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Market Day in Tblisi, Georgia(0)

May 15, 2009

In many places around the world, also in Tblisi, Saturday means market day. And what a market it is! Seldom have I visited a market that is more sprawling, more crowded, more appealing to all the senses, more “real”. Not only does it encompass the official market space, but the dry goods and flea market [...]

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Tblisi, Georgia

The explanation given for most all flights arriving and departing in the middle of the night in Tblisi, Georgia is that the landing fees are so high during the day, that most airlines opt for arrivals and departures at  ungodly hours such at 3 a.m.,  5:30 a.m. or the like.  In any event, the plane [...]

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Tblisi Botanical Gardens

The Tblisi Botanical Garden is one of the oldest ones in the world, if you consider that the grounds it occupies were once, 400 years ago, the site of the royal Seidabadi Gardens.  Since 1809 there are records of its herbarium and as of 1845 it has been officially denominated a botanical garden.  It occupies [...]

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