Pictures from Georgia

I haven't had much of a chance to update this site recently. Literally been on the go since July 2nd. I've been all over the place recently, but all things considered, things have gone very well. I was in Georgia last week and arrived home late Saturday.

My role at work has changed, so I took the replacement for my old role in Georgia (Jim) with me to introduce him to everyone. Since I took over Kevin's role in Georgia, every customer meeting started with Temuri saying the following - "Marty is the new Kevin, Kevin is the new Marty". Ok, now we can begin. This was Jim's first time in Tbilisi, and I have to say, he fit right in. Below are some pictures.

That's Jim standing up and digging into a traditional Georgian feast.
...and you can't come to Georgia and not give Cha-Cha a try, first shot documented here.
This is the old church on top of the hill over looking Mskete (the old capital). This church was build around 600 AD.
View from the church.
View from the other side of the church. There are mountains everywhere.
This is the major river that flows from the Black Sea to all the way to the Caspian Sea. It goes through downtown Tbilisi.
Another shot of the church.
Our old friend Bata opened a new pub near the hotel where we ate twice during our stay, here's a shot of Jim and Irakli in front of "Gold Time". Nice place, I have a feeling we'll be back there soon.

I'm in town for the next few weeks, but things are still pretty hectic...hopefully I'll be able to update again soon, more big stuff coming up later this summer and fall...

still a terrible golfer, still have awesome friends

This weekend was Knodel's bachelor party. We ended up renting a house down in Ellicottville, NY, played some golf and had a more than a few beers in the woods. It was pretty awesome to catch up with so many old friends. It's amazing how, even though most of us don't see each other nearly enough, there's nothing but big hugs and serious hi-fives everytime we do see each other. Here are a few pics.

Here's the man of the hour. So pumped for Matt and very honored to be involved in the wedding!

Drew and Doogie showed up late, but we still decided to fire up the grill for them once they arrived.
Doogie on the left, John on the right. Pretty psyched that Doogie moved back from LA to Buffalo, not that psyched that John's pretty much naturalizing in Canada, but, it also doesn't suck to have a place to crash in Toronto if needed.
left to right - Knodel, Colin, Jamie, and Jim P...other than the Mets hat, that's a great pic.
This was a shot of our "neighbor" for the weekend. The confederate flag was the tip of the iceberg on the sketchiness of this set up, but there weren't any encounters. George actually sprinted through this cornfield in 1 minute 20 seconds...which cost a few of us a few bucks, but was worth it in my opinion...

I also hit up England and Holland and went to a wedding in the last week. I ran into a bunch of old teammates (high school) at the wedding and everyone I ran into fell into the "I wish I kept in contact with (insert name here)" category, so that was really great. Overall life is more hectic than usual but so much to be thankful and excited about.

Buckle up and hang on tight

Here's my itinerary for the next 3 weeks - London, UK (1 day), Amersfoort, Netherlands (2 days), Rochester (15 hours), Ellicotville (2 days), Rochester (1 day), Verona, NY (2 days), Rochester (1 day), Poconos (2 days), Rochester (15 hours), Tbilisi, Georgia (4 days)....

This might seem like a pretty random list of places to go. It's a combination of work and personal travel. I also started a new job at work and will be responsible for a slightly different list of countries from what I'd been handling. I will still be headed to Georgia (more frequently than before), but will now have responsibility for a few other countries in Europe that I haven't traveled much too including Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

I'll try to update frequently as I'm sure this will be an adventure.