DAILY PHOTO: Holy Lords Transfiguration Convent, Tbilisi

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Photograph of a chapel at the Holy Lords Transfiguration Convent in Tbilisi, Georgia --  Queen Darejani Palace.

DAILY PHOTO: Holy Trinity Cathedral, Tbilisi

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Photograph of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia taken from the hills across the river.

DAILY PHOTO: Mountains, Green & Snowcapped

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A photograph of a green hill loomed over by Mount Kazbek in Gergeti / Stepantsminda,  Republic of Georgia.

DAILY PHOTO: Tbilisi Scene from Queen Darejani Palace

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A photograph taken in Tbilisi, Georgia with Metekhi Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in the fore (left) and Narikala Fortress in the background (probably from Queen Darejani Palace.)

DAILY PHOTO: View from the Tabor Monastery of the Transfiguration, Tbilisi

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A photograph of the Botanical Street / Narikala Fortress area of Tbilisi, Georgia from the Tabor Monastery of the Transfiguration.

PROMPT: Live Anywhere

Daily writing prompt
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Someplace inexpensive, with beaches and hikeable hilly / mountainous terrain within a reasonable distance, and where beer prices are not disproportionately high vis-a-vis the general cost of living. FYI — I call the latter the “stick-up-the-bum” index because if beer prices are relatively high, it usually means they are heavily sin-taxed (it’s not an expensive product to make,) and so disproportionately high beer prices suggest the society is trying to micromanage personal behavior. I may or may not want a beer (I’ll want one,) but I prefer to live in a society with a live-and-let-live mentality. Candidates exist in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Central Asia / Caucus region.

GEORGIA LIMERICK

There was a famed Georgian vintner
who thought about wines all winter –
as he thought, he drank,
and -- let us be frank –
he became less vintner than drinker.

DAILY PHOTO: Ananuri Fortress

DAILY PHOTO: Narikala Fortress from Tabor Monastery

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DAILY PHOTO: Clouds & Mountain, Mt. Shani