Oh, the Places You Can Still Go

As a digital nomad, the COVID-19 pandemic has all but eliminated the viability of my lifestyle. With borders closing, airlines canceling routes, and a contagious disease that threatens our health, it’s difficult to maintain this fast-paced globetrotting. I was happy to leave Thailand at the end of January when it appeared that COVID-19 was spreading through the region. A 55-hour …

Grave Hunting in Tbilisi, (Republic of) Georgia

I went grave hunting today. Not in the style of Dickens’ minor character Jerry Cruncher, to be clear. My mission was to find the graves of a 19th century Georgian couple whose marriage proved unsuccessful in the end. And so they were of course not buried together. Like most 19th century women, Keke Jughashvili seems to have been the more …