It’s 5am at Tbilisi airport, and the air is laced with the syrupy smell of cherry cleaning products. After eight hours of travel, it helps situate my new location: the orchard and citrus scents of Europe are behind me. I’ve arrived at the point where eastern Europe meets western Asia – across the Black Sea from Ukraine, and the Caspian Sea from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, touching Russia to the north and Turkey to the south.
早上5点，第比利斯机场，空气中弥漫着樱桃味清洁产品的糖浆气息。经过8个小时的旅行，它帮助我定位自己身处何方：欧洲的果园和柑橘香味已经离我远去。我到达了东欧和西亚的交汇处——与乌克兰隔黑海相望，另一侧越过里海则是哈萨克斯坦和土库曼斯坦，向北是俄罗斯，向南是土耳其。
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