Georgia & Azerbaijan 2019- Page 3Album

After a full breakfast at Old Wall, the owner drive us to Sighnaghi for 70 GEL.

A simple and cheap accommodation, which is also a sundry shop and wine cellar.

Explore the charming Sighnaghi town on a beautiful day. There is a market at the Town Square's park, and don't miss the walk on the City Wall. There is a dog who keeps jumping into a fountain and swam for a few laps. There is a market which sell Churchkhela, a Georgian sweets.

The view on the Sighnaghi City Wall / Fortress is really stunning. Someone build a veranda restaurant next to the city wall, where you can have wine and beer while enjoying the view.

Another nice restaurant to enjoy cheap sweet wine and great food.

We walk from town center to this Bodbe St. Nino Convent which take 30 minutes as we are not quite sure of the distance. Should have taken a Taxi instead. This convent is beautiful and fairly crowded. I am not into religion or history, but the building, garden and scenery is beautiful. There is a sense of calmness here. There is a path towards the spring water which I assume is quite a distance, but we skip it as it will be dark soon. We took a taxi back to town for 6 GEL.

We wanted to dine at OKRO, but sadly it was closed. This place is more touristy. The Shkmeruli - chicken in milky garlic sauce does comes in pretty large portion. Taste wise is just okay.

I went out early in the morning to buy Marshrutka ticket to Tbilisi, as I forgotten to buy them yesterday. Luckily seats are still available, but a couple who came 10 minutes before departure couldn't get the tickets. The bus station isn't very obvious if you didn't look close enough.

Our Marshrutka stop at the Navtlugi Bus Station west of Tbilisi, where we took the Metro to Station Square to stock up at Deserter Bazaar. We took the metro again to Didube Bus Station for our transport to Kazbegi.

We were planning to take a Marshrutka from Didube Bus Station, Tbilisi to Kazbegi and skip the sightseeing along the way due to the drizzling weather, but someone we got "convinced" to take the private car with sightseeing included (20 GEL per person, 4 person per car). The first stop is Panaroma view of Zhinvali Reservoir.

This place is a Fortress with a Monestry, and good view of the Reservoir. Definitely worth the stop.

The place looks absolutely majestic, with the beautiful monument wall and balcony surrounded by the mountains. It is very very windy as well, so we couldn't last long out here.

Clean professional guesthouse (so you don't get the warm welcome of small guesthouse), breakfast available for 15 GEL per person, but no dinner.

I believe the Town where most people stay is called Stepantsminda, but most people refer it as Kazbegi (which is the area name).

Here you can get a local delicacies: pig sausage with some intestines (can't say I really enjoy it, but worth a try). The mushroom + potato Khinkali (dumpling) is extremely filling, the Lobio (beans) is pretty good and the usual eggplant with walnut sauce, and some fruity beer.