Georgia
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Motsameta Monastery
Approximately 6 kilometres far east from Kutaisi, in a valley of the river Tskaltsitela (the Red river), you will find Motsameta Monastery in a village Motsameta. Here you can get by a car or whatever. There has been a road to there since 1958, so it's easy to visit...
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Davit Gareji Monastery
About Davit Gareji Monastery Davit Gareji Monastery is a complex of buildings and rock-cut caves that is one of the most important places in Georgia. It’s located on Gareji half-desert hills 25 kilometres far from the capital of Georgia _ Tbilisi. It’s very...
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You should participate in exchange programme
Exchange programmes are very good for people, who want to travel and sightsee and get new knowledge, etc. You should seek to participate in any of them, as it gives you great experience, first of all. This is a great opportunity, and, as I have said somewhere in a...
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Rtveli in Georgia
Rtveli in Georgia is a very famous activity, you may call that that. Well, mainly it takes place in Kakheti region _ this is the East Georgia, because vineyards are mostly in the eastern Georgia and people grow grapes there and make wine and vodka and others. The main...
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About Mtskheta and its sites
Mtskheta is a city in Kartli, Georgia and is one of the oldest cities of Georgia, maybe it’s even the oldest one in the East Georgia. It is located approximately 20 kilometers (that is 12 miles) north from Tbilisi. There are many important historical sites in Mtskheta...
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Gelati Monastery
Like Bagrati Cathedral that I wrote a blog about, Gelati Monastery is a symbol of the Kingdom of Georgia, and, to my mind, this is a must-see place when visiting Georgia. This is a monastery, which represents those ages of Georgia, when it was in its peak of greatness...
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Tsmindagiorgi
Now, I want to tell you about my lovely town Giorgitsminda and its site which is called Tsmindagiorgi (there was a time I confused these two names). My great grandfather settled there in Giorgitsminda long time ago and his house is still the place where all his sons...
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Buckswood Summer School, Georgia, 2010
The year 2010 became really special for me. I don’t know where to start from, but in short, this was a very surprising year that I’ll never forget. I won in Georgian National Educational Olimpiada in Georgian language and literature, so I was sent to Buckswood...
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Music festival from long time ago
There was a music festival long time ago in Tbilisi that I just remembered. It was good, if you ask me. Well, I had a great time with my sister and aunt there. There were many people and everyone wanted to be close to the stage. And poor kids, they were just... I don't...
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Visiting Georgia: some tips
Visiting Georgia, you will see lots of things, have a different kind of experiences and meet a lot of people. Sometimes things just get so hilarious, that you can not stop laughing. I can say, that Georgian people are really kind to all the visitors and they are...
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Pizza recipe. Part 2: the sauce and toppings
Now, about the toppings. Toppings can be different and they can vary from person to person. You can put anything you like on pizza dough, and I think it still be delicious. Pizza sauce One of the main things in topping is the sauce _ the pizza sauce. There are some...
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Don't trust zebras
So, one thing I want to tell you _ don’t trust zebras! Well, you know, I’m not talking about zebras as animals. There are other zebras, too. Those zebras are called those wide white horizontal lines that you can find on the streets where usually cars move around....
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Georgian folk dance
Source Many schoolchildren in Georgia may tell you, that after the lessons they have a dancing lesson. And you may think of some modern dances like break dance, or eastern dance, or Latin dances and stuff like that. But no, you’re wrong. They go to Georgian dances....
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Bagrati Cathedral
I want to tell you about Bagrati Cathedral, which is a fascinating place with all its charm and beauty as well as a thousand years of history. There are no words to describe those feelings that rise inside of you when you look at those buildings and remember how many...
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Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital of Georgia. It's an old city with a population of somewhere around one million and a half. It was founded in the 5th century under the reign of Vakhtang I Gorgasali. The legend has it that one day, the King was hunting in the forest and his falcon...
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Wine in Georgia and the New Wine Festival 2015, Tbilisi (and about 2016)
Georgia wine-making As an introduction, I just want to tell you what a history of wine-making Georgia has and how people love wine here. It’s known, that Georgia has a 8 thousand years of history of viticulture and wine-making. And I’m not making that up, if you...
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Book Festival in Tbilisi
Last year there was a Book Festival in Tbilisi and my friend took me there. It was in an exhibition hall 11. It's on Tsereteli avenue and all the big events like this are held there. It's a great place. There were books from different publishing companies. They also...
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Chicken with carrots and cucumber recipe
Hey guys, today I made this chicken with carrots and cucumber dish and I remembered that I could share it with you, so let's get started! Well, to be honest, it was supposed to be chicken with just carrots, but then I decided to be spontaneous and add some cucumber...
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Transportation in Tbilisi
Yellow bus Buses in Tbilisi are yellow and minibuses too. And when one famous Ukrainian TV show stars were shooting here in Tbilisi and they got on a yellow bus, they said, that it was just like in Kiev. And that’s totally right, because our former president Mikheil...
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Sighnaghi
Sighnaghi is a place of love, so they say. It has been recently renovated and they did a great job there, if you ask me. I've only been there once, and it wasn't enough, if you want to know the truth. Well, it is not a large city or anything, so you will ask: "why was...
