Wake up and Smell the Beagle

 Wednesday October 18

The next morning I woke up nice and early trying to wake Mr. Latvia up to go for breakfast. He drank quite a bit and then he met up with his neighbor for more drinking while I went to sleep. He is a Latvian, but a real Georgian who drinks until the party is over. I have limited myself to just a couple glasses of wine. I actually just enjoy the small tastings and I am very satisfied. I walked down the hill to see Mr. Armenia

 “ Good morning” and maybe share a coffee. He is an Armenian hotel manager. He has families having breakfast and a wild dog- that dog was a beagle-immediately I was so excited. I started to love Beagles after meeting a few adorable ones while traveling. He is such a little rascal jumping all over the place and he is shouting at him in Russian/ Armenian.
Mr. Latvia told me a sad story that Mr. Armenia is an illegal immigrant who has no insurance and works for very little pay. He works everyday and rarely has a day off. He said he is a hopeless romantic who wants to find love, but his ways of communicating with women are a bit overkill-noted last night.
He gives me some coffee that is super strong and impossible to drink (there is no such thing as Georgian coffee) just turkish coffee, Nescafe, and some instant ones that be quite bitter and too strong for my tastes.
He lets me feed Maura the beagle which gives me such joy as she takes the food and runs with it.
I head down the hill to visit my ladies at the juice cafe(i try to establish connections with locals and then revisit them when I can) they had given me some great food recommendations and were so happy I took the time to talk and learn about their lives- age, going to school, what they enjoy- well it turns only one was there and it was not very exciting. I just got him a smoothie and bought some fresh bread, cheese, and tomatoes.


So the day continues on and Mr. Latvia is starting to do his remote work. I am deciding to stay one more night or head to Telavi. I had another girl to meet in Telavi Thursday so I went with the gut ( good decision) and hopped on a maruska( small local mini van) to Telavi.
I hope to one day meet someone like Mr. Latvia where I can have such incredible laughs and just easily talk for hours, go hiking in remote areas, enjoy nature and travel the world. Where is he? He must be traveling on different planets at this point lol

If this partner ever does come my way- it would be a real blessing. I have been involved in 90 percent of my relationships with people who do not want to be active, travel, socialize, live life, be silly, be adventurous-it just never happened.

So I do not feel much hope but who knows what life has planned. I made a great new friend and im happy with that:)