Hurry up spring!

Beautiful March weather, as enjoyed from through the window in Akhalkalaki

We spent the weekend away from site, traveling to milder climes. Spring is already upon most of Georgia, where the snow is melting and giving way to little green shoots. Akhalkalaki has certainly also seen some milder weather than in the past, and has had noticeably more sunshine of late. The cold winds keep blowing, though, and periodic snowstorms keep us on our toes (and bundled in our long underwear and sleeping bags).

We're starting to melt our way out of winter

But despite these relapses into winter, we are marching steadily (if slowly) towards spring. Our snowbanks are melting as well. They might not be yielding green shoots just yet, but we've got a healthy lot of mud everywhere, which should be just the perfect environment for green leaves to shoot through eventually. It takes a long time to thaw here, too, because the ice and snow builds up pretty incredibly over the 6-month winter.

The ice build up under the bridge is beautiful and terrifying

The morning run might still be windier and colder and less pleasant than we'd like, but we're getting there. The worst of our final Peace Corps winter is behind us and we're looking forward to some nicer spring days to help us make it through to the end.