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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Tbilisi : Capitol of Georgia

Tbilisi, the Capitol and largest city of Georgia, has a population of over 1.5 million.  It is an amazing city of history and current events. Election Day was last Sunday, and how exciting it was to see Georgians getting out the vote. My family all dressed up for the occasion.

But back to Tbilisi... We drove about an hour and a half from Khashuri, my town. Remember the entire country is only 5 million and less than half the size of Kansas.  So the Capitol is The Place even though I hope I have shown you some lovely historical and beautiful natural sites.

Here are some sites: Holy Trinity Cathedral, amusement park overlooking the city,  government buildings, monument to st. George, and one of about 10 wedding couples.