Tbilisi and tour ends

We left Georgia’s mountain area this morning for the two-and-a-half hour drive to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. With a population of 1.5 million, it’s a major city with a wonderful historic old town and many interesting modern buildings. We had booked a three-hour walking tour for the afternoon because we wanted to turbocharge our visit here. We leave tomorrow morning back to fly back to Baku, Azerbaijan for the F1 race.

We arrived at our hotel around 11 and a.m. and our leader gave us a brief orientation of what was where so that we could head out to explore on our own. Given our room wouldn’t be ready until after two, Brad and I decided we wouldn’t even bother going back until before dinner. We wandered the streets, had a bite to eat and then made our way to the meeting spot for the walking tour. We were delighted to see that there were only seven people in the group. And two of the seven
were our friends from our tour group. Our guide Giorgio is a native Georgian and had a deep appreciation for the country’s history and culture.

We couldn’t believe how much we covered in the afternoon and felt we’d gained a decent appreciation and understanding of Tbilisi. We had time to get back to our hotel and freshen up before our group farewell dinner. It was a bittersweet evening with vows to cross paths again.Read more