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| View over Tbilisi |
It is amazing how we are meeting so many different people with different lifestyles and ambitions through couchsurfing: singles and families, poorer and richer people, people with no time and lots of time, lonely people and super engaged people. Every time we meet our couchsurfer the first time it is exciting! Only then we will figure out completely how the situation is and the person her_himself… so it always keeps us excited!
When we arrived in the morning in Tbilisi - the capital of Georgia- we started to write requests for couchsurfing for the same day. We knew we were way to late and didn't really think somebody would response but Martin did within an hour at 7 in the morning. He told us that he can't welcome us because he has work meeting in the evening but that we could stay at his apartment for a night. We met up in the evening and he showed us his apartment. It was huge (100 square meters) for himself with a view over a big part of Tbilisi. He said the apartment is way to big for him but he likes to live here a lot and that also gives him the possibility to host people easily.
Martin studied Political science and peace and conflict studies and is original from Kandy, Sri Lanka where Hannah was in February to get a new Indian visa. How small the world is! He used to work for the United Nations all over the world and since a couple of years he is working for the European Union to watch the border between Russia and the northern provinces of Georgia. In 2008 Vladimir Putin decided to declare war against Georgia and to back up the independence struggle of the republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Till today a lot of people who fled during the war couldn't and also legally can't go back to their homes and are displaced all over Georgia.
When we arrived in the morning in Tbilisi - the capital of Georgia- we started to write requests for couchsurfing for the same day. We knew we were way to late and didn't really think somebody would response but Martin did within an hour at 7 in the morning. He told us that he can't welcome us because he has work meeting in the evening but that we could stay at his apartment for a night. We met up in the evening and he showed us his apartment. It was huge (100 square meters) for himself with a view over a big part of Tbilisi. He said the apartment is way to big for him but he likes to live here a lot and that also gives him the possibility to host people easily.
Martin studied Political science and peace and conflict studies and is original from Kandy, Sri Lanka where Hannah was in February to get a new Indian visa. How small the world is! He used to work for the United Nations all over the world and since a couple of years he is working for the European Union to watch the border between Russia and the northern provinces of Georgia. In 2008 Vladimir Putin decided to declare war against Georgia and to back up the independence struggle of the republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Till today a lot of people who fled during the war couldn't and also legally can't go back to their homes and are displaced all over Georgia.
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| Old town of Tbilisi |
Due to his work meetings and our short time in Tbilisi we didn't have more time to talk to each other but we really enjoyed the short time and the stay we had. We were impressed by his work and motivation towards human rights and hope to see him again with more time on his hands!
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