In the morning after checking-out we still had some time for discovering the rest of the city. In the afternoon we went to the station to catch some transport to the capitol. Ticket for the minibus was 20 GEL (GEL=Lari). That was our first time when we took a marshrutka - Georgian minibus.
After 4 hours on the bus we finally got a small break. While getting off the bus we were hit by a smell of some bakery good. It was sweet Georgian bread with raisins which you could get straight from the furnace, still hot. Doubtlessly Georgia is full of amazing tastes and that was another of them.
We got to Tbilisi in the evening, Although we got very specific directions from our host, how to get to his place, we encountered big problems at the beginning when we were trying to find a right bus.
Communication - it's almost impossible to talk to Georgian people in English and we were not able to speak in neither Georgian nor Russian which is a shame of us. What we realized that time is that instead of learning German in Polish schools we should have Russian as the 3rd language as it's much more useful. Fortunately we managed to find a bus asking locals for some hints in...Polish and we got to Chavchvadze Ave. where we met Ali - an Iranian teacher of English who was our host for another 4 days.
Because we were really hungry we went with Ali to 24h restaurant where we got ourselves chinchali - Georgian dumplings stuffed with potatoes, mushrooms, meat or cheese. Georgian dishes are delicious but we noticed that Georgian cuisine is based on grain products and meat rather than vegetables which we prefer. This day we ended sleeping on the carpet as real Iranians.
After 4 hours on the bus we finally got a small break. While getting off the bus we were hit by a smell of some bakery good. It was sweet Georgian bread with raisins which you could get straight from the furnace, still hot. Doubtlessly Georgia is full of amazing tastes and that was another of them.
We got to Tbilisi in the evening, Although we got very specific directions from our host, how to get to his place, we encountered big problems at the beginning when we were trying to find a right bus.
Communication - it's almost impossible to talk to Georgian people in English and we were not able to speak in neither Georgian nor Russian which is a shame of us. What we realized that time is that instead of learning German in Polish schools we should have Russian as the 3rd language as it's much more useful. Fortunately we managed to find a bus asking locals for some hints in...Polish and we got to Chavchvadze Ave. where we met Ali - an Iranian teacher of English who was our host for another 4 days.
Because we were really hungry we went with Ali to 24h restaurant where we got ourselves chinchali - Georgian dumplings stuffed with potatoes, mushrooms, meat or cheese. Georgian dishes are delicious but we noticed that Georgian cuisine is based on grain products and meat rather than vegetables which we prefer. This day we ended sleeping on the carpet as real Iranians.
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| Traditional sweet bread ? |
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| Lemonade - Tarragon flavour |
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