Saturday, March 31, 2007

Hotel/Guesthouse or as the title says: Holiday Home Abkhazia

Sohum Basketball Girls Team at practice

An average table for the `guest`

With neighbors at the appartment of Liza Kutarba... (Second from left)

Day6-27.03.2007

Today at last I managed to take the helath report from the policlinic. Well we woke up hard this morning since we sat late at night looking at photos at my computer with the girls and after we talked (do not ask how) with Liza. Sometimes girls do not need same words to communciate- I really can understand her. This is also due to her character- she finds a way to explains herself.
In the morning it was so cold that we were freezing and it was very hard to get up. Anyway we went to the policlinic about 9:30 and we waited for her friend and after she decided not to anymore and applied officially. 150 Rubles for the report. Waited for the signs and that is all, nobody take a look at me. I have not seen "a" doctor. Just as it would be in Turkey.
After I thought I was lae for class and went to demographia. Erkan was not there and I sat and studied Abkhazian. Than Selin called me to say that the teacher decided to make an extra hour so I should come to the university. I hardly found a marshrutka (minibus) to go.
The teacher was kind and she made me read the alphabet and find some sounds such as the "p" and "p," sounds problematic. She made me read many things and told me to write somethings and study well for the things.
We had some kind of "milfoy acapuri" (bцrek) at the corner of telecom. 3 acapuri, pepsi for Selin and juice (sok) for me for 80 Rubles. Also we had some kind of desert that I liked from Adygeya called Kartoska. Selin bought them since I wanted but she could not eat.
Than I went to the hotel and had a bath. After I went to Demographia and met with Selin and Yeliz for a few minutes. (Yeliz- sister of Erdoрan that I had met before). Than went to the university with Erkan and did my registration by giving my papers to Tamara. Tomorrow, Erkan will call the rector and it will be complete. Than we met Sinejan and went to Selin's house to study English. She is really ambitious to learn English. Than we came back home with Liza at 7:30. We had Abista and Akut and ofcourse Cheese!.. I ate so much!!! And after Saide (Saya), the updoor neighbour called us and it appeared that she asked us for dinner. Oh, I had never eaten so much and she made me drink Champein. It was a nice one but half a bottle is too much with all that food!!! At least we could understand each other much more. Vadik- another neigbour and his father was also there. I slept feeling a little dizzy....

Day 5-26.03.2007

I waited for Liza to wake up and get ready since she did not let me to leave alone and I was late to go with other girls. Anyway, she came to the city with me and I went to hotel and take a shower and came back for the Policlinic at 12:00 and when we went there they told us to come the other day!!! Зerkes saati= Circassian timing....
Than I met with Selin to take her Abkhazian notebook but since we decided to study English with Sinejan in her house, I left my bag there and went to the ministry. Timur had dropped by the internet cafe and asked for me. I went there and thanked him for the phone he borrowed me and returned it. Than had a walk araound the city under the rain. It was great. That green sea, and the clean air... I did not have my camera with me since I had left my bag at Selin's. Than I had Achapuri and tea at Narther- where we had been before... Well since it is an open air restaurant with small bugonvilles it was a little cold.
At Selin's ofcourse we chatted rather than study. Than I had to leave to the internet cafe to go to Liza's.
In the evening we had akut and looked at the photos with their neigbour Saida.

Day 4

I love Sundays! Because the next day is Monday which is when all will get solved- all will be working and I will be a student at the university!!! (I hope) Today I came to Kutarba's since I had promised. All morning I was at the hotel dancing and thinking. The weather was not so good so I did not go out. Ate my bananas and a little piece of cheese I could break since I did not have a knife and the dentist has forbidden to bite hard things because of my bracelets. Met with Liza about midday.
She was at a relatives house (Manana Kutarba-Khasba's) and was baking a tort. I sat and drank coffee, juice and ate pieces of her tort. The view from the balcony was incredible. It is a really old appartment with all those details and beatiful style. Just at the centre of the city. Milada and Davur the children were so lovely, smiling to me all the time...
After we took a marsrutka to Liza's house. It is a 5 room house. The room at the enterance is not included- that is the living room that opens to three places- one kitchen, one to the hall that has the bathroom, toilet and a room; and the dining room that opens to three rooms.
Their father was very angry to me when he learned that I will rent a place. He hold my ear, showed me a fist, told me I was his 8th daughter, told her girls to take my passport and than I would have to stay here, told it was too expensive to pay 80 dolars for a house where there is only a single room and no hot water.... They sincerely asked me to stay in their place.
Than their neighbour Saida, who is married to a returnee and who lived in Turkey for some years came. She spoke Turkish and she was so kind and so close- asked me to come to stay at their place (upstairs). She said I could never earn 80 dolars a month to give to a house- that it was too expensive... What will I do????...