Before we left Batumi, we decided to go to the Batumi Botanical Garden.
We got our own tour guide that followed us and showed us the entire way, even up to the car. We paid him in bread scraps.
It was pretty and had some nice views and was great for a walk, but, it was rather unkempt. I felt like they could have made so much more out of it.
After the botanical garden we drove for five hours straight. It was a beautiful road. However, having driven all of the five hours through admittedly beautiful wilderness and sparse villages, I never thought my heart would be filled with such joy to see the gleaming buildings of Tbilisi, nestled nicely in a little valley.
That is what most of the road looked like. Beautiful, but lacking in food and wifi.
I also never thought I'd be filled with such misery and loss when we passed the buildings and I realized I mistook Mtsheta for Tbilisi.
Once settling happily in our hotel in Tbilisi, I decided to go out and get some food. I waited for it for about 20 minutes and in that short period of time: got approached by a limping beggar boy about my age, watched a gypsy woman hurl a rock and insults at a car, saw a sad little kitten with a green face beg for food, and saw the same kitten get sprayed by a very grumpy woman. And that is why you should avoid waiting for food in an alleyway in Tbilisi.
However, you should go to the alleyways because the food was fantastic. I got hachapuri which are a bread and cheese pastry. We devoured them too fast for a picture.
For dinner, we went to a restaurant called Melnitsa, which is 'windmill' in Russian. The reason for this name is quite simple- the restaurant is located inside a windmill. The restaurant is super famous for their Georgian songs and dances. The food itself was decent- most people came for the show. The show was absolutely fantastic- they had high-quality dancers. I really enjoyed the place.
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