Trip to Racha

One of the first trips we took when we got back to Georgia was to head into the mountians for a long weekend.  The Racha region is known for its beauty and a lot of folks from the city "escape" there for the summer.

We didn't really have anything planned activity wise and just took it as it came.  Our trip started off with a little adventure as we almost ended up in Russia driving to the South Ossetia boarder without knowing it.  Thanks goggle for that one! Thankfully it only added about 30 minutes to our drive so with a little recalulating we were on our way.

Playing at the hotel

The overall trip took about 6 hours so we were ready to be settled by the time we arrived at the hotel.  Hotel accomidations are a bit scarse in the region and ours was ok by general standards.  We did have two rooms which is nice with the girls now but the all inclusive food was pretty poor.  Cereal offered at every meal? Pasta soup? 

Beautiful mountains

We let the girls explore the grounds and play on the playground the rest of the evening to get out some of that pent up car energy. 

Overlooking the gourge

The next day we piled back in the car to explore.  Like I mentioned we really didn't have a plan but were just going to stop along the way if things looked interesting.  It was really relaxing (to a point I mean we have two kids) to just drive.  The nature was beautiful and when it got a little tiring we just got out and explored. 

Not able to go into the synagogue

but posing on the wall instead

We stopped at churches (when in Georgia!) and an abandoned gourge.  We attempted to tour a synagogue but found it locked for the day.  We stopped for a very LONG lunch and played at a playground we saw. 

My big girl being adventurous like her Daddy

The next morning we headed back to Tbilisi.  With a six hour drive ahead of us we wanted to time things so the girls would nap around stopping for lunch.  We did managed to fit in a small walk near the hotel and one last church visit on the way home :)

Church on the way home

It was an ok trip. The country was beautiful but there just wasn't a ton to do and although the trip was nice in that regard, 6 hours is a long way to drive for just beautiful.  :) Looking back on it it would have been fun to camp and do more hiking.  Being 7 months pregnant though makes that a little difficult!