Georgian Folk Singers!

I took this video on my little camera(apologies on the quality) to give you a taste of traditional Georgian music. I really like it!

Tbilisoba!

Today I went to Tbilisoba-the Day of Tbilisi. It's the largest annual celebration in the the city, commemorating the foundation of Tbilisi. It was a beautiful Autmun day with loads of people and many rural artists and craftsmen representing their region of Georgia. Tbilisoba was established in 1979 and reintroduced in 1994 after having been suspended for six years due to political unrest. But today one would not even think of those bad times with all the music, food, art, games, and tons of people.


Organ grinder...no monkey


Pony rides...thats the organ grinder in the front seat.


Cool old guy selling drums


Not quite sure, but there were several of these people alone the bridge connecting one of the festival to the other. My guess is it was a way to mourn those lost in the wars in the recent past.

Khatia's Birthday Supra!

My Georgian friend Khatia invited me to her birthday dinner with close friends. We met everyone at the Restaurant Moscow...


Typical Georgian dinner table, this was only the beginning, plates just get more and more stacked up


Drinking wine from the horn...


Yes I drank the whole thing! That is Khatia, the birthday girl, next to me!


One of Khatia's friend, saluting the the Georgian national anthem sung by a live band. He said it will be a historic photo! I'd better keep it.
Haha.
I had a wonderful time speaking broken Georgian and broken English.

Graffitti & Grasshopper

I continuely find fantastic stencil graffitti in Tbilisis, check it out...


Sweet Bruce Lee!

French maid on the dumpster


Keep Tbilisi clean!

A Georgian dinosaur! Found this guy in one of my bedroom windows, maybe 2 and half inches long! I scooped him up in a glass and let him back outside, i don't need a roommate!