CHAPTER 13 – THE SILK ROAD, KAZAKHSTAN part I
From Kyrgyzstan, we go back to Kazakhstan in late November. A grey curtain, announcing snowfall covers the sky over...
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CHAPTER 12 – BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN
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Chapter 11 – Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Chapter 10 – Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
From Mongolia, we drive directly onto the Chuysky Trakt. Were it not for the fact that smooth asphalt stretches...
Chapter 9 – Ulgii, Mongolia
After all the action of digging out our unfortunate motorhome, we stopped in Mongolian paradise. Over a mountain...
Chapter 8 – Khovd, Mongolia
Almost a week has passed since we set our camp in Bayankhongor. Each day here brings new surprising events and most...
Between the Worlds
A man, huddled on a low stool, rhythmically beats a large leather drum. A thick, richly decorated coat flows down...
Chapter 7 – Bayankhongor, Mongolia
After a rally crossing over the river in the Khujirt Valley, we finally drive onto a ribbon of asphalt. Initially,...
The two faces of Issyk-Kul
In Bishkek they told us, there is no point in going to Issyk-Kul at this time of the year. It is already long past...
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"It is 'Romeo and Juliet'. Bitter-sour ripening cheese - manly like Romeo and marmalade made of marmelo - sweet like Juliet."
Laughter echoes over the long table marked here and there with golden specks of the sun piercing through leaves of the vine. Laughter hearty and contagious. After a while, the whole courtyard, hidden in the blissful shade of grapevines, sounds with it. Even dogs tired of the heat set their tails in motion.
Only minutes ago, the same people – family and friends – were working in the heat of the sun. Hands armed with sharp scissors cut the heavy, emerald-golden bunches of Alvarinho - the world-famous jewels of grapes from the Monção-Melgaço region.
Sweat flooded the eyes. The merciless rays of the sun scorched every each of the skin. The backs ached from long hours of work.
The afternoon washed away fatigue and toil. They dissolved in joyful closeness. They were drowned out by delight, over the mouth-watering dishes steaming on the table; by the buzz of conversations and rascal jokes; by the burst of the wine bottle cork, fancifully cut with a knife and by the clink of wine glasses raised in toasts.
They disappeared between handshakes, pecks on the cheeks and hearty slaps on the back - "great work!".
Work that will start again at dawn tomorrow. Again, it will break backs and flood still sleepy eyes with sweat. The work that won't stop for many, many weeks. And which, along with exhaustion, brings the happiness of keeping the tradition alive.
The tradition of human life led to the rhythm set by nature. The tradition of sharing the hardships of work and the joys of rest. The multi-generational tradition of creating a unique wine taste - as sharp as the toil and as sweet as the friendship. As the family.
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