I think today has been my favorite day of the trip so far. We started out in Batumi with an attempt at McDonald's breakfast, which does not exist in Georgia. Rei loves to see what different types of things various McDonald's around the world have, plus their breakfast is a bit of a guilty pleasure, so we walked over and were sorely disappointed to find out that they neither have breakfast nor do they have anything specifically Georgian. Lame. But then we had a nice walk on the beach and a coffee at a beachfront casino, so it was a lovely morning. This was followed by a trip back to Old Town to see it during daylight. It really is pretty adorable, we rather enjoyed it. And we had a pretty tasty lunch of local specialties that looked super disgusting but were not.
Then we began our long drive for the day, up north into the Svaneti region. This region is up in the Caucus mountains, in the area called the Great Caucasus cause they're one of the tallest regions. We're in a small town called Mestia tonight and tomorrow, which is the jumping off point for a bunch of hikes and stuff. The day was mostly just driving to get here and the hiking (or a little bit of it, thanks to the forecasted rain) will only begin tomorrow. But today we just drove for like 5 hours, 2 of which just kept going up and up and up into the mountains. It was pretty spectacular. And then we got here and were greeted by this guy Georgi who runs tours out of Tbilisi and happens to be staying in hour guesthouse. He's super nice and friendly and we liked him very much. He also gave us a wonderful dinner recommendation, which turned out to be one of the best meals we've had so far. Georgians have been wonderfully friendly and hospitable, and Georgi was no exception.
Another exciting event today was the release of a new single by Daughter, called Doing The Right Thing. It came along with the announcement of the release of their sophomore album next January. Super exciting times. You can never have enough Daughter. So obviously that will be the song for today. If you're reading this when I actually write it (Wendy, I'm talking to you...), then you probably can't hear the song or see any pictures, because the internet here in Mestia is not great. So check back in on like Friday or Saturday and I'll update.
Then we began our long drive for the day, up north into the Svaneti region. This region is up in the Caucus mountains, in the area called the Great Caucasus cause they're one of the tallest regions. We're in a small town called Mestia tonight and tomorrow, which is the jumping off point for a bunch of hikes and stuff. The day was mostly just driving to get here and the hiking (or a little bit of it, thanks to the forecasted rain) will only begin tomorrow. But today we just drove for like 5 hours, 2 of which just kept going up and up and up into the mountains. It was pretty spectacular. And then we got here and were greeted by this guy Georgi who runs tours out of Tbilisi and happens to be staying in hour guesthouse. He's super nice and friendly and we liked him very much. He also gave us a wonderful dinner recommendation, which turned out to be one of the best meals we've had so far. Georgians have been wonderfully friendly and hospitable, and Georgi was no exception.
Another exciting event today was the release of a new single by Daughter, called Doing The Right Thing. It came along with the announcement of the release of their sophomore album next January. Super exciting times. You can never have enough Daughter. So obviously that will be the song for today. If you're reading this when I actually write it (Wendy, I'm talking to you...), then you probably can't hear the song or see any pictures, because the internet here in Mestia is not great. So check back in on like Friday or Saturday and I'll update.
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