Hotel Villa Mtiebi Tbilisi

There is a huge 30m statue on a hill top by Tbilisi, named Kartlis Deda (Mother Georgia). On her right hand she holds a sword, and on her left, a bowl of wine – a perfect metaphor of the Georgians, who are very hospitable to their guests, but fight passionately against enemies (they said a father would kill his son if he refused to fight), even though a lot of their fights were not ...

... his unoppressive account of why they were protesting and what they aimed to acheive. I got the sense that he at any rate was taking a very unimpassioned and reasoned approach and that their aims were realistic and well thought through. But this area is home to a troubled past. It is thought that Aeetes's palace was in Georgia and that Jason and his crew visited Georgia in search of the Golden Fleece which resided somewhere in the country. Interestingly they ...

... strong tribal and family ties...now all crammed into one big village...that won't cause any problems at all, of course. The other night when a group of us from the hostel went out, we met a Georgian who had fought in the recent war. In trying to impress one of the girls from the group, he pulled out his cell phone and started showing video he took of the fighting. The videos he had of soldiers fighting was interesting, but then ...

... place, *all* people throughout the whole Georgia and Armenia are quite nicely and spotlessly clean dressed [though traditionally - grey-scale colors, long trousers, no sport shoes...], fascinating. More to it, girls tend to have nice bodies, somehow [cold faces however];). And yes, all people just walk - there are absolutely no people doing any sports, even having a bike is the same kind of attraction as having a Segway in Europe;). The first place I went to in Tbilisi was to meet Tamar ...

... auf Mtskheta). Hier hatte St. Nino ihre Zelte aufgeschlagen um den Georgiern das Christentum zu bringen. In der Stadt gibt es zudem die groesste georgische Kirche, die Sveti-Tskhoveli Kathedrale, die an dem Ort gebaut wurde, wo Jesus letzte Kleidung begraben ist (ein georgischer Jude der zur Kreuzigung in Jerusalem weilte soll sie nach Georgien gebracht haben). Gruss Ralf

... can't engage the quick photo upload so takes forever to upload a couple of photos. Move on to another internet, and find the operator a lot more helpful, gives us administrator privileges which are required to install ActiveX, and upload a lot of pictures. Have a break for a while to go to loo at MacDonalds. and get a shake and chips, back to find he is having a half-hour break. Up to the supermarket opposite MacDonalds. More ...

... nice and beautiful, so we stayed a couple of minutes more in order to hear it. It's weird, since I would never listen to church music at home, but here I could have stayed more and more, to hear this wonderful singing. I had enough wisdom to record some of the song, but unfortunately my equipment couldn't record it in such a high quality, and the record sounds disappointing. However, I am happy I had this experience - to hear a retreat of a choir. Live. We exited the church ...

... linked with spring. His paintings are everywhere. Everywhere are also Georgian Flags, which are St. George's cross (England's flag) with four other small crosses in the white. The flag dates back to the beginning of the Christian state. On my first day in Tbilisi, after finding a home at Nasi Gvetadze's homestay and taking the Midnight Train to Georgia, I entered an old church on a side cobble street, near the Mtkvari River. Inside people were singing in ...

... and I got my first victim at 7.31am with a chinese bag and a flip flop as they used the water tap. I'd laid an elaborate trap involving the washing up bowl, but instead they wandered blindly over and filled up their water bottle making it quite easy. The next victim was to be killed by a sleeping bag by the fridge. I positioned a bottle of vodka on the step by her seat so as the truck went over ...

... Well, you might as well start saving for my 50th because I want platinum! Anyway, I shall send those who bothered a lovely collage - I am in the process of learning about desktop publishing! I have provided a list below of the beautiful things you would 'steal' from me though so thank you for all your lovely wishes and words. Having done my party and thoroughly enjoyed it, I showed the ...