We went to the opera and bought tickets. The
surprising thing about it was, that we were able to buy tickets to the 4th row,
just half an hour before starting. And it was dirt cheap compared to the opera
prices at home.
The title was Abesalon and Eteri it was in
Georgian, as it is their national opera play, but with no subtitles. The guide
told us the story of it, so it was understandable. It is kinda like Romeo and
Juliet.
The weird part was that the main characters
were supposed to be around 18-20 y/o but 60+ singers played them.
I was surprised that the whole audience stood upto applaud at the end.
We missed the dinner in the hotel, so we went
to eat something afterwards with the guide. He took us to a restaurant which is
famous for it's khinkali. This is a national dish of Georgia. It is basically a
pasta bag filled with something. The something was meat, mushrooms, etc., but
all full of coriander. For some people, like me, coriander tastes like shampoo.
I'm ok with coriander in small quantities, but there is a point when it is just
too much of the shampoo taste. Just like salt, you need a bit, but not a dish
full of it.
We ordered like 10 khinkali each, because it
was the normal portion according to the guide. It turned out that 4-5 is
already enough per person, especially from the coriander in it.
The other thing we tried was hatsapuri, which
is like a pizza filled with cottage cheese and no topping but cheese. I liked
this.
After all, this was very cheap so we were happy
with it.
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