We continued driving west from Gori for another ninety minutes to southcentral Georgia to arrive at Borjomi. It's a small resort town in the alpine forests with lush green meadows and swift-running rivers. It was a nice change from Tbilisi and we stayed in a great place, the Crowne Plaza Borjomi Hotel. Our hotel is only a couple of minutes walk from Borjomi National Park and you can see our hotel below.

We have seen some incredible buildings on this trip but the Caucasus aren't limited to fancy buildings. We also crossed some incredible bridges including the one at our hotel. I would call it whimsical. It reminded me of a miniature golf hole...so I used my putter to cross the bridge.

We didn't spend very much time in Borjomi itself. We mostly toured the surrounding areas. This part of Georgia had lots of old fortifications up in the hills, and we stopped to peruse a few of them in the area.

We also crossed a lot of bridges including some swinging bridges like the one above. I was following Vicky and on every swinging bridge, I had to ask her if she'd been drinking, because she was having so much trouble walking. The long swinging bridges could really sway on you.

We stopped for lunch at a place called Valodias Cottage. We ate outside along the river. We had wine, cheese, cheesebread, tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, potatoes, fresh trout, and cake for dessert. It was a fabulous meal. I would guess that they were about one-pound trout.