Atlanta, GeorgiaThe Silky Fountain
I had a dream last night that I got to Georgia and realized I forgot a bunch of important stuff like my cell phone charger and the perfume that Sarge loves. So of course I wake up and think I need to start packing today so I don’t do it all last minute on Tuesday night and forget things.
So I go to get my suitcase out and realize it’s still half full from when I went to visit him in April. So now I have to unpack before I can begin packing. Oh, and there’s a mountain of laundry that gives Everest a run for it’s money. I’m going to attempt to scale the mountain, wash, dry, iron, hang, fold, and pack. I suck at packing because I always over pack, especially when I don’t know exactly what I will be doing. I like to have options for what to wear, but that usually results in me packing 3 pieces of luggage for a 3 day weekend.
Of course one of those suitcases is always just toys, lingerie, hooker heels, condoms, and lube.
Fountain in Batumi.
Headed for Batumi's beach.
Beach! Pack of Americans!
First view of Signagi.
Very Italian feel.
A nice church tower.
Pirosmani, famous Georgian painter.
My GOD, the view.
Adorable puppy in Signagi.
2nd batch of highlight pictures - Batumi & Signagi.
Love this
a breeze blows in savannah.
Dawgs Slated for Three National TV Games :National Televised Games
Georgia vs. Boise State at 8PM on ESPN (Atlanta, GA)
Georgia vs. South Carolina at 4:30PM on ESPN (Athens, GA)
Georgia vs. Florida at 3:30PM on CBS (Jacksonville, FL)
Other games expected to be televised on ABC, ESPN, or CBS are against Georgia Tech, Auburn, Tennessee, and Mississippi State.
So I had my cultural trip this weekend. What does this mean? It means that I went to the lovely Georgian city of lurve, Sirhnarhi. Signagi. Sighnaghi. Choose a romanization system you like and go with it.
Anyway.
Movie night the night before, so I had way too much coffee/grease and got an hour of sleep and had digestion issues. Good framework for a trip, right? Right. So I get up, get on the train by 8:30 with my good sitemate Chris, and we trundle along to Tbilisi. In Tbilisi (around 11) we take the metro to Isani (around 11:30) and there it is hot. Screaming hot. Super hot. Sweating bullets hot. We get off at our stop, wander around, finally find the marshutka stop, and we’re all “Signagshi?” (To Signagi?) and they’re all “Signagshi, Signagshi, hmmmm, ver gavege! (insert Gallic shrug)” (To Signagi, to Signagi, hmm, I don’t know! (insert meaningless shrug)) and I’m all “AH DYING OF HEAT” and we are all “MAYBE WE SHOULD WALK IN CIRCLES THAT WILL HELP” …but then it actually did help, because we came back and there was magically a marshutka that went to the city PAST Signagi, so we got to get on that one, and then sit in it. And sit in it. And sit in it. Now keep in mind, this is a van, with as many seats as possible stuck into it, no AC, all the windows shut, as many people as possible packed in there, and it is 95 degrees and sunny outside. Stuffy is an understatement. I felt like I was dying.
40 minutes later, we whip off at a breakneck pace, and 2.5 hours later we are delivered to the most gorgeous city I’ve seen in Georgia.
It is this old medieval town high up on top of a hill with an uninterrupted set of views of everything around it, lots of old restored Georgian buildings, a cute little museum, and a nice lady with a guesthouse I cannot recommend strongly enough. It is called Lia’s Guesthouse, and her work phone number is +99595720510 if you ever want a spot to stay in Signagi. She has 2 rooms, one with a big bed, a shower, a Western toilet, internet, and a view to die for. We walked up a few of the hills/little castles, saw the churches, went into the museum and saw some Pirosmani (a famous Georgian painter) and generally chilled.
Then there was MEXICAN FOOD. This is like…unheard of in Georgia. It was a little pricey, but the guacamole was totally worth it. We came back, watched Twilight Zone episodes and crashed, then in the morning, wandered a bit more, hopped back on the marshutka to Tbilisi, meandered the bazaar very briefly on our way to the marshutka station - going to have to go back there, they were selling strawberries! Anyway, then we found a marshutka (IN THE SHADE) in Tbilisi that would drop us off at home, and sat.
And sat. And sat. We sat for almost 2 hours, it finally takes off, and it makes the 2-2.5 hour trip to our village in 1.5 hours, drops us off…just in time for the rain to start.
Slogged my way uphill, and now I’m showered, safe, warm, fed and comfortable, finally updating my pictures onto everything.
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Atlanta, Georgia
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Dig the retro graphics, man.