It’s been a while, but yes, we’re off on our travels again and this time to Georgia in the Caucasus (definitely not the US swing state). We hope you’ll join us for our journey which involves time in the capital, Tbilisi, a trip west ending up on the Black Sea, a trip north up the Georgian-Russian Military Highway and a trip east to the Georgian wine country. We’ll be away 16 September-8 October.
We won’t be going to South Ossetia and Abkhazia (both breakaway regions of Georgia which are marked in red on the the map by the Foreign Office – that is, they advise against all but essential travel).
Our friend Nikhil will join us for the first couple of weeks of our three-week trip as we explore some of the best-known and more obscure sights. We’re hoping for layers and layers of history and culture, dramatic and varied scenery, good food and wine (Georgia has an 8,000 year-old wine industry), some great encounters with Georgians and – perhaps – temperatures which are moderate. Sue is packing a thermal vest, just in case. We’re also hoping for reasonable drivers though we suspect Georgian driving customs will take some getting used to.
We are a bit concerned about the script:
We are also unsure how we are going to fare with the spoken language since Google Translate doesn’t offer us the chance to hear it! I’ve been trying to find out how to say my ‘go to’ phrase (‘That was delicious’) but with little luck.
As ever, we hope to keep you entertained with pictures of people, food, mountains, birds, churches, monasteries and any signs that we can make sense of. We’ll do our best to give some context to what we’re seeing without going on too much.
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Very much looking
forward to Georgian tales
Me too!
Have a great time
Well do our best!
Wonderful. Glad to be along for the ride. Listen out for singers, especially the women. The script is all breasts, bottoms, love hearts, sperm…what do we make of that?? x R.
A far cry from Taylor Swift then! Will keep ears peeled for the singing
Hope you have a great trip! May the weather be mild and the drivers considerate! Gxx
Indeed! No argument on both fronts. Have packed thermals and t shirts
Safe jounrey and have a fab time. The script of the Georgian alphabet looks like something of an outlier alhtough I can see elements of Hindi and Gujerati script in it – no doubt Nikhil will know more.
I’m confident he will! A friend has already sent us a recording of the Georgian for ‘ that was delicious’…