While staying in Tbilisi for three months, I discovered Barbarestan, which quickly became my favorite restaurant in the city…and about which I told everyone I met. I went there with my friend Claire, a smart, hip Harvard grad who was studying Russian in Georgia for the summer. I went there with a couple on holiday from … Continue reading
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I’m sitting here in my apartment on the outskirts of Tbilisi, Georgia tonight, listening to people screaming and yelling at one another. To my uncomprehending ears, it sounds like a dreadful domestic dispute, and I feel helpless. In my memory, I am catapulted back to my time in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, where … Continue reading
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I just returned from a rainy tour via mazda taxi with my Uzbek host. We had to run to the market to get some meat and veggies for dinner. The driver was Azerbaijani and spoke Russian, Georgian, Azerbaijan, and some English. He and my host spoke Russian. I sat in the back, kind of zoned … Continue reading
Some first impressions of the Republic of Georgia: I Getting out of the airport was pretty simple. I got off the plane, stood in line for about 10 minutes, showed my passport and got it stamped, grabbed my baggage, which arrived very quickly, grabbed a trolley for all my heavy stuff, rolled through the “nothing … Continue reading
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