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Love to meet new people, learn share cultures and languages, www.supportideas.wordpress.com

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• arts
• singing
• design
• sketching
• cooking
• auto racing
• painting
• jazz
• business
• metal
• stand up comedy
• driving
• startups
• classic cars

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Smokey and the Bandit , scar face , Borat , The Dictator, vanilla sky, shutter island, Mr.No body ...

Music: Chet baker , Sinatra, the doors, radio head....

Books: Life with scorpions, Jubran Khalil Jubran

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3 High-tech inventions, had my own restaurant, designed and saved a beautiful historical property.

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i hope your visit to Tbilisi will be easier with my list:
The link for a more and easier tips when visiting Tbilisi - Georgia :
https://supportideas.wordpress.com/2019/06/23/enzos-tbilisi-tips/

The City tour:
Day 1
1-Narikala fortress + Mother Georgia using the cable car
2-Botanical Garden could be accessed from Narikala
3-Abanotubani Sulfur baths (by walking) after exiting the botanical garden (best Hamam is Gulo's thermal bath) reservation is required via facebook page.
4-Walking in the old town on Kote apkhazi street or (Shardeni street): night live, peace bridge, old churches, freedom square.
5-Book a cooking master class with friends at Chakandrila restaurant , a great way to get familiar with Georgian hospitality and food : www.facebook.com/chakandrila/

Day 2
1-Open air Ethno museum (located near by Vake but via car is very recommended
2-Turtle lake is excellent for a light walk around the lake (it's 2 min drive from that open museum)
3-mtasminda park (using funicular cable ride from the lower funicular complex)

Traditional Food:

-Khinkali dumpling (beef or mushroom)
-Khatchapuri pastry (Emeruli White cheese inside pizza style, Adjaruli comes with a runny egg)
-Mushrooms in clay( with or without melted cheese)
-Loubio (Beans in clay pot) usually served with corn bread.
-Asourti Pkhali (Spinach , egg plants , beetroot mashed with walnuts)
-Churchkhela (walnuts strings dipped in graph juice)
-Gebjalia (Cheese rolls in yogurt sauce and mint)

Transportation:

for taxi i suggest not to take from the street or airport Taxify /bolt app (requires Georgian Sim card) is the best in town or owning/renting a car is a good idea for weekends out of town.

Best restaurants in Tbilisi: (Not for low-budget travelers)
-Stamba Cafe
-Rooms Hotel : The Kitchen
-Lolita
-Keto and kote (requires a reservation for a good table)
-alubali tbilisi (reservation is required)
-Paul cafe
-Tabla Saloon in Vake -up stairs
-Dineroom (fine dine)
-Dinehall (new programs such as oriental and Georgian dances)
-Al Amira Lebanese restaurant (might be closed)
-Cafe Littera (fine dine- might need reservation)
-Pur Pur
-Sakhli 11
-Funicular complex – upstairs after 6pm it opens (fine dine)
-Vinotel (fine dine-better to call for a good table -singing starts around 8pm)
-Ethno Tsiskvili (Dancing show starts at 7pm -dress code-reservation is a must), there is a hidden middle eastern style section a nice place to relax with a river view (food is 3 out of 10)
-Shadow of metekhi (reservation might be required) nice view
-Gabrizadze restaurant (better to reserve)
-Megruli Sakhli (Mergelian style Georgian food) No reservation required
-Veriko (Georgian food- high end very interesting menu) Above Hardrock cafe in Vake
-Resturant Meama (fine dine Georgian food with a twist) Old town
-Ornament cafe – old town
-Puri Saxili

-Simple restaurants: For lower budget travelers*
-Machakhela (Samikitno)- Good salads and food is ok in general
-Pasanauri (very good mushroom soup with yogurt- food is good)
-Flowers cafe: (nice view – basic food)
-Xinkils saxli
-Zaxari zaxarj
-Chakandrila (Georgian home experience food and master classes/souvenir corner ) * Book online for the master classes 'very recommended**
-Mama Terra -Mexican ( Vegan/Vegetarian and herbal store/Gallery) Try the tamales and Kombucha drink

Hanging out in Tbilisi to socialize:
-Fabrika Hostel Tbilisi
-Woland's speakeasy: password: Apartment number 50 and they will slide open the library doors
-Mclaren's bar (live rock /Karaoke)
-Kiwi cafe : English gathering every Monday 7Pm
-Internations . org events and groups
Couch surfing events
-On Facebook groups: Georgian wanderers, Expats in Tbilisi
-Live jazz at: jazz cafe singer (food is not that good)
-Salsa classes/events can be a good idea as well.

Out of town trips:
1st stop: Mtkheta )15 min drive)
2nd-Ananuri
3rd-Gudauri
4th-Kazbegi (Rooms hotel Kazbegi- To dine/ stay )

Out of town part: 2:::: very long trip
1-Gori the town of Stalin, then within that town there is (uplistsikhe caves)
2-Stop for refueling and coffee at smart super market at Wissol Complex on the S1 highway
3-Borjomi: visit the central park (Stay for the night) or continue to:
4-Rabati fortress (dine within the fortess and (stay here or borjomi to rest)
5-Vardzia caves
6-Batumi
7-Racha (requires 4×4)
8-Savaneti (Mestia. Ushguli,Ushba) stay in a guest house.
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Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Georgia, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom