Built in 1289, the Metechi church remains one of Tbilisi’s major landmarks. To some extent it mirrors Georgia’s turbulent history having been destroyed a few times. Under Tsarist rule it was used as a jail and in soviet times a theatre.

The Dnipro River, that great, winding serpent of water that snakes its way through the heart of Ukraine, is a place of great beauty and mystery. And nowhere is this more true than in the early hours of the morning, as the first rays of the sun begin to light up the sky.