Out and About in the Countryside
We began this morning in my favorite genre, Japanese revival. The house is just lovely, as are the couple that…
May 2014
Baku, Azerbaijan
I arrived at 9:30 last night April 29th, 2014 after leaving San Francisco at 3:00 April 28th. Flights like that…
Baku, Azerbaijan Day 2
We began the day at the Fountains Square, a public square in downtown Baku. The name derives from the presence…
Day 3 in Baku – Still Exploring the City
May 2014 When taking the funicular yesterday we ended up at Martyr’s row. Like so many city’s around the world…
Leaving Azerbaijan
May 2014 I feel like I have just stepped up to the water fountain and haven’t even had a chance…
Tblisi, Georgia
Tblisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia. The Mtkvari River runs through the middle of it and…
The Countryside of Georgia – Dmanisi and Bolnisi
May 2014 We headed out of town to Dmanisi. Dmanisi is a medieval town overlooking the confluence of two rivers…
Tblisi to Kutaisi
May 2014 We began our day heading straight out of Tblisi to Kutaisi. Today was an entire day of archaeological…
Kutaisi to Bakuriani
After an interesting night at Lali’s Guesthouse our first stop was just down the road at Bagrati Cathedral. Bagrati Cathedral…
David Gareja Monastery and the East of Georgia
Today we had a 2 and 1/2 hour drive out of Tblisi. Our destination was the David Gareja Monastery complex.…
Tblisi to Yerevan
May 2014 Armenia is much smaller than Georgia, covering only 11,482 square miles. It is a country of only 3.2…
2 Days in Yerevan, Armenia
Since everything is so far from Yerevan and, like Georgia, there are no hotels outside of the big cities we…
An Archaeological Day – Yerevan to Sisian
Today we drove from Yerevan to Sisian – approximately 130 miles, at 30 MPH, through windy, sometimes gravel roads, for…
Sisian, Armenia and its Environs
Mt Ararat We stayed the night in a very interesting hotel in the town of Sisian. This time I was…