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Fiona, Fiona. Eric and Stewart in Wheels Bar. |
Erics Sporran Legion T'shirt - with the Westa 2!!!
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Meg and Fiona with Scrambles - Megs imaginary friend!! She claims that he has been on every trip so far but no one has ever seen him.
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Graeme considers the plate of khinkali - traditional meat dumplings
It is worth noting that it was Fiona who tried them first!!
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Meg between the Sporran Legion and Westa.
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Fiona, Jimmy and Cookie in the Hanger Bar
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Meg and Fredia in the Hanger Bar |
The "Wee" Sporran Legion Flag pre match in the underground bar.
They introduced a booze ban round the stadium but we found a wee underground bar which was having a lock in. The police did come in but did not seem to bother to much (not sure how much the bar owner paid them though!!) |
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However the bar did run out of glasses so this is Eric's pint of beer - 5 shot glasses full. |
Fiona, Eric, Meg and Ali in the underground bar.
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Sorry Coggs but that really is the original big flag and it did make it back from France. |
There were two days of culture on this trip,on the Thursday a trip to Gori (the birthplace of Stalin) and then a tour round the ancient underground cave city of Uplistsikhe and the Friday an visit to the wine making region of Kakheti. Everyone went on the Thursday trip (fresh air is a good hangover cure!!) but due to flight times it was only Fiona and Graeme who made the Friday one.
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Graeme on
Stalin Train Carriage
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Meg in front of Stalin Statue |
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Uplistsikhe Cave City |
Uplistsikhe Cave City |
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View from Uplistsikhe Cave City |
Sporran Legion do lunch |
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Ali works out which one to eat first |
The first winery visited was a store in a farmers barn
near Mukuzani
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The next was a more traditional winery, Tsinandali Winery. This is the wine cellar where they have wine from 1814. |
Graeme and Fiona sampling some wine at the Tsinandali Winery |
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Looking towards the Lesser Caucasus Mountain Range in Chechnya from the house we had lunch in |
And lastly a visit to Alaverdi Cathedral before heading back to Tbilisi. |
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See All the Photos in the Sporran Legion Photos Album |
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