We have fallen in love with the beautiful forests and mountains of Georgia.

We have also been driven mad by the drivers who take crazy risks on the roads and have no respect for any of the traffic rules on the road.

Over taking on blind bends, speeding, drinking and driving, cars that must in no way be kept on the roads and the casualness by which they play games with death here has been shocking to us. The amusing parts could be said to be the caws that treat the road as their own and just sit, walk or graze by the sides of them. Dogs that run mad alongside the cars is just part of the show.

The roads we have driven, some have been a true off-road training program forced on me without asking for it!  The country is being made into a non-socialist post soviet and has a long way to go yet as . We have seen a lot of  European union projects being implemented here on the roads at least (they are marked by the signs around these areas)

People are friendly and welcoming when you get to know them although they are very conservative on the surface.

These may be the wrong impressions but these are mine as I have experienced them in the last two days.

There will be a lot more about Georgia here soon but as time is short and access to the net proves difficult at times this has to be it for now.

You might have been wondering what happened to us and questioning where we are. To start with the last bit, we are in Greece and have spent a lovely few days browsing through this delightful country with its scenic routes we preferred over the magnificent new motorways. People drive kinder than in Italy, it is all a bit more relaxed. We visited the Meteora, 6 of 20 still existing monastries on top of mountains, traveled to Thessaloniki and are now in Alexandroupouli. We’ll visit tonight and tomorrow and continue our travels to Turkey on Friday – Istanbul awaits us!

Although making notes, haven’t kept up the writing since we visited our dear friends in Cana, Tuscany, Italy. But more will come once wifi connection and choice to spend time behind the computer instead of resting, setting up the car/tent area, exploring the environment/city, etc.;).