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March 1st 2012
We left the village for Tbilisi on Friday after I had finished school. The two hour marshrutka took an extra hour as we had to pick up every man and his barrel of wine along the way. After dinner we went to a cinema that plays English films three times a week, this was a bit of a treat as we hadn’t seen any movies or TV that wasn’t in either Georgian or Russian for a while now. Although it looked like a lecture theatre from the 50s it was a pleasant night. The next morning we caught a taxi to the marshrutka station that would take us to our next destination, Mtskheta. On the way the taxi driver explained to us that he could take us to Mskheta, wait for us and then take us ... read more
Mtskheta - unpronouncable but beautiful!
Published: August 15th 2009Asia » Georgia » Eastern Georgia » Mtskheta
August 12th 2009
Getting to Mtskheta was easy, even though it wasn't! We went to Didube metro station and fought our way past the crowds to the chaotic marshrutka station. There, with the help of some squiggles on a piece of paper (მცხეთა) which prevented the ignominy of being unable to pronounce our destination, we got on the right minibus. Just over half an hour later we were jumping off in Mtskheta. Considering it used to be the capital of Georgia, we were quite surprised at how small the place was. It did lose that status in the 6th Century though so I guess we shouldn't have been shocked. It's quite easy to walk around but a taxi is definitely required to climb up to Jvari church. Our first port of call was Samtavro Monastery where Trish decided to ... read more
