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Life in Chiatura Georgia During The 2020 Pandemic

by Christina | April 28, 2020 | Georgia Europe, My Blog, Uncategorized | 20 Comments

Welcome back to my blog. It's been a while since I've posted, but I have made some YouTube videos, this spring, so if you want to see what's been going on, you can also tune in to my channel. Some of you may know that my husband Tim and I are retired and have been...

Letting Go, and Becoming Authentic in 2020

by Christina | January 17, 2020 | Georgia Europe, My Blog, Uncategorized | 37 Comments

I was never one to make New Year's Resolutions, but last year, when it became trendy to come up with a WOTY (Word of the Year), I came up with two words that I wanted to inspire change in my life. The first was to be more tolerant. As most of you know, we've been in...

A Place to Call Home in a Lost Mining Town

by Christina | October 28, 2019 | Georgia Europe, Uncategorized | 34 Comments

Welcome back to my Traveling Diva blog! Since I last wrote, we have been scanning the auction and real estate sites, here in the Republic of Georgia, for a property that we could buy, to make a home base in which to travel from. One day, while viewing the SS.Ge real...

A Place To Call Our Own in The Republic of Georgia

by Christina | September 19, 2019 | Georgia Europe, Uncategorized | 22 Comments

Welcome back to my Traveling Diva Blog! For those of you who are visiting for the first time, I want to let you know that this is not a typical travel blog and I don't make any money off of it. Instead, I take a journalistic approach when sharing about our experiences...

January Activities in The Republic of Georgia

by Christina | January 28, 2019 | Georgia Europe | 29 Comments

Art PalaceThe first week in January, we took a bus from our neighborhood in Vake to old town Tbilisi, to visit the Art Palace. The Palace was designed by Paul Stern in a Gothic, Islamic style, and was built in the late 19th century by German Prince Constantine...

Timeout for Culture in Tbilisi

by Christina | December 18, 2018 | Georgia Europe | 14 Comments

Since settling into our new apartment, a couple of weeks ago, we've had the opportunity to visit two very worthwhile museums in Tbilisi.On December 9th, we visited The Museum of Modern Art, which is located near the old town, in a beautiful, 3 story building, with...

Get Away to Borjomi, and A Crazy Week After.

by Christina | December 11, 2018 | Georgia Europe | 18 Comments

I want to begin this post by thanking all of you who stop by to visit my blog. I especially love it when you leave a comment, though I know I haven't been great about always replying. I'm new at this, so please forgive me. I promise to do better. I do enjoy sharing...

Our First Week in Downtown Tbilisi

by Christina | November 16, 2018 | Georgia Europe | 12 Comments

Since my last post, we have changed our minds about getting residency in Georgia. We were caught up in the notion of having a place to call home. I had thought how nice it would be to have a place to furnish and decorate, with my own taste. In the States,...

Transitioning to The Republic of Georgia

by Christina | October 28, 2018 | Georgia Europe | 3 Comments

As I sit down to write this post, I can't believe that almost a month has passed since we arrived in Tbilisi, on the train from Batumi. We rented the apartment we're in now, on Airbnb, at the rate of $380.00, a month, for four months. Our hosts are two...

A Different View Of Batumi

by Christina | September 25, 2018 | Georgia Europe | 11 Comments

If you saw my last post about our first week, here in Batumi, Georgia, you probably assumed that I didn't really like it here. I knew it wasn't going to be a city that I wanted to stay in long-term, but we wanted to have some beach time in what was left of...

Georgia Europe, Our Next Destination!

by Christina | August 13, 2018 | My Blog, Netherlands | 2 Comments

Why We Chose Georgia (Europe) As Our Next Destination One reason we chose Georgia is that traveling Europe as a U.S. citizen comes with restrictions as far as how long we can stay in certain countries. We are permitted to stay in Schengen countries that...

Rotterdam Zoo

by Christina | July 26, 2018 | Netherlands | 1 Comment

On July 9th, we took a train into Rotterdam, to spend the day at the zoo. The trip with our OV-chipkaarts cost us about 12.00 Euro each, round trip. Entrance to the zoo is about 22.50, a piece. The first animals we got to see, as we came in the front gate,...

Our Experiences in and Around Dordrecht

by Christina | July 8, 2018 | Netherlands | 0 Comments

Join me, as I show you some of the sites in Dordrecht, South Holland A typical street in Dordrecht ANTIQUE MARKET OLALA CHOCOLA chocolate shop Here they sell delicious chocolate and they offer classes in...

Our First Week in Dordrecht

by Christina | July 3, 2018 | Netherlands | 0 Comments

When we first arrived in Dordrecht, it was very warm, and we realized that we needed to get some lighter weight clothing for the summer. The city has a very nice shopping area in the center and Tim was able to find some short sleeve shirts in one of the...

Day Trip to Rotterdam

by Christina | June 29, 2018 | Netherlands | 0 Comments

Rotterdam is the largest port city on the North Sea, and in the Province of South Holland. Its rivers, Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt, form a delta at the sea, giving waterway access into the heart of Western Europe. Rotterdam has earned the nicknames, "Gateway...

Last Day in Ohrid

by Christina | May 26, 2018 | My Blog, Ohrid Macedonia | 0 Comments

We spent our last day in Ohrid, at the beach, then we went into the old town for some traditional Macedonian food at Pizza Via Sacra. I enjoyed the pickled cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef and rice. It's been a wonderful stay here, and we will...

Diva Celebrates Her 35th Wedding Anniversary

by Christina | May 26, 2018 | My Blog, Ohrid Macedonia | 1 Comment

Monday, May 21st, was our wedding anniversary, and we decided to take a boat over to Saint Naum to celebrate. We brought with us the Macedonian ruby ring that Tim bought for me and the silver band that we had made for him. When we got to Saint Naum, we headed right...

Saint Naum & Saint Naum Springs

by Christina | May 16, 2018 | My Blog, Ohrid Macedonia | 1 Comment

On May 13th, we decided to visit Saint Naum which is an Eastern Orthodox monastery, about 29 km south of Ohrid. While waiting for a bus, a Mercedes pulled up and the driver offered to take us to Saint Naum for the price of the bus fare. We often get where...

A Day in Old Town Ohrid

by Christina | May 9, 2018 | My Blog, Ohrid Macedonia | 0 Comments

One day, in late April, after a walk on the boardwalk, and breakfast at The Dublin restaurant, we went exploring the old town in Ohrid. Our first stop was the National Workshop for Handmade Paper, where we watched a demonstration of how paper is made. A...

April in Ohrid

by Christina | May 4, 2018 | My Blog, Ohrid Macedonia | 0 Comments

On April 10th, after working out at the gym, we went to Mece's restaurant for dinner, and to celebrate the grand opening at their new location, next door. It was our first time seeing the new space and we were very impressed. There is the main dining room, a bar, and...

A visit to Saint Panteleimon Church in Ohrid

by Christina | April 30, 2018 | My Blog, Ohrid Macedonia | 0 Comments

When we went back outside we went to look at the stone Baptismal Font, used to Baptise the disciples of Saint Clement, who was believed to have designed and constructed the original church. As we were leaving, we noticed a large building that was still being worked...

A Day at Samuel’s Fortress with the Traveling Diva

by Christina | April 25, 2018 | My Blog, Ohrid Macedonia | 0 Comments

It was a beautiful, sunny day, in late March, and we decided to go into Ohrid to visit Samuel's Fortress. At the turn of the century, the fortress was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, during the rule of Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria. The walk up the...

Arrival in Ohrid

by Christina | April 18, 2018 | My Blog, Ohrid Macedonia | 0 Comments

On March 15, we took a bus from Tirana, Albania to Struga, Macedonia. When our bus trip that was supposed to be three and a half hours, ended up being five an a half hours, we were grateful that the hosts, from our hotel, were still waiting for us, in...

Our First Week in Batumi

by Christina | Sep 6, 2018 | Georgia Europe, Uncategorized

Our first few days in Batumi were spent walking around just getting our bearings. As we learned when we first arrived in Batumi, it's not all that easy to get around on foot. There's an excessive amount of tourists here during the summer, and traffic is...

Our Journey to Georgia

by Christina | Aug 31, 2018 | Georgia Europe, My Blog

Our journey from The Netherlands to The Republic of Georgia wasn't without a few mishaps. On August 14th, we left Dordrecht, South Holland, on a train bound for Eindhoven. From there, getting to Dortmund, Germany, where we were to fly out of, would prove...

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