Prince of Monaco continues his visit to Georgia

Prince of Monaco continues his visit to Georgia

19.09.11

The Prince of Monaco Albert II continues his official visit to Georgia. The prince arrived in the mountainous resort Bakuriani this morning. The decision to visit Bakuriani and view the grave of the late Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, was included in the agenda of the visit under the decision of the prince himself. Former bobsledder and five-time participant of winter Olympic Games laid wreaths on the grave of the late sportsman, who suffered a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics competition at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Vancouver, Canada on February 12, the opening day of the 2010 Games. The Prince will meet with the family of the late sportsman.

Prince Albert II also met with the family members of the late luger and warded them with the Lui II gold medal, which is usually given to people for particular contribution to the development of the spheres of education and sport. Prince wrote his words in the memory book of the late luger.

From Bakuriani, Prince Albert II arrived in Kakheti Region and joined the vintage together with the president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili.

Albert II arrived in Batumi, Georgia, yesterday and left for Svaneti Region to get acquainted with Georgian culture and sightseeing. During the three-day high-rank visit, Albert II also intends to see the archaeological excavations and the filed museum in Dmanisi town, approximately 93 km southwest of capital Tbilisi.

Furthermore, the prince, who is five-time participant of the Olympic games and president of the Olympic Committee of Monaco is expected to visit the town of Bakuriani and commemorate Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger who suffered a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics competition at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Vancouver, Canada on February 12, the opening day of the 2010 Games.

Yesterday, the Prince attended a new musical - a remake performance of the last century popular Georgian movie Keto and Kote at the Batumi opera house, which was opened with the same musical a month ago. The audience greeted the guest and president Saakashvili, who accompanied him, with ovations and applauds. Foreign tourists and the foreign teachers of English language working in Georgia`s public schools under the governmental program of education Teach and Learn with Georgia were also among the spectators of the new musical.

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