"It is said that visiting Mount Elbrus makes you strong" Does it still work if you take a chairlift? That's Mt. Elbrus in the background with the two snow covered peaks I took a bus trip to Mt. Elbrus. It seemed very cheap at only $15 for the whole day including a three or four hour drive each way. It was only when I got there that I discovered that the chairlifts to get up it were about $10 for each thousand metres, but by that time it was a bit late to change my mind and I could afford all but the last little bit. I had a lovely translator on the bus - red haired Vera from Karelia who looked a lot like Bridget Jones in the film Bridget Jones's Diary . Sorry, can't find your picture at the moment Vera, but I'll put it in when I find out where it went). This is Vera, who sent me photos of the two of us The way there was spectacular enough with great stone outcrops overlooking the gorge we drove along. Catherine the Great had fortresses built all along he...
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