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Georgia did more to me than I expected

Episode 03 · Georgia  ·  32:33  ·  published on 25 October 2026

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In Georgia I hit a pretty low point. Not in terms of landscape – that was magnificent.

Ten days through Georgia: from Batumi via Kutaisi into the mountains of Svaneti, to Mestia and Ushguli, and finally to Tbilisi. Between the cities and the mountains, two phone calls stirred up a lot in me – and in the end I was able to say out loud for the first time that I was closing a chapter.

By the way, the episode still begins in Cappadocia – in a balloon above the fairy chimneys.

Chapters

  1. 00:00Balloon flight over Cappadocia
  2. 05:34Arriving in Batumi
  3. 12:05Kutaisi
  4. 17:06Svaneti – Mestia and Ushguli
  5. 24:48Tbilisi

Route of this episode

Cappadocia → Batumi → Kutaisi → Mestia → Ushguli → Tbilisi