Where on Earth (Week 4): Tbilisi, Georgia!
We didn't have any winners in this week's "Where on Earth" contest, but we did have some close guesses. Sort of. The guesses were all in the former Soviet Union. As was the location of this photograph. One has to travel much further south, however, to be able to snap such a shot.
One of the clues which might have pointed someone to the right answer was the difficult-to-read Georgian script on the side of the building. Perhaps a sharper photograph may have helped. The second clue is the Golden Arches atop the building in the middle. Only one city in Georgia has a McDonald's and that city is the capital, Tbilisi.
I snapped this shot two summers ago while traveling through this amazing former Soviet Republic. One of the best highlights for me was the food--and I'm NOT talking about that McDonald's in the photo. Georgians love their cuisine and simply gorged me silly everywhere I went. I've never eaten so much in any country while traveling than I did in Georgia. And, other than a plate of liver, I loved it all. Mmm....
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Apr 20th 2007 @ 11:19AM
Willy said...
Yeah, I Googled "mirrored dome limestone" thinking that would give me some help, but nothing. This was hard.
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Apr 20th 2007 @ 12:18PM
Dave Riesz said...
I thought the key was going to be that television tower on the hill. It's quite unique with the two odd legs, but I could still not find it on the net.
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Sep 8th 2007 @ 3:32PM
Van scheurich said...
I'd love to go to Georgia but the sounds of Russia and Iran seem to dampen things for me.....They have to much "influence" in this area...The borders need to be secured by the Georgian government to keep the "communists" out with their "backwards" ideology and Iran with their meddling....
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Oct 6th 2007 @ 11:34PM
Julie said...
My 15yr old son flew there alone and spent the summer there...He had the best time and can't wait to return. They love Americans and America there. The people are kind and generous and polite. More than any other country that we have visited. He traveled all over but did stay out of the north. Very unsecure.
The village he stayed in for a week was 3 hours away from where the Russians dropped a missile (oh that's right they said it wasn't them)....Cheers to the Georgians for thinking on their own. The rest of the world should take notice.
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