Hotel Gutsa Tbilisi

... slow 5 point turn and would probably have looked more suspicious. So we handed over our passports to terrifying Russian mercenary number 1 and smiled politely, with very little idea what was going on. He was wearing murderous looking leather gloves, and had a very big knife tucked into his jacket. In case his machine gun ran out of bullets. We were relieved when we got turned away and sent back to the Georgian checkpoint, which we were a ...

... about a 20 minute drive out of Tbilisi. There's a 6th century church overlooking the town. It's possible to walk up to it, but I decided the amount of energy I would have to exert to get up there didn't match up with how much I wouldn't see due to the rain. I made a new friend in a cafe near one of the central churches. Her name's Tamara, and she has two sons, the youngest of who is my age. She grew up in Georgia ...

... to smash the spoon to get out and tried to carry some investigation, called the police and argued with crying and secretly swearing hostel owners - a really good theatre. However, I have to leave in the middle for a cave complex and monastery near Azerbaijan borders called David Gareja. When I came to Didube station, taxis wanted 80gel for roundtrip from Tbilisi and so I took the first marshrutka at 9am from Gardabani (1.5gel). The road goes through ugly regions around Rustavi, full ...

... beside one of the regularly spaced walls of large concrete blocks which protect the river bank. There is a horseman on the river bank. ZsaZsa goes down to talk to him, but he and his horse seem to take fright, galloping and bucking past us and back toward the highway. MP does the camp setup duties, DP start cooking pasta, meat sauce, and making salad, Fulvio does the tomato sauce, using two large jars of tomato paste, all the ...

... declaration. "I forgot my T-shirt in Borjomi!" she answered, and I swear I saw a spark of tear in her eye. This T-shirt is a T-shirt that was made for every one in her pre-military training for all the members of her group, summarizing half a year of being together. It's not just a shirt. It has a clear santimental value. "We'll bring it back," I said, regreted my saying a second after it has been said. I asked Irina to call Eddie's house and ask them about the T ...

... bit in Tbilisi. We went to the old city of Tbilisi by metro from Didube station to Tavisuplebis Moedani (doesn't matter) station. In the square (moedani in Georgian means "square"), there is a big golden statue of St. Georgia, Tbilisi city hall, big park, several hotels, British embassy and more. It could have been a lot more impressive if we could have seen anything beyond the fog and the rain that didn't stop. We walked through the square until we got to the old town ...

Got into Tblisi new years eve around 7pm, which after day in which both Superbad and Stardust made me a little weepy, I was glad to see the oh so familar sight of fireworks in the hands of children as well as mobs of people milling around my hotel. Since it was a new years eve, I made special excections for both of these things and ventured out into the fray ...

... pidi täiesti tavaline olema, et müüakse aastaid üht korterit :o Õhtune kontsert Tbilisi ülikoolis oli äge. Esimese poole sisustas kohalik rahvatantsuansambel. See oli fantast! Nii kiiret jalgade tööd pole varem näinud! Pahempidi päkkadelt põlvedele ja tagasi hüppamine oli neile käkitegu. Vaimusilmas nägin purunevaid konte ja kõõluseid ning valus hakkas... Õhtune ühine pidu jäi ära, sest kohalikud ei olnud isegi asukoha eest hoolitsenud. Korralagedus on nende ...

... Humour · I would not want to steal anything from you because whatever I choose would make you no longer YOU! · Your MOOD.... you are always at peace and always in such a good mood · Your love of meat · Your cheerfulness!...you definitely seemed to have a lot to spare · I, not events or other mere mortals have been granted the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which ...

... Square (they think of themselves as Europeans) and enjoyed their music and dances (both on stage and among the audience, simultaneously). The climax of the evening was the final performance on stage coupled by the firework displays within a hundred yards on the stage. The next day, I gathered 2 Dutch and a Japanese and hired a taxi to visit Davit Gareja. It is an ancient site with several monasteries (the first one was founded in the 6th century). A lot of artistic treasures ...