Gamarjobat!
Hello! from Georgia.  The past four days were busy with meetings and tours of training areas.  Every day ended with me being exhausted and I STILL could only manage a few hours of sleep.  Stupid jet-lag (I'm 9 hours ahead of the East Coast).
The Georgian military runs their training with assistance from us, to include some equipment they need to be able to work with us in Afghanistan (radios, night vision goggles, etc.) They have some good instructors but need help with the experience that only we can bring.
Two nights ago I and another Marine were invited out to dinner by a few Georgian officers, when I was really looking forward to some sleep.  Three and a half hours, two bottles of wine, and two carafes of 'cha-cha' (like grappa) later...I finally got some sleep.  The food was great though, some really interesting dishes.  One was a shallow pot of fried chicken in a thick broth of garlic yogurt.
I just got another email that needs my attention so I'll cut this short.
Not surprisingly Georgians dislike the Russians.  Remember, 3 years ago the Russians invaded to 'free' the people in the regions of Abkazia and South Ossetia.  This blogger service gives me simple stats on page views, etc.  It also shows geographically who is looking at my blog.  So, to my Russian friends who are enjoying my blog...hello!
And good-bye.