A Friend's Wedding, Mestia, November 2010

 Ramaz G, former mayor of the village where we've bought a house in Svaneti, and his lovely bride in an ancient, 2-story Orthodox church in Mestia.  Top, being led around the altar 3 times by the priest.  I didn't use flash as it's fatal to frescoes; hence the slow shutter speeds and motion blur, which is all my style in such situations anyway.  Crowns are held over the couple's heads by their best man and maid of honour - this is what, above Ramaz's head, is catching the ray of light.
Middle, the church itself.  Bottom, the ray of light again, and smoke from delicious incense still made to the Old Testament Jewish recipe.

Interlude: Ushguli, mid-September 2010

 3 images from the topmost of Ushguli's 7 churches, Lamaria (St. Mary's).  Top, frescoes outside the main sanctuary; middle, that sanctuary itself; and bottom, a view down the village through a window of one of the complex's two Valhalla-style great dining halls.
I took a day trip to my former English teaching haunt with 2 visiting friends, who very kindly paid my way.  It was a joyous reunion with old friends.