Sunday afternoon I tagged along with some friends on a visit to Mtskheta. Pronouncing this requires a throat-clearing sound not found in English but common in Georgian.Apparently, you can't swing a cat in Georgia without hitting a gorgeous, ancient, historically significant church. This place is only about 5 miles outside Tbilisi.
We toured Jvari church, the Shio-Mgvime monastery (which requires a drive up a Zambia-style road) and the ancient walled city of Mtskheta itself, a World Heritage Site. I loved seeing how active and bustling the churches were. We saw a bunch of baptisms, people taking wedding photos, and a bunch of the faithful kissing icons and lighting candles.
Also we sampled Mtskheta's famous lobio, beans cooked in a clay pot. Delicious!
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