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New Year’s Gala Concert at the Tbilisi Opera

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New Year’s Gala Concert at the Tbilisi Opera

On December 29 and 30, 2022, the Tbilisi Opera hosted its traditional New Year’s gala concert. Though “traditional New Year’s” only really makes sense in Georgia, because there was almost none of the usual wintry holiday imagery—no snowdrifts, no blizzards, really no snow at all. Which, honestly,

New Year in Gudauri

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New Year in Gudauri

It so happened that I decided to spend this New Year in Gudauri. Gudauri is a village and ski resort about 120 kilometers north of Tbilisi, on the way to the Russian border along the Georgian Military Highway. It’s probably the most popular ski resort in Georgia, though not

Kazbek in January

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Kazbek in January

As it happened, I spent this New Year in Gudauri (there’ll be a separate post about that), and before heading back I thought: since it’s so close anyway, why not drive over to Stepantsminda and see Kazbek in January. Kazbek is a dormant volcano, 5,034 meters high,