Posts Tagged ‘Caucasus roadtrip’
Visiting Stalin’s birthplace – in Gori, Georgia
Many years ago, I remember reading a biography of Joseph Stalin. I was living in Prague and struggling with the grammar of that difficult Slavic language. Although I knew Stalin was originally from Georgia and that Georgian is an isolated language and not Slavic, until that biography, I did not know that Stalin never perfected…
Read MoreA touch of Tuscany in Georgia’s Kakheti wine region
During our recent visit to Georgia, we loved our little touch of Tuscany – in one of the Caucasus’ best known wine regions. For those who don’t know, Georgia is well known for its wine, and especially its robust reds. Although, I still chuckle when I think about how a sommelier asked me what my…
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