Before leaving for Gori we walked round Kutaisi for a few hours, first visiting Bagrati’s Cathedral which was built by King Bagrat in 1003 after he unified Georgia after an Arab invasion. It symbolises the raising of the Georgian State and is an Orthodox Church (not Russian or Greek but similar to the Greek Orthodox Church). The repairs to the church are different in that they combine the old and the new, a deliberate policy which I quite liked but others did not. After visiting the cathedral I went walking round the town.
The photo cost me the price of a CD with the instructions that I was not to let any of the others hear it as they had not paid any money towards the CD.
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| Bagrati’s Cathedral |
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| Bagrati’s Cathedra |
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| My friend and I |
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| Sophie, our guide, and friend. There was no way we could have (and will continue) to cope with Georgia without Sophie. She is a fabulous guide with good English and with a love of her country which comes through in all she has to tell us or when answering questions. |
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| Bagrati’s Cathedral, the old and the new. |
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| Bagrati’s Cathedral |
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| Religious Relics-The Bones of Saints |
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| Bagrati’s Cathedral |
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| Part of a wall memorial in town |
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| Vazha-Pshavelaa, Poet. |
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| Galaktion Tabidze, Poet. |
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| Soviet Art |
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| Soviet Art |
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| Soviet Art |
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| The Opera House |
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| A little girl wanted her photo taken |
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| Old Kutaisi |
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| Old Kutaisi |
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| Old Kutaisi |
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| I'm not sure that I would like to go in this cable car |
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| The local market |
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| The local market |
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| Children's electric cars to drive in the park |
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| Actually beggars, but pleasant enough when I saw them. |
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| The bride |
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