Получила внж в Грузии. Делюсь впечатлениями.

You can't bring your own rules to someone else's monastery. I know that. What we say about our own country, we're completely unprepared to hear from foreigners. And I get criticism from both sides for such publications. Pseudo-patriots are offended when I write something good about another country—like, why are you praising someone else's, ours is just as good. But I don't think that love for your country automatically obliges you to hate everything else. I see something good—I speak up. I see something strange—I speak up too. These are the times when people keep coming and going. They have the right to seek out a place where they'll be better off. And many people need not pretty tourist pictures, but an honest answer—what life is really like in this country. Will they be able to live there? Will they fit in? What will surprise and delight them, and what will baffle them? So I speak honestly. About what amazes them. And about what perplexes them. ძვირფასო ქართველო მეგობრებო, თქვენი ქვეყანა მშვენიერია. მაგრამ მომეცით საშუალება მოგიყვეთ მასზე ისე, როგორც მე ვხედავ. პატივისცემითა და მადლიერებით. Dear Georgian friends, your country is beautiful. But let me tell you about it the way I see it. With respect and gratitude.