ladies and gentlemen welcome to tabil Georgia a city that at first glance is very aesthetically
interesting because and I mean this with all due respect and not to be rude but a lot of the
buildings here especially in the neighborhood Ivana and I are staying they look like they're
about to fall over quite honestly you'll see a lot of exposed bricks from where I guess
concrete has fallen off the side of a building you'll even see big metal beams that are holding
up balconies I guess are nearly collapsing and crooked foundations and cracked staircases and
so it's interesting that most of the cars in the street are seemingly brand new cars
uh most of the people walking around are very well-dressed and quite often when you go inside
one of these buildings that looks a little derel it could be a really modern and trendy cafe or
bar inside filled with uh young people on their MacBook Pros and so maybe at first glance tabil
looked a little bit off-putting to Ivana and I a little bit alarming but it seems
like there's a pretty uh Vibrant Community even a prosperous sort of community here and so this is
one of the reasons why we're pretty excited to explore tbil today so come along with us let's
go and I tell you what there's an awful lot of dogs in the streets of tibil and they're
friendly and clean I don't think they're uh dirty or anything they're obviously straight
dogs but they've been looking after cuz they look well fed and quite friendly hey
buddy and so I guess some of these buildings are totally abandoned but the ones that have
been renovated and restored so beautiful this one here with a blue balcony such nice woodwork wow
and so our first stop today will be the top of the hill here so we can get a good view of the city
and be up close and personal with the mother of Georgia statue so let's uh start the climb up the
staircase holy jumping that's unexpected there's some sort of hot air balloon over
there m squared M2 like met squared look at that Divana something new I didn't expect that not to
mention the cable car here on the right which probably has a pretty good view also I tell you
what tbil is aesthetically a very beautiful city I mean it's got a lot going on it's got a lot of
different parts to it you'll even see some very modern looking buildings over here which sort of
provide a big contrast to the buildings in our neighborhood uh I'm intrigued by Georgia it's a
really good first impressions I mean there's a lot to look at you know and so introducing
the mother of Georgia who has a sword in one hand should any people come to visit Georgia that are
hostile as well as some wine in the other hand should anybody come here that's sort of friendly
and so she's up on top of the hill overlooking the entire city and sort of simultaneously defending
as well as welcoming which I sort of love and I guess she's been doing a pretty good job because
the earliest remnants of people living here in tibil is from 6,000 years ago so I guess
she's been defending uh pretty well and so good work to the mother of Georgia now what's great
is up on top of this hill there also a fort which we can go explore which has some pretty
incredible history so let's go check it out oh and I guess there's even a little bit of uh couple of
souvenir shops and tourist stalls over here where I would assume there is some tourist pricing now
what I love is how the cable car passes right in front of the fort it's a really nice image
of the old and the new sort of uh beautiful to look at oh look at that you want to we can go
way over there oh oh yeah I think we got to do it all right so unfortunately I could not
convince Ivana to come to the top with me and so you guys are stuck with me for the next few
minutes because Ivan is going to wait at the bottom while I go to the top Viewpoint let's
go oh check it out everybody's been stacking rocks over here all the way along the ledge cool
made it to the top Wow first of all relatively scary but actually so beautiful up here wow just
awesome
wow this has got to be the best seat in the house here in tabil the view is incredible and I love
the river cutting through the city with a steep Riverbanks and so many churches around it's the
type of experience for me that never gets old climbing up these forts to the Viewpoint and the
history here is pretty incredible because this fort was originally built in the 4th Century
meaning not only did the Mongols fight here about a thousand years ago but even before that the
Persians were fighting here uh something like 1,500 years ago so it's a great experience too
bad Ivana couldn't make it up but I'll show her the footage so she can uh see it like you guys
did now I've got to say my first impressions of Georgia has been so good so far because recently
Ivana and I have been to Singapore China Japan and Korea all within the past 2 months or so
and there's definitely Beauty in a city or a country that's so perfectly clean no vandalism
no graffiti sometimes not even a blade of grass is out of place but I can really see Beauty in a
city like Tbilisi it looks like it's seen a few Winters there's some rugged buildings there's a
lot of potentially politically motivated street art which gives a of tough and sort of rugged
vibe to the city and uh it's super photogenic and super historical and uh it's been a great first
impressions so let's keep going I think there's actually some potentially Turkish baths or some
sort of natural sulfur baths just beyond uh the walls of the fort here so let's keep exploring
tibil this a very intriguing City with lots to uh lots to see and lot to do so let's
go oh wedding photo shoot taking some wedding photos beside the dome for the bath house just
nice and so sulfur is in the air as we arrive at the bath houses where there are a bunch of
these Dome structures I guess to let out the geothermal heat and there's even a bath house
just over here that has the very distinct teal color that is generally from Persia or Iran on
or somewhere Middle East and so we can see that Georgia is culturally very rich it's
got Middle Eastern influence Turkish influence it's a little bit European it's a little bit
Asian and it's totally Georgian and so maybe if we're lucky we'll be able to see this really rich
culture and really rich history in the food oo and so let's eat some Georgian lunch let's
go
time for
lunch all right Georgian eggplant Ru now eggplant is my favorite vegetable oh my
gosh you're always talking about I think I'll like this although I'm
not sure what's inside see it's stuff with something interesting
right I think it's Walnut very creamy Walnut and some eggplant mush eggplant very creamy
very good I would eat this like uh almost like an appetizer where you put a whole thing in your
mouth at once you think so yeah come on going cut it okay okay try don't listen to me I don't
know very good nice M this is just an appetizer we got more dishes coming
mhmm I love it wow so flavorful actually really mhm good it's
stuffing M good right creamy right like walnuts walnuts ins something else I don't know nice food
very good and um personally on top yeah nice food flavorful yeah good mhm garlicky garlic
good that's good very good did they already teach you how to eat proper no no so uh you're going to
take your hand the big part the yeah of course only hand big part turn it down bite it drink
the water and then you eat the rest because inside it's like a dumpling but it's a lot of
water with some greens you know then you drink it so it not spill all over you and then you and
you don't eat the head part because it's too thick that's why it's not uh ready yet inside
it's only for the hands okay it's like a handle okay okay okay fantastic thank you than oh so
helpful guy okay V so now you got the lesson and now you're ready to do it okay this looks good
right MH now would you call this a dumpling it's a dumpling it's dumpling actually the
from the look itself it's kind of like similar to like a Chinese style dumpling but I'm sure
it's different so should I grab it it looks hot I think you can do it you know the technique right
no I think I poke it on the side already oh and then you
got to slurp don't don't be afraid to slurp it's
hot good mhm it's good what's inside meat or just greens meat me
look can you see oh yeah yeah yeah look at me me like almost like a little Patty yeah
like a meatball kind of thing like a meatball yeah okay nice o look at juice don't waste the
juice man don't waste the juice it's hard to eat but it's good something new something new
no similar to a Chinese dumpling for me okay yeah The Taste and the texture yeah
I guess georan food is going to be partially European and partially Asian they have a lot
of different places to draw from so oh there's a good there's a good bite I will say this um
typically you don't enjoy having your hands filthy dirty is this food too difficult to
eat potentially it's okay it's fun to eat but I didn't expect to eat Georgian
food with hand Fair yeah Fair maybe you can level up your skills in the next uh few weeks
and and perfect the technique good comfort food comfort food is good all right take one
o the ju is pretty
good kind of
fun not
bad pretty good oh here it comes yeah good good good here we go very nice thank you thank you
thank you wow one bite good pretty good although I think this is going to be even better this is
sort of like bar multiplied by Pizza do you know what I mean yeah we've had this before
actually it's so good now I am a bit biased because this is like salty cheese and bread
it's like some of my favorite ingredients but I will tell you honestly this is so good food
it's it's unbelievably good it's unbelievably good it's easily Sick Star food it's really
really salty cheese and the the dough on the inside is kind of soggy not because
it's undercooked but because the cheese is so oily it just becomes like this really
delicious hot mushy so good and actually Pro tip Ivana and I brought some of this
to our accommodation cuz we couldn't finish it and the next morning we put this in a pan
and fried it and just like pizza it's even better the day after that's right uh so far
we've only been here two or 3 days this is my favorite Georgian food six star food so
good it doesn't look like much it almost looks like a cheese cheese cheese pizza that's true
cheese pizza with dough on top but the cheese is what makes the difference it's so salty cheese
and it goes great with a georan beer oh and I find the dough is kind of flaky mm a bit flaky
it's like borc and pizza yeah mixture of borc and pizza it's so good it's actually so good
very good amazing it's really good all right so the chipot which was the cheese pizza looking
thing was without exaggeration one of the most delicious things I've ever eaten I love salty
cheese and I love that food although the King calii which is the big dumpling was
only okay so seeing as both those recipes are national dishes here in Georgia I think we'll
try the kingali a few more times to see if we can uh find a version of it that really
makes us love it now the next thing we're going to do is some something that could
give us an insight into the Georgian sense of humor so let's go check out The Bridge of
Peace all right introducing The Bridge of Peace everybody which connects old tabil where Ivana and
I are staying to new tabil where the architecture sort of changes and Things become more modern and
so it was designed to look very sleek and very unique although the locals call this bridge the
always Ultra Bridge because to them it looks like one big maxi pad and so I find this very funny and
I think it's a little bit insightful because Ivana and I have been to more than a couple
former Soviet or former communist countries in Eastern Europe and they generally have a very
direct sense of humor they're the type of people who are not sensitive and afraid of words and so
I for one am all for it and I find these jokes very funny and so with that in mind I think it's
time for us to go check out a museum where maybe we can learn more about the Soviet era
here in Georgia so let's keep walking across a bridge that although it is mocked by the locals
it does have some good viewpoints on it and it is quite a beautiful bridge but uh let's
go learn more about the Soviet era so cool look at this straight straight out of like uh
looks like Allie's in Wonderland that's what I'm trying to say Al's in Wonderland yes wow
it's the georan clock tower cool it really has a lot of character and and sort of imperfect and
crooked yes kind of the same as my impression of Georgia so far at least really yeah has a
lot of character because it looks like it's not perfect and symmetrical it's kind of funky yeah
funky but I like it but still working and still good you know yeah interesting you can see the
big support on the side like it's going to fall over oh yeah it's got got a kickstand his leg is
leaning man there sure are a lot of photogenic spots here in Cil
wow all right so we've made it to the national museum of Georgian history which is an absolutely
massive building with a pretty small museum inside so we saw the whole thing in like 20
minutes although we did learn that the Soviet occupation of Georgia actually started long
before World War II which was a surprise to me and we saw this quote on the wall that a
Georgian person said in 1921 and based on the pretty clear and pretty consistent graffiti
and street art that we've seen here in tabil today I think maybe a lot of Georgian people
still feel that way today so more than 100 years later and not much has changed potentially now
after World War II to the occupation kind of ramped up in its sort of awfulness although on
April 9th 1991 Georgia was liberated and that is why we came here to what is known as Liberation
Square to end our video I will say this really really impressed big fan of tibisi yeah I love
the five here somehow this country is small the population is small the geography is small and
yet it seems to be consistently punching above its weight class and how unique it is it's even
got its own alphabet which looks a little bit like Thai I'm sure it's unrelated to Thai but
it's uh unique in more ways than one here in Georgia and the history the culture everything
is distinctly Georgian listen I'm Canadian and we have a massive country in area uh 10 times
the population of Georgia roughly but we really culturally are just America light we don't have
a lot of unique culture so I'm really impressed with Georgia small country small population and
there really is a distinct Georgian thing and Georgian Vibe happening here yes uh which is
Asia and Europe and sort of yeah so I had a very good experience and stay tuned for more videos I
think the right idea will be for Ivan and I to get a car oo and drive uh around Georgia see
what we can see Georgia road trip stay tuned for that because uh my first impression is very good
very good yeah so thanks for watching later holy cow 1 2 3 4 I think think but five six
potentially even 7 8 9 10 different types of tomatoes here in Georgia assuming these yellow
and orange ones are also Tomatoes that's 10 we are stocking up on the veggies here
because the veggie just s on the street is much cheaper than the supermarket Supermarket
veggies are no go in Georgia over here is like half the price and tastes better actually yeah