I was awake at 6am this morning so thought I’d catch the 7:49 train to Trakai. I’m sure you’ve all heard of this wonderful 30 minute commuter train through the forests of Lithuania. The train was rather empty, certainly there…
Shnorhakalut’yun
Today was our final day in Armenia and our final day travelling together. We have both very much enjoyed Georgia and Armenia after discussing it for a number of years, so it was good we finally made it here. Claire…
Armenian Taxi Adventure
After an early breakfast, where I ate too many of the little pancakes, we headed off to find a taxi to take us on our adventure for today. The first taxi we saw had an older driver and his price…
Armenian Family Roadtrip
Yesterday we left our comfy Haghpat hotel and were driven for about an hour to the next major town where we transferred to another car, which was driven by our driver’s son. We are not sure why but suspect the…
Avoid the yellow Lada
We left Sighnaghi at 8:30 am. The streets were quite empty and the sound of our bags rolling along the cobblestones probably changed that. A lone yellow Lada taxi was waiting for a fare as it had done the day…
History and Wine
We started the day with a hunt for breakfast and being Sunday, Sighnaghi was very much asleep. We went back to the cafe that found us a guesthouse and they were open and sold us some khachapuri and our other…
Horsing around
We chose to leave Kazbegi in a marshrutka or known to us westerners as a minibus. For me, it was a most uncomfortable ride as my knees wouldn’t fit in behind the seat and the driver took the hairpin bends like he didn’t…
Guide dogs
We started the day with gourmet breakfast of eggs, bread, salami, salad, potato cakes, and tea. Breakfast has generally been the least exciting meal of the day in Georgia, but this breakfast was delicious and filling. If you are in…
Kazbegi the musical
We left Tbilisi in much the same way as we started by having crepes for breakfast. Then we were picked up by our driver Emil and headed north along the Georgian Military highway. The first stop on the way was…
The Safer Georgia
A short flight from Baku to Tbilisi today, no sooner had some pastry been handed out to me on the flight, that we were soon descending into Tbilisi. I was in the country of Georgia, the safer of the two…