Erasmus blog Georgia
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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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Sagarejo public school 4
About the school Established in the 20-th century, in 1978 in particular, No. 4 public school in Sagarejo has about 500 students from the first to the 12-th grade. They have some facilities, among them are football pitch, gym, library, cafeteria, very busy computers’...
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Georgian Feast
Georgia has an ancient history and culture. It’s obvious that our traditions have changed after so many years, but still, they are “alive” because of people’s effort. Georgians behavior also depends on Georgian traditions and culture and history, of...
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How Sagarejo got its name
It’s very interesting, how Sagarejo got its name. According to some written sources, town’s name was “Tvali” (“The Eye”) until the 18th century. Nowadays this name has remained just to name a small river, which is called “Tvaltkhevi”. I don’t really...
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TV channels in Georgia and what to watch
There are many TV channels in Georgia. They are more than enough! Although, it's considered, that there are two main channels: Rustavi2 and Imedi. Okay, maybe they were the two dominant ones some years ago, but now their dominance has faded away. Rustavi 2 Everyone...
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School systems comparison
Education is very important to people: it helps them to have an easier and comfortable life. It’s obvious that every country has developed its own system of education, which is based on country’s needs, economic resources and its traditions. But most industrial...
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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...
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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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New Year here in Georgia
Now I want to tell you about how we celebrate New Year in Georgia. There are certain traditions that people have here and we do them all the time every year. We make special preparations to celebrate New Year. First of all, there are some traditional meals to be...
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Public Transport in Georgia
There are different kinds of public transport in Georgia. Well, first of all, it all depends on which city or town or even village you refer to. As you would already have guessed, there is no public transport in villages, as they are pretty small for that and people...
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Education in Georgia
Educational system in Georgia is somehow complicated, I could say. First of all, children go to kindergartens somewhere at the ages of 3 to 5. And then there is school. It has not been long since they got the new law about at what age should children go to school....
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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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Celebrating Christmas in Georgia
"A gift or a present is the transfer of something, without the need for compensation that is involved in trade. A gift is a voluntary act which doesn't require in return". Gift giving comes from Roman traditions. People gave gifts to the Emperor and wished him good...
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Travelling from Georgia
Now, that we have this visa liberalization, they say it has become easier to travel from Georgia to other countries. You go round the capital _ Tbilisi and see many, many travel agencies. In fact, there are so many of them, that you are shocked. When you decide to go...
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Travelling places
Nowadays people like to move to different places. They like to buy different flats or houses and live there. Many of them even go to other countries and buy houses, or etc. To my mind, it’s better to live in different places. Firstly, living in different places...
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Tourism in Georgia
Tourism is becoming more and more popular every day. The economy of some countries exists only on the tourism industry. If we rebuilt St Mark's Square in Italy or Notre-Dame de Paris, then we wouldn't be able to say that these are truly historic monuments. Because...
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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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Snow in Sagarejo
(This is my painting of winter) As I walked outside, I felt freezing winter falling on my head... It was snowing so hard I couldn't see anything... Wow! What a beauty. That's a kind of feeling I can't describe exactly, but I'll try. Where was I? Oh, yes. So, when I...
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Georgian cuisine
Source Georgian cuisine is very different from others, I think and that's why tourists love it, too. It is mainly characterized by hot and spicy dishes and their consistency is manly like soup. So, why is it unique? It is unique because of some of its ingredients,...
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Vardzia
Vardzia is a place I have read about many times from my childhood to teenage years. Every year we would learn about Vardzia in our school books, should it be Georgian literature, history, geography or art. Well, this place is worth seeing! Ar last, we went there on...
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