raynayler:
Exploring wine country in #georgia with @anyakuznetsova357 and it's more than alright. ;)
raynayler:
Here's the map printed on the back of a Tbilisi metro card. Best of luck, tourist! See you down the rabbit hole!
raynayler:
This is Pickle Bob. He lives in an ice cream cone near a gas station outside of Leesburg, and he'll be seeing you in your nightmares.
raynayler:
On our way to labguage class, we watched the FSI hawk catch, dismember and eat a mouse. Try saying that in Azerbaijani. #urbannaturelovers
raynayler:
Amazing 10 miles along the C & O Towpath and the Potomac Heritage Trail today. So much wild space in the city! With @anyakuznetsova357
raynayler:
#sciencefiction book I had never heard of before, found in a bargain bin at Second Story Books yesterday for 3 bucks. Can't wait to read it.
raynayler:
All we leave behind are the nails in the wall where our pictures once hung, and whatever good we were able to do for others. I always leave a place feeling I have failed to do everything I could have done. I will never live up to my own potential, and tha
raynayler:
The Foreign Service teaches you priorities. Some things go ground shipped to your next post (and you may not see them for over a year). Some things go by air (and you may not see them for weeks). And some things go in your suitcase, because you just can'
raynayler:
Sometimes an object accrues so much texture and character it seems worth a portrait. Here is our tin kettle, bought for a fww dollars in Tajikistan for camping, made by hand by a Tajik tinsmith. It has seen many a mountain, river and lakeside campfire, w
raynayler:
A pinch of salt and a little cardamom - because even when it's just a pot of coffee in the drip maker, I care.
raynayler:
#sunday is a good day for inaugurating the beautiful tea set we bought yesterday. Every cup is unique, but it makes one harmonious whole. One more month in #kyrgyzstan and Central Asia. I will miss the people here, especially my team at the Embassy.
raynayler:
#sunday All the paid Internet trolls and shortsighted idiots in the world can't ruin #kyrgyzstan for me. Natural beauty fixes evrything.
