Postcards from abroad
Sue has been dealing with responding to your wonderfully creative answers and makng a stab at giving feedback but it is probably time that I revealed all. So, without delay, the winner is Joe and Erica is second! The judge’s decision (Sue) is final. e Here are the answers. This is used for making butter,… Continue reading Answers to the quiz
We visited the most beautiful little church of Nikortsminda (Church of Saint Nicholas) built by Bagrat III in 1010-1014. It was a hexagon until some mid-11th century additions, but inside the six apses remain, radiating out from the centre (that is, not like the usual four in the shape of a cross). There are wonderful… Continue reading Food for souls and bodies
There is still time to enter the quiz - all will be revealed tomorrow so do contribute - no answer too silly! And on to today. We are staying in Oni which is situated pretty close to the border with South Ossetia and very close to the Caucasus Mountains (home in on the map below… Continue reading A day in Oni, Racha and a reminder
Our trip today has taken us up into Racha, a beautiful and mountainous region that borders on South Ossetia (no, we won’t be going against Foreign Office advice and going anywhere near there), but our first stop was Katskhi Pillar, a limestone monolith with a tiny church, wine cellar (says our guide book) and hermit… Continue reading A modern-day hermit and a quiz!
First, to clear up a question - why are Georgian crosses droopy? Saint Nino (a woman) made the cross by binding two vine branches together with her own hair - hence the drooping arms of the Georgian cross and the various portrayals of hair and grapes. So now you know. Next - today’s varied pleasures.… Continue reading Discovering the nooks and crannies of the region