On the way north we first visited the church of Samtavisi and then reached the Military road, leading from Tbilisi north to the Russian border. We came past the castle of Ananuri and the skiing resort of Gudauri, with the Georgian-Russian friendship monument, before we crossed the Jvari pass with 2,379 metres. We ended south …
East of Gori lies the ancient rock-hewn town of Uplistsikhe, meaning “the lord’s fortress”. Built on a high rocky bank of the Mtkvari River, it contains various structures dating from the Early Iron Age to the Late Middle Ages. When we arrived it was sunny but soon clouds moved in and a cold wind made us cover up as …
When we arrived at Gori, the native town of Stalin, we were first invited into a Turkish shop for tea, but finally we made it to the bizarre museum. How would the world look like, if this man, and some others too, had not been able to cause so much harm? Hard to tell. Probably …
