georgien-2023

October 24th, 2023 I'm the first to sneak out of the women's dormitory early, have breakfast and read extensively. At around 11 a.m. the ship comes to life and the first...

October 20th, 2023 I leave the beautiful picnic area above Feres around 10 a.m. and drive on the motorway to Thessaloniki. Things don't look so great with parking spaces. So I...

After breakfast at the hotel, I drive about an hour to Izmir and find a space in a parking garage. Then I walk along the lake promenade, watch the anglers, shop at the Port...

In the morning in daylight the situation looks a little better. The hotel has a decent breakfast. Then I drive through the town again. The first shops have reopened and the...

A sunny morning, the city wakes up and I immediately see hustle and bustle. I go for breakfast and have to make do with tea instead of coffee. Then I'll try to get a SIM card....

Today we have to do some distance. I cross Turkey almost once from north to south. The landscape is still wildly dramatic, almost always above 2000 m. A huge dam project...

I wake up alone, everything is so quiet. First I read out my book, which is also a reading recommendation not only for Georgia lovers: Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life. Then...

Our last day of vacation together. Beate wants a trip to the David Gareaja cave monastery. Certainly doable just 100 km from Tbilisi. We cross a dream landscape with an arid...

After a bitterly cold morning (luckily we have our Russian stove to make us hot coffee and hot broth) we visit Borjomi with the beautiful spa park and the botanical garden....

We never imagined what awaited us today. The road ends 30 km before the pass and we only continued off-road. Snowfall at the pass at an altitude of 2250 m. Luckily, the descent...

Today is my lovely wife's birthday. In addition to the gifts, there is a Georgian chocolate cake with candles on it. This immediately improves our breakfast. Then we pack up and...

Autumn has arrived and the sky is overcast. We have to get out early because we are supposed to be at the national park center at 8:30 a.m. There we buy the ticket and have to...

The last day of summer is supposed to be today. So we decide to take a rest day. We tidy up the van, go for a long swim and read a lot. In the evening we sit with Hubertus over...

The road to Mestia should be accessible by van, according to information in Ushguli. Only 8 km off-road, the remaining 36 km paved. First we take a walk through Ushguli and get...

A sunny morning greets us. After breakfast we set off hiking. It was slightly below zero during the night and the first part of the path is in the shade. That makes us run...

Today we plan to drive up into the mountains to Mestia. According to the internet, the road is paved up to the top. On the way there we discover the Prometheus Cave just behind...

After breakfast on the bus, we first head to Gelati Monastery, a Unesco World Heritage site just outside the city in the mountains. The most important building is the...

If you want to experience the sunrise, you have to get up early. So the alarm clock rings at 4:50 a.m. I continue to stay in my sleeping position in the sleeping bag in the back...

The rain has cleared and the sky is cloudy. The first thing we do in town is buy a new SIM card from Magti. A recommendation for all travelers to Georgia. Works almost anywhere...

In the morning we can experience the Kasbeck in all its splendor for the first time. How fortunate. Unfortunately, it rains afterwards. So we end the hike and drive by car to...

After a hearty breakfast we set off on a local hike. Descend to Omalo, visit the nice information center and climb back up to upper Omalo. Our driver arrived earlier and agreed...

At 9 a.m. the Mitsubishi Delica is in front of the campsite and we immediately set off on the road of death to Omalo. First 20 km of country road, then a Russian couple gets on...

We say goodbye to the nice Georgian family. Then we head to the Eagle Gorge, also part of the Vlashlova National Park. A deep karst gorge that is not allowed to be entered. But...

Today it's time to say goodbye to the blues stage. We drive to the far east of Georgia to Vashlova National Park. First we have to pass a line of trucks that is about 20 km...

A hike in the Lagodekhi National Park was on the program. At the national park center we are briefed by a ranger and off we go. A dog accompanies us there and back, a completely...

The journey to the east continues. We first visit the Alaverdi Monastery. Founded in the 4th century, the newer, 11th century cathedral is the third largest church in Georgia....

The Ibero winery is a pearl in Georgia, everything your heart desires. Beate slept in and forgot about the stress of getting there (two night flights). A slightly different...

The alarm goes off at 5:15 a.m. and we are supposed to pick Beate up at the airport at 6 a.m. Everything works, except that the airport is very small and everything went very...

After a quiet night we wake up to the lovely sun. The parking lot is still empty, so we can have breakfast undisturbed. At around 10 a.m. we are one of the first at the...

Today is Armenia's national holiday. Let's see what's going on in Yerevan. First of all, I'll go swimming in Lake Sevan. Then there is a hearty beach breakfast with leftovers...