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06/06/2021

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28/03/2020

🍽♥️Khinkali♥️ is eaten plain or with ground black pepper. The meat filling is uncooked when khinkali is assembled, so when it is cooked, the juices of the meat are trapped inside the dumpling. To make khinkali juicier, usually warm water or broth is added to the minced meat. Khinkali is typically consumed first by sucking the juices while taking the first bite, in order to prevent the dumpling from bursting. The top, where the pleats meet, is tough, and is not supposed to be eaten, but discarded to the plate so that those eating can count how many they have consumed. In Georgia, this top is called the kudi (Georgian: კუდი, "tail") or k'uch'i (Georgian: კუჭი, "stomach").
There is a widespread etiquette in Georgia to use only one's bare hands while consuming these dumplings. The using of utensils, like a fork, is considered incorrect or childish. This is because the tastiest part of the khinkali is its juice; using a fork will rupture the khinkali and the juice will be spilled.

26/03/2020

🎨Today, Gremi fortress is considered a popular attraction of Kakheti and one of the most visited in Georgia. It is located on a hilltop and attracts the attention of travelers from a height. From far away it seems that the walls of the fortress are of different heights. The fact is that they are built on an uneven mountain range, repeating the relief.

The main attraction of the fortress complex is the church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel. The founder of Gremi Castle, Tsar Levan Kakhetinsky, is buried on the right side of the main entrance. The temple is built of brick, and its interior walls are decorated with frescoes.

A museum has been opened in the former bell tower of the castle, which presents a collection of ceramics and bronze, as well as other finds from excavations of the territory. 😉A castle toilet, unique in its time, has been preserved here.

23/03/2020

In the west of Georgia, in the Tskhaltubu district, just a few kilometers from Kutaisi, on the Mount Sataplia, there is the eponymous state reserve with amazingly beautiful karst caves. The name of the mountain in translation means "a place with honey." If you believe the ancient chronicles, here in the old days a large number of wild bees were found, and the inhabitants of the surrounding villages climbed Mount Sataplia to enjoy honey.
Satapli State Nature Reserve differs from other nature conservation areas of Georgia by the presence of unique natural sites:
Crater of a long extinct volcano.
- The parking lot of an ancient stone age man.
- Traces of real dinosaurs left about 70 million years ago on a piece of limestone rock. In 2010, a special pavilion with paths was built over the rocky area with prints, allowing tourists to take a close look at the miraculous traces and photograph them as a keepsake.
- Several karst caves with amazing saponiferous calcite and mineral formations - stalactites and stalagmites.

Sataplia is a reserve with many interesting places. Despite the richness of curious places and objects in the Sataplia nature reserve, the main "star" here certainly "works" a karst cave. The route is only 309 meters long, so you need to absorb the beauty right from the start.
There are no large halls in Sataplia, and this makes it possible to vary the perception of lighting.
The color of the spotlights is constantly changing, because it is not possible to make two identical frames, and this is good. I remember that in our student days we were taken on an excursion here. Impressed by almost everything: stalactites, stalagmites ... (by the way, who cares, the mineral growths hanging in the form of icicles from the vaults of caves are called stalactites; the same ones that rise like columns from below are stalagmites ... @ Georgia - Sakartvelo

22/03/2020

The municipalities outside the two autonomous republics and Tbilisi are grouped, on a provisional basis, into nine regions (mkhare): Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, and Shida Kartli.