This is one of those places where the journey really is the destination. It isn’t just the drive out along the Georgian Military Highway to the town of Kazbegi (Stepantsminda), but also the drive up to the church as well. The Gergeti Trinity Church sits high on a ridge west of Kazbegi, silhouetted against the … Continue reading
My original intent for this post was to simply give my dear readers a sense of the southern Georgian landscape outside of the Caucasus Mountains, which I have already described. However, as I was uploading the pictures, I realized that I possessed valuable information for someone making the drive between Tbilisi and Yerevan – information … Continue reading
Dominating the small Georgian town of Mtskheta, the cathedral of Sveti Tskhoveli rises on the site of the palace of the kings of Iveria. The final resting place for numerous Georgian kings, it is also supposedly where the robe of Christ is buried. The first church in this location was built of wood in the … Continue reading
While wandering around Tbilisi last week, we came across an impromptu breakdancing competition in front of the presidential palace (you can see it in the background). I thought it was pretty cool… Continue reading
I’ve observed gypsies engaged in some pretty ignoble behaviors, such as stealing donations in Berlin from a memorial dedicated to those killed attempting to cross the Berlin Wall. However, despite these prior observations, some of the extortion begging techniques of the gypsies in Tbilisi, Georgia still raised my eyebrows. The picture below demonstrates one popular … Continue reading
We stumbled across this small market when we spent the night in the Georgian mountain town of Kazbegi, which is squeezed in between South Ossetia and Chechnya. I thought the “Google supermarket” was pretty freakin’ funny: Continue reading
Venturing forth again (Part 1 can be found here), it didn’t take us long to regain our proper frames of mind for the day after passing signs like this: Or more signs for places like Catch A Trout Road or Tater Ridge Road or Roy Cagle Road or Boggs Road. Or businesses such as Uncle … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 