Kutaisi.

Today I'm going to upload a lot of ends and odds from Georgia, now that I finally have all the pictures sorted out on my own hard drive.

The Kutaisi Central Bazaar

Fruit.

Flour.

Churchkhela (boiled wine and nut dessert thing).

Beans.

Fish.

 Vegetables.

Spices. And more beans.

From across the street, a city moment.

Deda Ena

"Mother tongue", referring to the Georgian language. A sign (statue? cement block?) in Kutaisi.

Kutaisoba, Celebrating the City of Kutaisi

Creepy giant puppet parade.

Brand new town center, including cobblestone road and fountain, that came together in about 3 weeks! Wow!

Creepy Georgian mime #1.

Creepy Georgian mime #2.

Traditional Georgian garb, as you do during a Kutaisoba.

White Bridge hat stealer boy statue.

One lari toys for sale!

Face painting poster flagrantly disregarding image copyright and usage laws!

Odds and Ends

Me miqkhvars Kutaisi.

Love park, where art imitates life imitates art imitating life.

The most beautiful wedding dress in the whole world.

Tamar Mepes Kucha

My street.

Kutaisi Cable Car and Amusement Park

 The destination.

 The vehicle.

Merry-Go-Round.

 

The saddest bear in the world.

 The ticket.

 The obligatory ferris wheel ride.

 The souls much braver than me.

 A perfect ferris-wheel riding day.

The descent.