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"Tuesday in the Park with George"

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 Tuesday, August 9, 2022 Okay, so we weren't in the park;  but we WERE with George! We were supposed to meet our guide at 9:30 at Daviti's Wine Spot.  The cab dropped us off but we couldn't see the shop, even though we found the address.  And Tbilisi Loves You, the free local wifi, wasn't working, so I bit the bullet and turned off airplane mode to contact Daviti.  Long story short, George, our friend from the last trip is our guide and driver and the three other people are meeting us here;  but the program has been flip-flopped so day one is day two and vice versa.  It doesn't matter, now that we're all here and ready to go! It's right across the street from our hotel. Thee sulfur baths in the Old City I've been fascinated this whole trip by these brooms and today I finally get to one being made, right on the street! The final step, wrapping it tightly so it stays together. Two of the other three people are a married couple from Slovenia (our second cou