and a book-shelf experience at Amaztype

*Really cool* A Webservice using the database of Amazon

Try it here for Caucasus or here for Armenia and here for Azerbaijan and here for Chechnya

For Georgia we have the old common interference with the synonym for the US-State Georgia, but anyway check it out: Georgia

Arabuli-Chewsur

Hans Heiner Buhr,2000

My favourite Art books

I collected for display about 150 of my favourite Art Books, including the classics like Matisse, Modigliani, Rodin, Balthus and contemporary painters like Hockney, Richter, Rauch, Kitaj and others. Mixed English and German titels. Splitted into three groups. Only the finest.

New Fine Art Books

Artbooks for Artists

Famous Drawings

and by the way, check out my artblog New Images too

Schafherde bei Kasbegi / Flock of sheep near Kasbegi, Republic of

Schafherde bei Kasbegi / Flock of sheep near Kasbegi, Republic of Georgia, originally uploaded by Henning(i).

Check out Henning's marvelous photographies at Caucasus Pictures

Kaleidoscope Books Kaukasus

A new collection of recommended books on Georgia and the Caucasus at my aStore
Kaleidoscope Books Kaukasus
with English and German titles. Have fun !

Bergwelt Chewsuretien August 2007

khev03opt, originally uploaded by grijsz.

armas-hans, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Dshutaoptxx, originally uploaded by grijsz.

view3, originally uploaded by grijsz.

25.08.-06.09.2007 Mehr Informationen hier

2007-2-litho-white

2007-2-litho-white, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Drawing with litho-chalk on litho-stone. Its not printed yet. The right drawing is of my son Hansi and the left one mine on the same stone.

Old Quarter Tbilisi

sayatnova-street-square, originally uploaded by grijsz.

sayatnova, originally uploaded by grijsz.

roofs-tbilisi, originally uploaded by grijsz.

From Tbilisi to Jerusalem by horse

This cool journey will be organized by the Club Tadzari Tbilisi and everybody can join, who has the necessary health and can finance the own expenses. I try to get more info
Full story at Georgia Today here

Winter day in Kakheti

wintertag2, originally uploaded by grijsz.

wintertag, originally uploaded by grijsz.

wintertag5, originally uploaded by grijsz.

wintertag4, originally uploaded by grijsz.

ostgeorgien1.jpg, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Henning found an own group pool of photos only for Kakheti. Check it out here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/kakheti/

Katie Melua's way

comes close to a fairy-tale. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Melua

Prices in Tbilisi, roughly, January 2007

(100 Euro=220Lari) or (1 Lari= 45 Cent)
(100 USD=171 Lari) or (1 Lari= 58 Cent)

1 Liter Diesel fuel = 1,50 Lari
Haircut Men = 4 Lari
1 Bread = 0,50 Lari
1 Cup of Coffee in a Cafe= 1 Lari - 2,50 Lari
1 Beer= 1 Lari (Shop) or 3-4 Lari (Restaurant)
A good meal in a Restaurant with different courses ca. 25-30 Lari
1 Pair good shoes = 100-150 Lari
1 Pair Jeans Levis= 90 Lari
1 Pullover from the Basar= 25 Lari
1 BigMäc Mc Donalds = 6 Lari
1 Bottle of Quality wine 8-12 Lari
1 Liter open Wine ca 2 Lari
Taxi in Tbilisi 5-15 Lari
Gas-Bill Heating ca. 100 Lari/month (Winter)
Electricity ca. 60 Lari/month
Cell-phone without contract 75 Lari - 800 Lari
Adsl-Internet-connection ca. 70 Lari/Month
Train Ticket Tbilisi to Batumi ca. 20 Lari
Mercedes Benz 230 prod. 1995 ca. 5500 USD

But

Hotel 3*** ca. 60-70 USD
Rent Tbilissi 1-room apt. ca. 200 USD
3-room apt. ca. 400 - 600 USD
5-room apt. ca. 700-800 USD

To buy an apt. (4-rooms) in Tbilisi ca. 40.000 bis 80.000 USD, varies depending on location and details

Do you have different experiences, please comment

Kaffeekranz: Europe or Asia

This question really gets boring, or not ? Wikipedia had some updates trying to define the "real" border between Europe and Asia. But on this nice map you clearly see without any doubt, that at least Khevsureti, Tusheti and a small part of Khevi ;-) are parts of Europe.


Map: Wikipedia

Personally I think, that Georgia will very soon benefit from its strong geo-strategic position between Europe and Asia. I understand the wish for joining the EU very well, but I don't wish the Georgians all the over-regulations, the bureaucracy and the patronizing lately so characteristic for Europe. (Here is just a random link (German))

A FistfulofEuros today displays its Kaffeekranz-Discussion, don't miss the long section of Comments (most commenters had never been in Georgia or Armenia but clearly put the two to Europe but Azerbaijan to Asia...

Who had been in the Caucasus knows, it just belongs to heaven.

Ok, lets put it different: We're retagging Batumi to Europe and Friedrichshain to Asia.

Thanks to Registan.net

KRAZ working, River Mtkvari, Avchala

More images of this great truck here

Company website of Avtokraz in Kremenchuk Ukraine here

Kachetien - Wunschbaum im Zivi-Gebirge / Kakheti - Wish-tree in Zivi-mountains

Kachetien - Wunschbaum im Zivi-Gebirge / Kakheti - Wish-tree in Zivi-mountains, originally uploaded by Henning(i).

Flora Caucasus June/ July 2007

A view with river Terek near Kazbegi

In cooperation with botanists from the Botanical Institute Tbilisi we prepared a journey to the most interesting botanical sites in Georgia from June,24th till July,9th to the Steppe near David Gareji, to the Greater Caucasus at Kazbegi, to the Lesser Caucasus at Bakuriani and to the Black Sea Coast. See all information on this trip here.

Rhododrendon colchica, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Viehtrieb, Cattle Drive Tusheti 2007

cattle-drive-text, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Cattle Drive Tusheti, Georgia 2007 Link

Viehtrieb Tuschetien Georgien 2007 Link

I had a request for an additional Cattle drive in Spring 2007 from Alvani to the summer pastures in Tusheti with the start at around 20th of May. Included in the adventure with the herders and the animals over snow, rocks and bright meadows are a couple of days in the capitol Tbilisi and in the wine-region Kakheti. If you are interested to join, contact me via the link above