The sun was shining when we woke up. The city looked quite beautiful from the hotel’s breakfast café on the top floor. We got ourselves together and headed out to sightsee!
We walked randomly around the historic centre, there’s lots of grand old buildings. Took some pics of the Monument of St George in Liberty Square, the gold statue really bright in the sun. The almond trees were blossoming throughout the centre. Walked past the Clock Tower again.
The flower stalls were busy with Georgians buying flowers to honour the Patriarch, lying in state at Holy Trinity Cathedral. Almost everyone was dressed in black; we stood out with our otherwise somewhat neutral clothing.
We had lunch at Khinkali Bar No 1. Their khinkali was excellent, better than yesterday’s. As we were eating, a passing shower poured down. My phone still forecast sunny all day, so we hoped it would end soon. We went next door for a coffee and some Turkish treats, and waited out the rain. Finally it petered out, and we continued on our way to the Art Museum of Georgia.
The museum is home to paintings by Niko Pirosmani, one of the more revered Georgian artists. In particular I wanted to see Fisherman in a Red Shirt.
The middle floor contains Georgian paintings from the 20th century, and I found this the most interesting. However the museum lighting is terrible. The lights are positioned so you always get a reflective glare. We read some reviews after and it’s a very common complaint. (We had the same experience at museums in Yerevan).
On the way back to hotel we searched all the souvenir shops for a mini fisherman in a red shirt. We even stopped back into Meidan Bazar, we were shocked to find completely empty of tourists! We finally found a little fisherman, hopefully it will fit on the key shelf.
We got back to hotel and relaxed until dinner. We ate at Sofiko, another recommendation from the hotel. It was only a five minute walk, but with amazing views of the city. We had a yummy dinner, and then took a bunch of night pics on the way back.
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