Best Eastern Hotel Classic Tbilisi

... se aspoň vyrazili svézt se naší již třetí lanovkou k televiznímu vysílači. K ní jsme ovšem ani nedošli, protože by to naprosto nemělo cenu, vysílač byl v zatažené obloze vidět jen sotva obrysově. Začali jsme se tedy aspoň chodit kolem a sledovat. A upřímně, nebylo moc co. Veřejné budovy byly z velké části zavřené, na ulicích ...

... super "wow" things to see (my opinion), in the way of buildings, etc., but it's a great place to hang out. It has an extensive outdoor cafe life (a number of which have their own little fountains), some interesting sculptures around town, flowers growing in public areas and so much of it looks and feels much more prosperous than Tbilisi. Armenia in general is a much cleaner country, and that holds true for Yerevan as well ...

... in Tbilisi so early, it is dark outside so we just change some of our Euros to Georgian Lari (1 EUR = 2,3 GEL) and accept Luka's invitation to spend some time at his sister's place. A 16-story building does not leave leave the best impression - darkness, broken glass in the windowframes. But there is light in the apartment and no broken windows and Luka's sister being an artist gives some excuse to the mess in the apartment. After ...

... Almaty and then on to Georgia and that I would have two hours in the airport in Aktau. Instead, we flew to Shymkent, switched planes, and then on to Aktau. We were an hour late and then had to wait on luggage. From there, we discovered that the airport was under repair and that we would have to lug our luggage across a parking lot to the other building. By the time I got to the other airport, I only had 15-20 minutes before my next flight ...

... local lemonade I can recommend to anyone [tarragon,pear,...]). At Politeknikuri Tamar has good news: she managed to reserve (the only) hotel in Vardzia - thus off we go. We are however a bit late for a maschrutka to Akhaltsikhe and we have to take the 11.30 one (12gel). On the bus there is a funny Iranian travelling salesman complaining about high prices and praising his 7-children family. We pass through the region around Gori which is being intensively renewed after the war - there ...

... l aire d aquesta ciutat aturada. Sembla que faci cent anys que ningu no mou un dit per a que els plans no deixin de ser ho, les paral leles no agafin angles i les perpendiculars virin a perdre o a guanyar graus. L antic Tibilisi es un autentic paradis desconstructivista, de volums flotants impossibles, parets obertes, cobertes corbades, trapezoides ex-paral.lepipedics, records botoruts de ...

... it was admitted "some mistakes were made". Omits most of the negative information in our guidebook. Photo of the impressive stairway, Stalin statues, his death mask, original house in which the family had one room, his personal train carriage and the building itself. Lots of historic photos of young Joe the bohemian poet, expelled seminary student, international figure. Next stop on the way to Tbilisi was the Svetitskhoveli ...

... visit to the market. I had to take some photoes of the area around us, which was beautiful, before we went back to Irina by taxi. We arrived a few minutes late than we said, and when we entered Irina's house she saw us and said: "come, come!" and showed me the license number of the blue marshrutka I still remember - TAM 985. The driver should have Michal's precious T-shirt from her pre-military training. "Go now!" she ordered, and we didn't want to miss a moment. I forced ...

... tiny former-soviet republic in order to get closer to the USA and its allies. I'm not sure that naming the main highway from the airport after the American president is one of these efforts, but it surely cannot destroy. In sleeping Tbilisi the most bolding landmarks we could see in the late hour we arrived, besides the weird "lighthouse" on the hill nearby, were the countless number of churches. They're lightened with colourful bulbs and are impressive ...

Hommikuks jõudsime ilusasse mägilinna Telavisse. Tbilisist oli see ca 2h sõit. Meid jagati kahe öömaja vahel ära. Üks grupp sattus ühikasse ja teine (mina kah:) linna parimasse hotelli. Mõlemad grupid olid rahul, sest ühikas asus otse veinikeldri peal ja oli osa veini tehasest :) Meie kahekordne buss tekitas kohalike seas elevust. Meile anti mõni tund ...