We were rejected at the Georgian border yesterday because of some missing information in the power of attorney allowing me to drive the car. Well, technically it only allows me to use the car, and that was exactly the problem. You can use a car in many different ways, an authorization to drive it has to be explicitly mentioned in the power of attorney. Since all the notaries who could have fixed the issue were enjoying their well deserved weekends until Monday morning, we decided to try another border crossing, only 4 hours away. Another night without any sleep, driving endless serpentine roads in the southern Caucasus. After the hot and humid last days a welcome change to snow and 3 degrees. Unfortunately the Georgian customs officer at the second border post did not like our car either. With completely different justification, but we were again rejected. In lack of other options we drove another few ours to the third and last border crossing between Turkey and Georgia and there, after 2 hours of investigation, intense discussions between customs and police officers, and after having invested 15  euros in a pair of Georgian transit license plates, we were finally admitted to the next country of our trip.

After 72 hours in the car, having a bed and a shower seem like hedonistic luxury, but the next nights will be short and bumpy again.

Looking forward to the excuses of the Russian customs officers tomorrow!

And, finally, the most important thing: our team is complete now, Attila and Anna who (smartly) decided to take the plane to Georgia, joined us tonight.