Woman and man standing in Uplistsikhe, a rock-hewn town in eastern Georgia.
Elizabeth Lavis and her Georgian boyfriend often face culture clashes, but they are finding ways to make it work.
  • Elizabeth Lavis grew up in suburban America, while her boyfriend lived through the fall of the Soviet Union.
  • They now live together in Tbilisi, Georgia, and face challenges in their relationship.
  • Despite disagreeing on meal times and facing language barriers, they're determined to make it work.

For me, it was ocean waves. For my boyfriend, it was bombs.