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The cheapest way to visit Istanbul and what to see

The cheapest way to get the airplane tickets is to buy them  2-3 month earlier, the period between April and August in most affordable company Pegasus Airlines. You should also book the Hostel yearly, somewhere near to Beyoglu, because from here you can easily get to any destination of the city.

Top 5 destinations of istanbul:

1. Hagia Sophia and Blue mosque (both located in the same place)

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Sultan-Ahmed (blue mosque), Istanbul

2. Istanbul Aquarium, which is one one of the hugest aquariums of the world

Istanbul Aquarium

Istanbul Aquarium

3. Do not take tour on Bosporus for 17 or 25 Lira, because you can go to Price Islands for 5 Lira which includes Bosporus on its way. It only takes 1,5 yours to get to the Islands.

Bosporus, Istanbul

Prince Islands, Turkey

4. Topkap and Dolmabahce saraiy (castles)

Topkap Saraiy (castle)

Dolmabahce Saraiy (castle)

5. Sisli and Istiklal avenue, with its open bars and restaurants and surprises 

Istiklal Avenue

Istiklal Avenue

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Demonstration against violence

New look of Tbilisi

Rike park bridge

New museum

President's Castle

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Autumn in Kakheti

Images from Kakheti, autumn, 2012.

♫ From Kakheti ♫

The statue of king Erekle II

Reconstructed park of Telavi

Park of Telavi

800 years old plane (tree)

Quinces

Churchkhelas

 

The bestselling sh*t

                                                

I always wondered, why is it like that the Georgian bestseller books are always the worst ones? Generally, modern art in this country is not in its peaks, but seeing no progress in literature for years makes me think, that something really is wrong.

Let’s think, what do a writer needs to create a good novel?

·         Creativity;

·         A good plot;

·         Interesting characters;

·         Fantasy;

·         A new style;

I’ve read most of the Georgian bestseller books and looked through almost all of them, but could not find even a little of creativity or good plot or something closer to that. What I do find is an imitation. No new style, no new word, everything is just imitated.

If the a person tastes a really good book for even once, he won’t ever be able to read the mediocrity like that.

Actually, the problem that mostly worries me is, why do people buy those books? who are those people? how come that mostly the sh*t is the bestseller of our days?

I’m glad to admit that nowadays a lot more people read the books then in previous decade. I observe the readers in metros and parks and even at my university. I see that most of them are reading quite interesting authors, then I’m asking myself: who are those people, the ones who are buying that shi*t and making it bestseller? if not students, housewives or just some plain people, then who?

Unfortunately, I have no answer to that queer question.

What we got today, Post-modern literature some may call it, but in reality we do not have Georgian post-modernism, what we have is imitation of some foreign authors and unfortunately, that imitation is as bad the books themselves.

Georgian literature counts hundreds of years of blossom, we had Rustaveli in older times and we had Guram Rcheulishvili  at the edge of the century. What or who we have now? I do not mean that the masterpiece must be produced each year, but there has to be something, at least normal.

Eventually, it is very hard to discuss the bestseller book problem in a country, where 5. 000 sold copies make the book bestseller. The writer is someone who sells the books and lives with its income; unfortunately we have only a few of that sort. The main thing we should realize is, that not everyone, who publishes the book is the writer.