RE: 4 day trips from Tbilisi - Georgia
I love Georgia, as been born in ex-USSR we have had quite tight connection to our countries and of course we learnt much about the culture of each other. The most memorable from my childhood are that there are many people who live till 100's living in mountainous area adn looking after their cattle, climbing the hills and been always on fresh air. The famous Georgian cheese that is only made there. I love the traditional dresses and the dances when men are dancing on their toes and beautifully dressed with fancy hats.
But another famous thing was great mountains with little houses made of stones and shashlik very famous due to traditional marinade. What I love most in your posts that Vardzia that amazing place with the room carved in stones, impressive handmade architecture. Thank you for sharing your post and bringing my childhood memories back :)
You do seem to know a lot about Georgian traditions. :)
As you said, the culture there is wide and diverse and it was very interesting for me to discover these customs, especially since Georgia is not very well-known in my country. One thing that struck me, and that you mentioned, is how many people still live a simple, rural life up in the mountains, which is something that you barely see anymore where I come from, in Western Europe. Anyway, I'm sure that Georgia will become more and more popular as time goes by.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and I'm glad I could bring you back to your childhood for a time with this post. ;)