Georgia on my mind — wolf cults, wine, Russians and war...

I’m led to a ramshackle table with several paper-cup towers and two long, unlabelled bottles of clear liquid. One hour later, in fluent Georgian, I explained not only the general secrets of the universe to my new friends, but for the first time since I could remember, I knew exactly what to do...

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