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... and wine. We savor food and conversation for hours. Jet lag finally brings overwhelms me and Jill took us home. After we left, their friends exploded with questions about who were we and where we live, which made for more lively conversation. It inspired the poet, who hadn&#8217;t written all summer to write about what was discussed.<br><br>The next morning as Mike showed me their lovely Umbrian villa, we discover Jill doing ...

... mountain roads. We found a basic but comfortable homestay, used it as our basic to do day trips and hiked in the surrounding area. We walked thru Mestia to look at its interesting buildings, and went to the home (now a museum) of the Georgia's greatest mountaineer, whose name I forgot, who was killed when his rope broke while he was climbing in Italy in 1963. We also went to Ushguli, a village 45 km away. It sits in a valley 2300m ...

We spent 3 days in the town of Stepantsminda of Karbegi region, and in the mountains again &#8211; real, rugged, beautiful, not 3000, not 6000, not 9000 but 15,000 feet high ones. From the town center we could see Mt. Kazbek, which, at 5047 meter, is the 3rd highest in Georgia, and it is so high that it is in the reign of the Gods - in the Greek myth, Prometheus was supposedly chained up there for stealing fires from the gods and gave it to the humans. This is part of the Caucasus ...

I think Georgians have some identity crisis. They claim that they are the first Europeans (which could be true, since we call the Europeans "Caucasians", which is the mountain range in N Georgia), and their country is inside Europe (which is not true; most experts regard it as an Asian country). <br><br>Truth is, this country is set at the border of these two continents, geographically, just like it is stuck between the East and the West, culturally. After more ...

In georgia. Had a nightmare crossing the border from Turkey. They don't seem to understand how to stand in line! They just push in line &amp; its a nightmare, one of our group got pushed really hard! It was so slow in the boiling heat, at least they didn't want to search the truck &amp; all its contents! Georgia is absouletly stunning! The most gorgeous ...

Natia, my Georgian guide, assures me there are no wolves in this part of the forest. "Only Jackals" she adds cheerfully. Four hours later sees a still very wide awake Ben listening intently to Jackal fm. The curious whooping sounds range variously around our little camp and I clutch vainly at my walking stick expecting to see a pairs of jackal jaws come snapping through my tent at any moment. I would like to regale you with stories of brave exploits ...

Hallo zusammen, am Morgen bin ich nach Gori gefahren, 60km von Tbilisi entfernt. Hier wurde Josef Dzhugashvili geboren, besser bekannt als Josef Stalin. Die Stadt hat eine grosse Stalin Avenue, mehrere Stalin Statuen, ein Stalin Museum, Stalins ...

Sunday 1st June Goreme-bush camp Picked up at 6am for the balloon flight (265 YTL each). We are the second flight of the day, and our driver is in contact with the balloon, so he knows approximately where it is going to land. The sky is full of brightly coloured balloons, though ours is a plain grey. After it lands, we hop in one at a time as one person hops out, so that it won't take off before we're ready. We have ten paying ...

Many cities in the world are proud on their succeesful sons. In Prague, Czech Republic, many landmarks are related somehow to Franz Kafka's life, the glorious writer. In Liverpool, UK, you will see something that related to the Beatles almost every place you look. In Salzburg, Mozart's portrait decorates every second building in the city. But can you imagine a whole city, devoted to immortalize the charachters of one of the most controversial leaders in the 20th ...

Didube central station has never seen messier to me than it was seen the day we left Tbilisi towards Borjomi. I thought it should be our last exit from the big city, before we come back here in order to fly back home. The marshrutka became full before it has to leave Didube, but it left on time. Actually, it was surprising that the schedule of the marshrutkas was so accurate, and they mostly left the central stations precisely on time. Typical for Germany, not necessarily Georgia ...