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This graffiti was found on one of the walls of the Telavi Hotel that now houses refugees from Abkhazia. Someone obviously has some artistic ambition, but most of what we saw at the hotel was pretty depressing - a crumbling hotel full of refugees who have no where to go and no where to work. Read more about our visit to Kakheti and adventures with Misha and Shota.
A friendly vegetable vendor shoots us a smile at the Telavi main market.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.
Telavi is the regional capital of Kakheti and is surrounded by vineyards, fields, and the Caucasus mountains in the distance.Read more about our visit to Kakheti and adventures with Misha and Shota.
Dining Options in Telavi
These women catch a few winks while chicken vending.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.
As we strolled the aisles at the Telavi main market, vendors would engage us in Russian to find out where we were from. Just being American in this part of the world actually gets lots of smiles...something we're not used to during most of our travels!Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.
Trunks filled with vegetables at the Telavi main market in Kakheti.These tomatoes were so sweet you could eat them like fruit. As amazing as these are, we're told that they are nothing compared to the tomatoes that come in August/September.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.
Two Azerbaijani vendors at the Telavi main market. Their kind, expressive faces couldn't help but draw us in.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.
Another shot in our series of pig heads at the market....this time from the market in Telavi, Georgia.Read more about our visit to Kakheti and adventures with Misha and Shota.
Savory and sweet; mild, spicy and everything in between.Read more about our visit to Kakheti and adventures with Misha and Shota.
These jolly mushroom vendors at the Telavi market couldn't stop laughing after Audrey asked if she could take a photo.Read more about our visit to Kakheti and adventures with Misha and Shota.
One of the things we really love about Georgian cuisine is its use of fresh herbs, in cooking and also as palate cleansers.Flat parsley, purple basil, tarragon, cilantro, and dill figure prominently.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.
The smells from the spice stalls would always entice us closer. If we weren't traveling for such a long period, we'd buy some to take back with us...but that's not really practical at the moment.
Piles of fresh garlic at Telavi's food market.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.
A large rooster takes a rest on the front step of a house in Telavi.
Telavi's food market.
This man drew Audrey in with strawberry samples...and then asked for his photo to be taken, too.The strawberries in Kakheti in June were delicious - small, sweet, and bursting with taste. No sugar necessary!Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.
An Azerbaijani vendor trying to entice us to buy more tomatoes.
Bags of fragrant spice mixtures at the Telavi main market.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.
We were told the pinkish tomatoes on the left were sweeter and juicier than the red tomatoes. ..
When we popped into this church in Telavi to look around, we witnessed several people stopping by on their way home from work to say a prayer or make an offering.Georgian churches have a peaceful, tolerant and welcoming feel...like they are open for everyone.Read more about our visit to Kakheti and adventures with Misha and Shota.
