Beautiful Tbilisi

We didn't have much time in Tbilisi but Frank gave us an overview of this beautiful, historic city. After a short ride through town to get oriented, we stopped at the Pur Pur Restaurant for lunch.

Through this door and up these stairs we found a most charming bistro.

The bathroom light fixture was covered with a dress as the shade and the bathroom sink was painted with pink roses. Not sure you would ever see anything like this in the US.

Our next stop was the funicular atop one of the mountains surrounding the city. On the way, Frank showed us an amazing, incomprehensible natural phenomenon. If you put the car into neutral at a certain spot on the drive up the hill, the car goes backward up hill all on its own. None of us could figure out why it happens but it was amazing.

This is Tbilisi from the top of the mountain. Note the modern structures in counterpoint to the historic buildings. The boring white complex at the top of the first photo was Russian built. Probably not a surprise that it was built by the Russians.

The bottom photo is of a private residence. It is partially built over a roadway. Obviously the builder had an in with the zoning commission.

Here we are waiting for our funicular ride.

This church was one of the oldest in the city hanging onto the side of the mountain.

From the funicular, we went to the Gold Market. We bought Margot a necklace of Russian gold and I bought a $7 replacement for my 40th anniversary ring. It didn't compare but was sort of close to what the original ring looked like.

It had been a long day and Frank sat down to take a break. His break turned into a snooze.

Then I thought I should take a photo of the market so I could show Margot what it looked like. Here's my first photo.

When I noticed what was in the foreground of the photo, I took another. But, it doesn't have quite the same charm as this one. Frank quipped, "Just say no to crack."

We had a lovely dinner that night but I can't seem to find the name in all my notes. We called it an early night because the next day we would be off on another adventure.