Georgian Day!

So I had a great Georgian day.

It really all started last night when some twelve year olds were cutting us in line at the Mc Donalds. Apparently lines aren't very important to Gerogians and these guys were being exceptionally rude about it. Luckily another georgian man apologied for their behavior adn was very nice. They told a good mountain to travel to for a day trip and they are were my georgian day begins.

We went to lunch/breakfast/dinner with them. We had exchanged numbers with them the night before and they asked us out for food. We find out during our very georgian meal that they wake up at 3pm everyday. I couldn't say much because we layed around in bed most of the day as well, but i am jet lagged so its legitimate. So apparently the Georgian way to eat meals is to order a lot of food and not eat very much of it. Very unlike the French...

They ordered a lot of very traditional dishes. There was this eggplant delicious thing that I want to eat everyday for the rest of my life. I'm hoping I can get a georgian cook book in english. Then after that we met up with a few of Kate's roomate's friends and went to a georgian bath.

Apparently TBilisi means to be warm in Georgian and they are referring to the baths. you get a sheet and a towel and there's a tub of extremely hot water and a tub of cold water and a sauna. It was awesome. A nice combat to the cold. then a woman scrubs us down.

It really isn't that cold. Apparently it only snows for a week around Christmas and their Christmas is in 2 days. Sometimes they stay up all night in church. Its apparently a very religious country. They are Greek or Georgian Orthodox.

So all is well, we are still wiaitng for the election results. There were lots of people in the streets waving flags supporting saakashveili. I'll post pictures after tomorrow. We are going to walk around the city and then go to an art show.