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.

"And the old hunger returned...

...the terrible and obscure hunger that haunts and hurts Americans, and that makes us exiles at home and strangers wherever we go."  --Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel

Third Verse, Same as the First

A few more springtime shots.

Spring Has Sprung

The fish tank at Medea's, the place to go for overpriced instant coffee, cheap beer, flaky lobiani, and that one surly waitress who wishes we were all dead!

Sunset in the park at Kutaisi.

The view from Mirzaani Brewery's porch. Not too shabby.

The graveyards here are so ornate and beautiful.

Warm nights.

An amazing little bouquet that my host sister Kristina just whipped together for me in about 10 seconds.

(Chuckle)(ROFL)

Sunset from my porch.

Gatusha. That cat is such a freak.

The rose bush/tree/plant thing in our backyard is blooming and it is glorious.

Basking.

After-school supra! My co-teachers, Lela (left) and Nari (right). It was Nari's birthday, she just turned 23. My host grandma/school principal may or may not have pressured me into getting intoxicated here.

CAKE.

Statue in Khoni.

Georgians have different ideas about necessary precautions where steep falls are concerned.

Gelati Monastery.

The army was in Khoni for a couple days, it was interesting.