Beautiful Georgia

A week after returning from Budapest I was again traveling – this time to Georgia, Tbilisi, which I know a little and like a lot ( I wrote about it back in october after my first visit there.) It was again work related, but fun nevertheless. Since my colleague and I organized the trip and were in charge of 17 people, it was a bit stressful, but Georgia is well worth it.

There are so many things to explore there:

Old streets of Tbilisi with colourful mosaics near the doors...

Strange characters (I actually remember noticing this men before, and here he was again, at the same place)

Narikala fortress that dominates the city skyline...

Peaceful yards of the churches;

And, of course the Uplistsikhe Cave City in Gori is something to explore for hours...

Out and About (Tbilisi)

If you have ever wondered what is the current relationship between Georgia and Russia, the answer is below... (found in the center of Tbilisi)

Out and About (Tbilisi, Georgia)

The kids had a school break last week and, being an experience traveller, I decided to take them to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.

And there we went.. not by car, not by plane but by an oldfashioned train. And, oh, how oldfashioned it was. Or, perhaps simply old! The light was broken, and the lock didn't functioned, the window was smashed by the rock, but we played cards and managed to sleep, so things were not bad after all. Fourteen hours went by and then we arrived ... to find

This,

And this,

And gorgeous this,

And intricate this,

And wonderful this,

And 14 hours on the train were well worth it.