We thought we’d give you a break from our historical adventures (today a tenth century ruined city on the border of Armenia, a museum full of enchanting horse figure tombstones and another museum in a bastion dedicated to the fallen in a battle with Russia) and share some of the pleasures of this nineteenth century ex-Russian city. So the opening picture is a couple picking something from the grounds of one the museums – looked like grass to us, but who knows!
First for music lovers : three videos from a wonderful evening in the restaurant next door to our hotel and definitely not put on for the foreign tourists as there only seem to be about three of them in the area:
Second, a wonderful scene when we were wandering around and came across these cute little huts with barbecues, each occupied by a group having a great time, bringing not only food but their own tea-making equipment:
Third: honeycomb in the window of a shop. Cheese and honey are a really big deal here, with every second shop displaying gorgeous wares for sale:
Back to lessons tomorrow!
Looks like an excellent evening. What did you eat?
Also it’s half term this week so perhaps more music and dance?!
The music was fantastic – both the singer and the very skilled musicians. We had a lamb dish with bulgar and some kind of gnocchi but we also had some excellent red wine which was a real ( and rare) treat. We’ll continue to search out music and dancing…
The singer (and dancer!) is fantastic – perhaps not the place to go if you want a romantic meal a deux but looks like good fun for everyone else. What was the food like – hope the entertainment was not there to distract you from what’s on your plate.
The entertainment was much better than the food on this occasion AND the restaurant served alcohol so a very good evening altogether. I particularly enjoyed the singer – wonderful voice and energy.
What’s wrong with history lessons? Though enjoyed the daily cultural stuff too. We are having history lessons every day atm!
Nothing wrong at all with history lessons though occasionally the detail of the schisms between the Armenian Church and pretty much every other Christian sect can become a tad wearying? So much history! ( which you’re obviously finding too in whichever country you’re currently in..).
We’re in Kutaisi en route for Mestia. So that’ll be Georgia!
Yup, if it’s Monday, it’s Georgia! We really liked Kutaisi – pretty city and good food?