Kakheti!

This morning started out pretty eventful. Upon opening my email, my heart almost stopped at the sight of a TLG reply to my contract. Before opening it, my brain started firing at about 10293801984102948 bad thoughts per neuron, and I had convinced myself in the span of less than a second that there was a problem with my contract and that I would be unable to go to Georgia next week (HOLY SHIT I AM GOING TO GEORGIA NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

Thankfully, my think-the-worst nature was wrong.

All TLG was doing was giving me a heads up as to the region in which I'll be placed. Kakheti! Wikipedia's map will help show where this is!

This is Georgia's wine country. After doing some research, it looks like it consists of really lush forests, green foothills, and arable plains. Oh, and an insanely gorgeous river. A quick glance at Flickr for photos with the "Kakheti" tag can give you a better idea of the kind of diverse geography that's in this 4,000 square mile area. The capital of Kakheti, Telavi, is approximately the same size as Marquette, which isn't surprising given that the total population of Georgia is less than all of Los Angeles.  

Anyway, more to come about the area when I actually GET there and don't have to rely on the Internet for all my information! 

6 days!!