Best Eastern Hotel Sympatia Tbilisi

... přes špinavou řeku Kura jsme našli malý stravovací podnik s rozličnými druhy místní speciality - a to sice koláče plněné fazolemi, masem a podobně. Nacpali jsme se už dvou porcí. A navíc jsme se stali tak trochu atrakcí dvou servírek, protože jak jsme podle okolního dění zjistili, rozhodně není zvykem se v tomto podniku zdržovat o moc déle než dobu str ...

... a green walk light doesn't mean much here!!!) and hanging out in the outdoor cafes. We did go to a museum with some very interesting old religious manuscripts, many of which were nicely illustrated. We took a short sidetrip to Echmiadzin, the Holy See of Armenia; the most beautiful part is the carved and painted entrance to the main cathedral. Another short sidetrip was to Garni, where there is a reconstructed Greek ...

... on the top of the hill, the sun and hills all around, city and rivers in the valley... Another nice view :) And this is where the sad story starts. We want mountains! We want mountains! We do want mountains! And we get none. Or rather we get some but not enough to feed our appetite. Can we go to Gudauri and Kazbegi in this car? - was our main question in the morning before deciding to keep this car for the whole day. Yes ...

... at 3. The hostel is beautiful- pomengrates, apples, grapes, and some yellow fruit grows in the enclosed courtyard and the staff are very sweet. There's usually hot water. And a lot of journalists. If I could find a job here, I would stay. Anyways, I'm still deciding on where else to go. I don't know if I want to take it slow through Georgia and Armenia, or if I should pick up the pace and head on to Eastern/Southeastern Europe as well. We'll see.

... a provincial town where the time stopped. There is just everything - broken streets, very old buses, small general stores with unwelcoming shopkeepers, old equipment, abacuses and so on. However, there should be a nice old town which we happened to forget/miss. Right after arrival we took a taxi to Sapara monastery (20gel). The off-road road pushes Opel Omega and its driver to the limits, but it's definitely worth it. The monastery is itself very beautiful and moreover it's built on ...

... que deuen veure, amb cara didiotes, com aquest parentesi cristia encara no ha despertat del cop de mall i el xiulet de la falss, i es ben lluny de seguir el seu pas. Com que sempre plou sobre mullat, ha esclatat la guerra amb russia. S han imposat la llei marcial, les persianes que sabaixen, el mercat que es buida i un vel mes - en alguns molt fi i en altres avellutat- del hieratisme acumulat.

... beyond, bell tower, and an ancient orthodox priest dispensing holy water to the penitent. Back at the truck Dan and Jim have been amusing themselves, clowning around to entertain the troops. Retrace our path back over the bridge, and head on into Tbilisi, the capital, population 1.7 million, almost ten times the size of the next biggest town. Looks pretty grim on the outskirts, but more charming closer to the centre. Have to ...

... ticket seller, I tried to explain him that we are waiting for the marshrutka that goes FROM Borjomi, and not TO Borjomi. He didn't understand us, and he loked at us like we've just arrived with the last space shuttle from the Moon. In a glance, I saw a moving marshrutka, blue marshrutka, with the quote I've been looking for. TAM - 985. "Come!" I told Michal, and we walked after the vehicle. I still believe that the man who led us to the marshrutka to Borjomi was still ...

... night time. It looks like the best place in the world to get robbed or raped, though it considered to be safer than it looks, like most of the Georgian capital. We met Irina the moment we entered her house. She introduced herself to us, and looked like a very nice host in general, that would be happy to help and advice for any traveller. When we arrived, two girls from Israel were about to leave the guesthouse, and their goodbye ceremony from Irina looked ...

What to say? It was an amazing time, here in Georgia. We had started from south-west in Kobuleti and went to Borjomi. Next day, due to the weather we continued to Vardzia, an impressive mediaeval cave-city, near to a turkish border. We had made a short trip in surroundings to met a immigrations from Armenia and autonomic parts of Georgia (South Ossetia, Abchazia), as well as georgians. The day after we went back to ...