https://rhiaro.co.uk/2018/07
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contains: week-in-review
contains: bosnian
contains: savasana
contains: photos-iz
contains: accent
contains: travel
contains: photos-zadar-0
contains: private
contains: plans
contains: photos-zadar
contains: walking
contains: related
contains: croatia
contains: week-in-review-2
contains: sofia
contains: nomadlife
contains: sofia-update
contains: time
contains: photos-sofia
contains: photos-transit
contains: batumi
contains: georgian-dish
contains: eggplant
contains: hostels
contains: photos-batumi
contains: hostels-2
contains: tbilisi
contains: week-in-review-3
contains: ogpsummit
contains: photos-tbilisi
contains: photos-tbilisi-2
contains: photos-tbilisi-3
contains: photos-tbilisi-4
contains: khinkali
contains: week-in-review-4
contains: photos-tbilisi-5
contains: photos-tbilisi-6
contains: photos-tbilisi-7
contains: lolferry
contains: tomatoes
contains: lobiani
contains: photos-batumi-2
contains: khinkali-2
contains: pre-ferry
contains: photos-batumi-3
contains: twitter
contains: boat
contains: vegan-in-georgia
contains: port
contains: week-in-review-5
contains: photos-ferry
contains: tales-from-the-black-sea
contains: odesa-coffee
contains: practicing-russian
contains: odesa
contains: photos-odesa
name: Posts between 2018/07 and 2018/08
total items: 56

accent
type: Note
content: Apparently I have travelled sufficiently that my accent has become ambiguous even to other British people.
published: 2018-07-07T18:19:00+02:00
tag: travel

batumi
type: Note
content: I made it to Batumi. Which, as promised, is a super weird place. In a good way. But not before the bus company copped out at the border (Sarp) and said I was on my own. The border crossing itself was insane, super hot, crowded, people dragging carpets around, and even a small fight broke out. The Georgian side was more civilised, and after passport control is a helpful tourist information place, a toilet, and air conditioning. Outside the doors (you can't get back in again) is the beginning of the border town Sarpi, with an array of definitely poor-value money changers, and a chaos of busses. I hopped in a marshrutka which set off for Batumi when it was full (entirely of locals as far as I could tell). You pay the driver on the way out, and it was 1GEL, about 20 minutes. After checking into my hostel, I wandered around, tried to pick up a ferry ticket for in a couple of weeks (they told me to buy it online), picked up a SIM card, drank coffee, and went on a walking tour. And up the Alphabetic Tower, and ate lobiani in a small cafe. Discovered Sunday trains are sold out, and booked a bus to get to Tbilisi instead. Sooo close to getting a train, but alas. My fate is bus.
published: 2018-07-14T01:04:00+04:00
tag: georgia
tag: travel
tag: tourism

boat
type: Note
content: I'M ON A BOAT It started raining heavily in the hour before I needed to walk to the port. I walked anyway, and was as usual faced with a giant impassable highway completely unfriendly to pedestrians, and no indication of how to get to the port. I found it eventually, completely soaked. Waited for almost two hours under a lean-to with other bedraggled passengers, and went through some half-hearted attempt at passport control I think. Or at least checking the ticket name and passport name matched. Boarded, waiting around some more, got a room key. I have a two bed room, and so far it doesn't look like I'm sharing it with anyone. So far there are many male truck drivers, a couple of families with kids and old people, and three sets of travelling young couples from various locations, who speak English. I haven't seen any of them since I boarded though. This ferry apparently has a sauna, and wifi that only works once it's in Ukraine (by which time it's not much good). Mealtimes are in strict 30 minute slots, but I'm not sure which timezone they run on. Currently still in port; no idea when we'll actually leave.
published: 2018-07-28T22:44:00+04:00
tag: travel
tag: ferry
tag: transit

bosnian
type: Note
content: I have a few new Bosnian laptop stickers, and the bi-lingual 4.5 year old came over to ask what they say, and I'm like I dunno kid you're the one who speaks Bosnian but duh she can't read.
published: 2018-07-03T16:12:00+02:00
tag: life
tag: travel

croatia
type: Note
content: Croatia won and the FERRIES are honking their horns WTF lol
in reply to: related
published: 2018-07-07T22:52:00+02:00
tag: travel
tag: croatia

eggplant
type: Note
content: There's also an eggplant with walnut paste salad and I for some reason I ordered it and it was super delicious and today my walnut allergy (or whatever it is) - a very specific head pain - is manifesting in my left ear. Totally worth it though. Since 80% of veggie Georgian dishes contain walnuts, maybe I can use the next couple of weeks to desensitize myself.. if it works like that.. I hope it works like that??
published: 2018-07-14T16:35:00+04:00
tag: life
tag: georgia
tag: food
tag: nuts

georgian-dish
type: Note
content: There's this Georgian dish - ojakhuri, "family meal" - of potatoes slow cooked with mushrooms, and sometimes tomatoes, onions and slightly hot green peppers. I mean. They know what I like. (The mushroom version is the weirdo alternative to pork, obviously, but common everywhere.) On a related note I have extreme potato bloat right now.
published: 2018-07-14T16:15:00+04:00
tag: georgia
tag: vegan
tag: food
tag: travel

hostels
type: Note
content: The thing I like about hostels is that it's equally socially acceptable to talk to any person about anything as it is to completely ignore everyone who crosses your path.
published: 2018-07-14T17:43:00+04:00
tag: travel
tag: life

hostels-2
type: Note
content: The thing I don't like about hostels is, somebody else's alarm just went off for a full ten minutes and it was like an industrial siren sound. GOOD MORNING.
published: 2018-07-15T08:44:00+04:00
tag: travel

khinkali
type: Note
content: I ate ten khinkali.
published: 2018-07-20T23:19:00+04:00
tag: food
tag: travel

khinkali-2
type: Note
content: Me: I would like potato khinkali please. Waiter: :o but you're alone and the minimum order is five Me: My good sir, let me tell you about the time I ate ten khinkali. (in case you were wondering, I ate all the khinkali. And a salad. And then the waiter hit on me and I ran away. But the important part of this story is KHINKALI)
published: 2018-07-27T23:32:00+04:00
tag: travel
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: georgia

lobiani
type: Note
content: I discover a new kind of lobiani every day.
published: 2018-07-26T09:35:00+04:00
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: food
tag: georgia

lolferry
type: Note
content: Lol my ferry from Georgia to Ukraine just got pushed back a day and redirected to Turkey. Eh, same same. I go where the sea sends me.
published: 2018-07-25T11:06:00+04:00
tag: travel
tag: ferry

nomadlife
type: Note
content: Nomad life is deciding what I'm going to wear this morning based on the fact I'm going to be wearing it for the next 2+ days, through 3 countries with different climates and cultures.
published: 2018-07-11T11:28:00+03:00
tag: life
tag: travel

odesa
type: Note
content: Odesa is at least as weird as Batumi, but for half the price! And maybe slightly nicer.. though the beach is ridiculously packed.
published: 2018-07-31T20:44:00+03:00
tag: travel
tag: odesa

odesa-coffee
type: Note
content: Odesa is FULL of cute little places to get nice coffees and fancy juices. It's wonderful.
published: 2018-07-31T20:36:00+03:00
tag: travel
tag: odesa

ogpsummit
type: Note
content: This week I'm in Tbilisi for the #OGPSummit. I work for Open Data Services, and if you're so inclined, you can talk to me about open data for anti-corruption, beneficial ownership and open contracting, from the data standards and tools perspective.
published: 2018-07-16T09:35:00+04:00
tag: ogpsummit
tag: travel
tag: ods
tag: open+data

photos-batumi
type: Add
content: A few days of enjoying Batumi, in all it's supreme weirdness. Bizarre architecture, empty buildings, black stoney beaches, hot rainy skies, far more Turkish food than Georgian food. I went up the Alphabet tower (which displays the Georgian alphabet around its spiral) and wandered around the coast and town. The center is chaotic and difficult to navigate and learning to play chicken with drivers and potholes is a necessity. I did a walking tour, which included a sneak peak into an old banya which is now embedded in a hotel building, and a 1+ hour break for a wine tasting... this is Georgia.

photos-batumi-2
type: Add
content: The ferry was delayed a day, so I checked into a hostel and took the opportunity to take the cable car up to the big hill overlooking Batumi. And to eat more khinkali of course, on the beach.
published: 2018-07-27T23:04:23+03:00
summary: Amy added 73 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-georgia/
target: 201807-georgia

photos-batumi-3
type: Add
content: Giant bread supplies for my upcoming voyage, and then killing time before departure. My last meal in Batumi was from the one Chinese place. And eventually I managed to find the port and board the ferry across the Black Sea.
published: 2018-07-28T18:04:23+03:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-georgia/
target: 201807-georgia

photos-ferry
type: Add
content: Farewell Batumi. A few days on the good ship Kaunas, across the Black Sea to Odesa.
published: 2018-07-31T10:31:41+03:00
summary: Amy added 58 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-transit/
target: 201807-transit

photos-iz
type: Add
content: A week on the island of Iz, Croatia. Yoga, TRE, sleeping, eating, reading, chilling, with lovely people in a beautiful place.

photos-odesa
type: Add
content: A day wandering around Odesa. Food at Vegano Hooligano and True. Walks around the old town, parks and beaches.

photos-sofia
type: Add
content: A few days gently exploring Sofia. Food and cafe-working from some nice veg*n places, a walking tour, and general wandering before boarding a bus to Istanbul.
published: 2018-07-11T21:13:12+02:00
summary: Amy added 76 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-transit/

photos-tbilisi
type: Add
content: Ajarian khatchapuri and coffee for breakfast, then a dramatic mountain bus ride from Batumi to Tbilisi. A pizza in the wonderful Kiwi Cafe before settling in for the Open Governance Partnership conference, which was up the cable car on the hill.
published: 2018-07-17T18:59:41+03:00
summary: Amy added 32 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-georgia/
target: 201807-georgia

photos-tbilisi-2
type: Add
content: Traditional Georgian dancing as well as general pretension at the OGP Summit reception in the Georgian Parliament..
published: 2018-07-17T23:04:23+03:00
summary: Amy added 31 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-georgia/
target: 201807-georgia

photos-tbilisi-3
type: Add
content: More OGP Summit hillside theme park antics, and some wandering around town.
published: 2018-07-19T23:04:23+03:00
summary: Amy added 69 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-georgia/
target: 201807-georgia

photos-tbilisi-4
type: Add
content: FINALLY khinkali (5 potato, 5 mushroom) at Pasanauri. And lobio of course. Then a walking tour and an evening in the banya.
published: 2018-07-20T23:04:23+03:00
summary: Amy added 24 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-georgia/
target: 201807-georgia

photos-tbilisi-5
type: Add
content: A weekend drive to the mountains; hammocks, more amazing food, hiking, rainstorm, landslide.. and back to Tbilisi.

photos-tbilisi-6
type: Add
content: A walking tour of Tbilisi, featuring cable car and castle (and food).
published: 2018-07-23T23:04:23+03:00
summary: Amy added 54 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-georgia/
target: 201807-georgia

photos-tbilisi-7
type: Add
content: A trek through the city to the big ol' Cathedral (seriously big). Then a final meal in Kiwi before taking the train back to Batumi.
published: 2018-07-24T23:04:23+03:00
summary: Amy added 38 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-georgia/
target: 201807-georgia

photos-transit
type: Add
content: Some waiting around in Istanbul bus station, and a day and a night on a bus to the Turkish-Georgian border.
published: 2018-07-13T08:20:08+03:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-transit/
target: 201807-transit

photos-zadar
type: Add
content: Sunset from Zadar.
published: 2018-07-07T21:01:11+02:00
summary: Amy added 36 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-croatia/
target: 201807-croatia

photos-zadar-0
type: Add
content: Ferry from Iz back to Zadar, lunch at Art of Raw.
published: 2018-07-07T18:45:12+02:00
summary: Amy added 21 photos to https://i.amy.gy/201807-croatia/
target: 201807-croatia

plans
type: Note
content: Who wants a top-of-my-head rough aspirational some-fantasy-involved draft of travel plans for the next year? rest of July: transit to Georgia and back. August: Estonia. September: Latvia. October: Lithuania. November: Poland for Vipassana, Warsaw, transit; maybe drop by Sarajevo then take the fast train from Belgrade to Thessaloniki. December: Greece. January: Greece. February: Bulgaria. March: Romania. (Yes I know these last two will be cold, but I will go to the coast and staunchly enjoy it. It's the only way I can tick off all EU countries by March :s) April: Moldova?? Parts of Serbia I haven't been to? Kosovo? May: Macedonia. June: Montenegro. July: Albania. August: Ridiculous transit (ferry from Italy) to Morocco.. September: Morocco because we fantasised this week about Aida's next yoga retreat being in Morocco.. Then ridiculous transit (buses through Spain, France and Italy) back east.. ... ..pick back up on attempt to get to China. Probably spend winter in south of Turkey. At some point I should write up a diff between what I thought I'd be doing with the last 6 months and what I actually did because these super far in advance draft plans are funny to look back on.
published: 2018-07-07T20:01:00+02:00
tag: travel

port
type: Note
content: Gooood morning from... still the port of Batumi. After a reasonable but short sleep, an announcement at 7am sent us down for passport control, where we got stamped out of Georgia (and they kept our passports). Two hours later.. at 8am Ukrainian time (this boat runs on Ukrainian time obviously) we were summoned for breakfast.. which was a small plate of some of the worst looking non-foods I have ever seen (plastic omelet, a distressing pink sausage..). I ate my single slice of tomato and cucumber, drank tea with lemon (there isn't even coffee) and couldn't even make myself eat the terrible white bread. Fortunately I massively overstocked on supplies so I actually won't starve. (There's no wifi but I still have 3G because.. we're still in Georgia. Still.)
published: 2018-07-29T09:36:00+04:00
tag: vegan
tag: food
tag: georgia
tag: ferry
tag: travel

practicing-russian
type: Note
content: Practicing my Russian reading skills by sounding out every sign I see as I wander around. It's especially delightfully rewarding when it comes out as a western word I know with a slightly wonky accent xD Also sometimes I get out something I recognise from Bosnian or Polish or Czech which is also cool (mostly these are foods).
published: 2018-07-31T20:41:00+03:00
tag: russian
tag: travel
tag: language

pre-ferry
type: Note
content: I've had a fairly satisfactory 24 hours. Some things that needed wrapping up are wrapped up. This morning I went questing for supplies and got two giant shoti breads, burning hot straight from the tone (underground clay oven thing). Compared to Tbilisi, the ones in Batumi (when you eventually find them) are wide, the size of my chest - in Tbilisi they're narrow, more baguette-y. In both cases they have delicious crispy ends that never make it home. For 1 gel each, you could survive on one of these for a day if you needed to. I also got some market fruit and veg, and a little pot of what I hope is tkemali (sour plum sauce) but might be a hot chilli paste. We'll find out. I was a little worried about ending up at a port in Ukraine late at night next week with no language skills and no local money. This morning in the hostel kitchen I met a Ukrainian woman who taught me some useful words and exchanged some of her UAH with GEL for me. So now at least I have bus fare. I think I know what I'm working on next week, and am prepped to do it offline if necessary. That's also nice. And the issue of my brother being homeless in Edinburgh next month was resolved yesterday as well. Whew. So I think I'm all set to without guilt or worry get on a wifi-less ferry of potentially unknown duration across the Black Sea this evening. So if you don't hear from me for a few days, that's why.
published: 2018-07-28T14:14:14+04:00
tag: travel
tag: georgia
tag: food
tag: life

private
type: Note
content: So when I want a 'private' / 'solo' place to stay, I'm actually fine with sharing a dorm with other people for sleeping. And fine with sharing a bathroom. So long as these are people I'm not obligated to socialise with (hosts, friends..). What I really want, is a private kitchen. But shared accommodation with individual kitchens just isn't a thing. So when I need space, I have to book a whole apartment and that gets expeeensive. In off seasons, or in places with lots of restaurants/food culture, I get lucky with hostels where there either are hardly any people around, or people just don't use the kitchen, and that's pretty close. But the uncertainty sucks. Anyway, I could totally live in this little hostel I'm in right now (Sunset Hostel, Zadar). Well, maybe.. when full there would be 10 people (2x 5 bed dorms). Which would work if they weren't all determined too cook.. but it's also not super close to the town center.
published: 2018-07-07T19:17:00+02:00
tag: travel
tag: life

related
type: Note
content: On a related note, I may have this dorm to myself but it contains the only TV in the hostel apparently and there are people in here watching the world cup. how long do football matches last why is this taking so long argh
in reply to: walking
published: 2018-07-07T22:47:00+02:00
tag: travel

savasana
type: Note
content: Savasana, in a hot place: the mosquito buffet pose.
published: 2018-07-07T10:34:00+02:00
tag: yoga
tag: life

sofia
type: Note
content: You know how some cities just make sense? Shortly after you arrive, you just kind of get what's going on? I'm 24 hours into Sofia and it doesn't make sense yet. It's chaotic and big. In many ways it reminds me of London. There's a lot going on. On every single street is one of everything you could possibly need. There's stuff everywhere. It's broken and dilapidated; pavements are obstructed, full of holes, uneven. It's super inaccessible to anyone who uses wheels to get around. I've tripped over twice just walking normally and paying attention my surroundings. The mess in this sense reminds me of Penang. When you do occasionally stumble across a nice bit, it's a pleasant surprise, a few minutes reprieve from being hyper-alert at where your feet go. It's residential, industrial, and real, with sudden jarring interruptions for colourful, gilded, domed cathedrals or monument-filled green spaces. It's bustling and alive, and nestled amongst the normality is art, creativity, hippie shit, and little pockets of tranquility. It's confusing. But I like it.
published: 2018-07-10T13:10:00+03:00
tag: travel
tag: sofia

sofia-update
type: Note
content: Sofia update: I love it.
published: 2018-07-11T12:49:00+03:00
tag: sofia
tag: travel

tales-from-the-black-sea
type: Article
content: Walking to the port from Batumi is not super easy. It's not far - about 20 minutes from the cable car - but not a pedestrian friendly route. Also the layout of the roads is different from what I could see on maps.me. If you think you can follow the road around, you can for a while until the pavement literally crumbles into nothing. I traipsed through smashed up concrete on the side of the road for a while, as I thought that was the only way, but eventually it was just fenced off, just as the road starts sloping up and curving around to the left. It's a big and busy highway, so I didn't fancy walking along the side of the road. I contemplated squeezing past the fence, but then wondered if I'd fare better on the other side of the road, presuming of course I'd be able to cross back again when I reached the actual port. By this point there was a large bollard in the middle of the road, so I backed up to where the pavement was whole again, and there was no bollard, and crossed. It became apparently on this side that the road forked; one sort of side road, which initially I thought was more of a layby for trucks, ran alongside the main highway. There was clearly no pavement on the other side of the highway either, so I walked along the layby road a little way.. and a little further. I'm not sure why some instinct told me to keep going, even though it was really not clear where it led, because this turned out to be right way. The layby turned into a real road which went under the curving highway and.. led to the port! There wasn't any real footpath here either, but it was much much less busy than the other road, and vehicles that did pass were going a lot slower. Under the bridge/highway there was a carpark of sorts; pass straight across that and over the next road, and the ferry waiting area appears. It was visible due to the huddle of other soggy passengers under a small shelter. I saw two friendly looking people with bikes, and confirmed they are waiting for the ferry. …
name: Tales from the Black Sea (aka the ferry from Batumi to Odesa)
published: 2018-07-31T15:32:00+03:00
tag: vegan
tag: ukraine
tag: georgia
tag: travel
tag: ferry
tag: transit
tag: life
tag: food

tbilisi
type: Note
content: I made it to Tbilisi a little late (it should be a 6.5 hour bus from Batumi), because the bus stopped for a few silly reasons. Little things like cows in the road.. roof is leaking rain.. side of the bus opened and suitcases flew out and had to be rescued from mountainside.. Then I accidentally didn't get out in the city center - because I didn't think the bus was stopping in the city center. And ended up at a bus station in the south I was entirely unprepared for. I found myself surrounded by taxi drivers, one of whom told me there is no metro connection here. He may have been biased, but it sure looked like a wasteland. My general desire not to get into a taxi had the effect of reducing taxi prices by 5 GEL every minute until I gave in and took a taxi to the old town. This was still not the right place, and I walked through the rain to the vegan cafe, to plan the rest of my night. (Current status: pizza coma.)
published: 2018-07-15T20:58:00+04:00
tag: vegan
tag: georgia
tag: travel
tag: bus

time
type: Note
content: oookay, time to attempt to make it the entire width of a quite wide country without buying any tickets in advance and having only a haphazard knowledge of schedules and probably no wifi. It'll be fine. See you on the other side*. * The other side is Georgia. I'm going through Turkey.
published: 2018-07-11T19:00:00+03:00
tag: transit
tag: travel

tomatoes
type: Note
content: Georgia's fresh tomato game is very strong, but pickling them whole is next level. (And they make a great midnight snack.)
published: 2018-07-26T00:08:00+04:00
tag: vegan
tag: food
tag: travel
tag: georgia

travel
type: Note
content: Okay so I've had a suuuper nice week on the Croatian island of Iz, with super cool people, swimming in the sea and doing yoga and eating and sleeping. The week has left me really well rested, but also socially exhausted, on top of a very heavily social June. I'm now in a hostel in Zadar, appear to have the dorm to myself, and it's really small, extremely clean and modern and new-feeling. I leave Zadar tomorrow evening, so I can veg around here, the nearby beach, and the rawfood restaurant in town for the day. Then I have a couple more days to myself in Sofia (fingers crossed for an equally good hostel), then a few days of busses. Hopefully then I'll be recharged in time for OGP Summit in Tbilisi in a week..
published: 2018-07-07T18:39:00+02:00
tag: zadar
tag: travel

twitter
type: Note
content: My twitter timeline this evening is a balanced mix of apocalyptic the world is definitely ending we won't survive the next ten years stuff, and silly jokes that make me lol.
published: 2018-07-28T18:26:00+04:00
tag: twitter
tag: life

vegan-in-georgia
type: Article
content: "Shemomechama" is a Georgian phrase, translating roughly to the passive "it happened that I ate everything." I like to think of it as "I accidentally all the food." Which is very much what happened during my two weeks in Georgia. Traditional (or, some would argue, modern-tourist-adapted-traditional) Georgian food is actually vegan heaven. When you peer around the meat and cheese, you discover a whole world of beans, bread, potatoes and mushrooms. They do great things with veggies, particularly aubergine, and I've never had such spectacular and simple salads. My usual 'vegan in' posts are a list of places to eat, but in this case I'm going to do a list of dishes, most of which you can get in any random Georgian restaurant you find on the street. At the end I'll also list a few places across Tbilisi and Batumi that I thought were particularly good. Other things to note about Georgian cuisine is that it's generally served family-style.. that is, huge plates, ideal for sharing. If you're eating on your own, you really must resist ordering many dishes even if they look like sides because this is too much food. If you're with a group though - even a meat-eating group - it's ace. Because so many totally normal common side dishes and well-loved mains are vegan! On more than one occasion I sat back and let other people order a bunch of stuff, and there was always stuff I could eat. Fasting One of the reasons Georgian food is so vegan-friendly is because of the Orthodox fasting periods. Wednesdays, Fridays, and many many special occasions, many adopt essentially a pesca-vegan diet - they can't have any food from land animals. As a result, many restaurants have a 'fasting menu', or at least understand the concept of vegan if you ask if something is okay for fasting. And since Georiga is not the kind of country to add secret fish to things, ordering anything from a fasting menu that isn't explicitly fish is pretty safe. Lobio Lobio is bean stew. It comes in a clay pot, and is d…
name: Shemomechama (Vegan in Georgia)
published: 2018-07-29T01:46:00+04:00
tag: travel
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: georgia

walking
type: Note
content: I'm walking along the edge of the land in a residential part of Zadar. The sky is stained pink and orange by the sunset, clouds paint wild shapes, dramatic and peaceful at the same time. It's so beautiful I can hardly breathe. The street I'm following is called 'Karma'. The ocean laps at the rocks, providing the only sound for miles, and I scramble down some stairs to dip my legs. The water is almost warm. Suddenly the air is alive, a roar that becomes discernable as cheers, whistles, applause. Some fire crackers, some car horns. Croatia scored in the World Cup, I suppose, and I am reminded that I'm not the only person in the world.
published: 2018-07-07T22:37:00+02:00
tag: travel
tag: life
tag: croatia

week-in-review
type: Article
content: Went on the Sarajevo cable car. Got my old laptop back; installed Ubuntu 18.04 (Mate); had a fight with xmonad as usual. Thrice to yoga. Worked three days. Drove to Croatia, settled in on Iz to commence a week of actual downtime.
name: Week in review: 25 June - 1 July
published: 2018-07-01T21:17:00+02:00
tag: yoga
tag: travel
tag: week+in+review

week-in-review-2
type: Article
content: Spent a week in a vegetarian hotel on the Croatian island of Iz with folks affiliated with Prana, doing yoga, sleeping, eating, and swimming in the sea. Actually fixed my /tags/ pages!! eg. /tags/travel is now up to date. Spent one night in Zadar at a beautifully located empty hostel, and fell in love with the sunset. Took a bus to Zagreb, and a night bus to Sofia. Slept particularly well on the latter.
name: Week in review: 2 - 8 July
published: 2018-07-08T23:59:59+02:00
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week-in-review-3
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content: Spent two days in Sofia, eating and cafe working. Met cool people around the hostel. Took a night bus to Istanbul. Drama around a guy being seated next to a woman and the driver had to come rearrange the whole bus. Took a day-and-night bus from Istanbul to Batumi. Drama was that it abandoned us at the border and I had to take a matrushka the rest of the way. Spent two days in super weird Batumi. Discovered Georgian food \o/ Also a nice hostel. Bussed from Batumi to Tbilisi. Drama was the luggage flying out on a mountain road lolol
name: Week in review: 9 - 15 July
published: 2018-07-15T23:49:00+04:00
tag: bus
tag: https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/week+in+review
tag: travel
tag: georgia
tag: sofia

week-in-review-4
type: Article
content: Spent most of the week at the Open Government Partnership Summit in Tbilisi. Helped out with a day-and-a-half workshop about Beneficial Ownership data standard, and a one hour session about org-ids and investigative data discovery. Ate a lot. Touristed around Tbilisi. Took off to the mountains of Rachuli for a weekend of walking, chilling and.. surprise.. eating.
name: Week in review: 16 - 22 July
published: 2018-07-22T23:59:59+04:00
tag: food
tag: ogpgeorgia
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tag: travel
tag: open+data+services
tag: conference

week-in-review-5
type: Article
content: Returned to Tbilisi from the Rachuli mountains. Ate much more food. Did a walking tour, went on the cable car, walked to the giant cathedral. Took a train from Tbilisi to Batumi. Holed up in a nice AirBnB apartment for a few days to work and chill. Went on the Batumi cable car too. Ferry delayed; one night in a hostel. Boarded the ferry to Ukraine, and lived on it in the port for 12 hours and counting..
name: Week in review: 23 - 29 July
published: 2018-07-29T10:10:10+04:00
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tag: georgia
tag: week+in+review
tag: travel
tag: vegan
tag: ferry

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