Georgia must come to an end...

Tomorrow night we are going to Istanbul. However, we must take a night train tonight to a coastal train and get on the plane tomorrow night.

My last couple of days in Gerogia have been pretty great. Apparently everything in Georgia just takes a little bit longer to accomplish.. I fully experienced that yesterday. We got our train tickets and our plane tickets. The hot water wasn't working yesterday morning so I couldn't take a shower. Mind you I hadn't showered since two evenings before that. I was pretty dirty. I just had to suck it up so we didn't waste our day. I put a hat on and we were on our way. We got the tickets with a fair amount of ease, but we just started our day a little late because of the water fiasco. Then we go to the train station. The train station was no TGV station in France. There was no man in a blue suit ready to answer our questions. We ended up in this random market that was in one of the rooms in the train station. The whole building was under renovation. Kate likes to say that the whole country is under renovation. I tend to agree with her on this one. We waited in line to get our tickets but we didn't have enough cash. Then we went to an ATM and it wouldn't give Kate the money. Then we went to 2 more before we found a working one.

The original plan for the day was to go to Gori, the home of Stalin. So we didn't end up getting to leave till after 3:30. Our guide book said that the museum would be open until 6 so we figured that would be enough time... Well, when we got there it was closed. Kate whined a bit and they reopened it for us. However, it was all in Russian and Georgian and they were following us around. It was quite awkward. Gori was lovely otherwise. It was all covered in snow.

One thing about the Georgian winter is that they are not usually this sever... apparently. So they don't know how to take care of the side walks. Walking around is like walking on an ice rink. I mean I've fallen a few time, not bruises yet. Kate has fallen and we can barely get up each time. Everyone on the streets seems to be quite amused by the ice... It can be amusing, but its just dangerous.

Anyway tonight we leave for Batumi, the coastal town, and I can't wait for Istanbul!!