“I’ve been a tram conductor, a taxi driver, and a bus driver since I was 22,” she said.
“Has it been tough?” I asked.
“I’ve seen surprised faces and I’ve heard insults. Being friendly, calm and keeping distant has helped me through it,” she explained.
“Tell me your love story,” I asked.
“Oh. I don’t want to remember it,” she replied.
“I lived in Europe for almost 9 years. The best thing for me was how free I felt in that environment,” he explained.
“Why did you come back?” I asked.
“You eventually get sick of everything,” he replied.
Traditional sweets and fruit shop in Tbilisi, Georgia.
A tailor in Mazandaran province, Iran.
A roadside fowl seller in Western Georgia.
Last year’s photo I took while strolling through the back streets of Mestia, Svaneti’s major town.
Park benches made of halves of a bathtub at the Fockerberg park, Leipzig, Germany. The benches were designed to commemorate Paul Fröhlich, a derby organizer, who died a few years ago. Among the competitions organized by Fröhlich was the bathtub rowing contest.
Interestingly, Fockerberg itself is a hill made of debris of the WWII, and now one of the greenest areas of Leipzig.
