Georgia                         The Heat                  11 August 2023


   In the last few days, unbearable heat has settled across the whole
   territory of Sakartvelo.  Yesterday, for instance, it was around 43°C
   in the shade.  I dread to think what the temperature was under direct
   sunlight, but after a trip to the dental clinic in such weather,
   and then a walk to the city centre and back, I had only one desire:
   to turn on the air conditioner and have a good sleep.

   It's very interesting to observe how the environment I live
   in changes over time.  Just half a year ago, for example, I was
   chopping wood and stoking the stove so as not to freeze at -40°C,
   and now I'm hiding under the cold streams of the air conditioner's
   air, so as not to melt at +40°C.  To be honest, hiding under three
   blankets and stoking the stove was more appealing to me than hiding
   from the heat.

   But, of course, the real hell is happening near the sea.  Relatively
   recently, I had the chance to visit Kobuleti, where I stayed
   for a few days: the terrible heat combined with high humidity from
   the sea seemed to me such a bad combination that, clickin' heels, I
   fled on the night train to Tbilisi on the last night.





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