Returned most of the way to Tbilisi on the Military Highway before branching off onto a road linking the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea. Anna had been told that the Stalin Museum was crowded, so we went first to Uplistsikhe cave town. The sandstone hill contained some 700 cave dwellings, of which only about 100 survive, from pre-Christian to post-Mongul times.
Lunch in Goris, Stalin’s birthplace; in my case, a supermarket snack eaten in the gardens behind the museum. I had not looked forward to the museum visit, but our guide was very matter-of-fact and unemotional. The tour finished with the railway carriage Stalin adapted for his own use when travelling.
On to Kutaisai, with just enough time to wash self and some clothes before supper.
emeritablog: life after work 