The mission for our Sunday off was simple: find American-style pizza and eat it. We accomplished this goal, and much more.
*WARNING, the following is what happens when you eat a diet of nothing but oily potatoes, beans, and bread for weeks*
This whole week, all of us in our cluster have been reminiscing about food we miss: Indian food, Thai food, Mexican food, Chipotle, and Pizza were all discussed at length. However, the only feasible option in the vicinity of our village was pizza. It is also important to note that pizza with mayonnaise on it is a thing here...yeah. So we were resolute on finding pizza without mayonnaise, or, as the Georgians would say, გარეშე მაიონეზი (gareshe mauonezi).
Today, we went to Gori and found an excellent cafe with excellent pizza. We MAY have ordered 5 pizzas...The restaurant staff made us all take their business cards and promise to tell all our friends lol. If you are ever in Gori and want good pizza, go to "Cake House" (ნამცხვარის სახლი / namtskhvaris sakhli) on Stalin Avenue.
After eating the pizza, we were the literal incarnations of this dog:
Some other things that happened besides the pizza expedition:
As we were wandering around Gori, we came across this mural. It is a picture of Georgia being bombed by Russian planes, and reads "the Price of Independence". This mural is painted over a wall riddled with bullet holes from the 2008 Russian Invasion, when Gori was bombed and occupied.
We walked around in a riverside park that had great views:
*WARNING, the following is what happens when you eat a diet of nothing but oily potatoes, beans, and bread for weeks*
This whole week, all of us in our cluster have been reminiscing about food we miss: Indian food, Thai food, Mexican food, Chipotle, and Pizza were all discussed at length. However, the only feasible option in the vicinity of our village was pizza. It is also important to note that pizza with mayonnaise on it is a thing here...yeah. So we were resolute on finding pizza without mayonnaise, or, as the Georgians would say, გარეშე მაიონეზი (gareshe mauonezi).
Today, we went to Gori and found an excellent cafe with excellent pizza. We MAY have ordered 5 pizzas...The restaurant staff made us all take their business cards and promise to tell all our friends lol. If you are ever in Gori and want good pizza, go to "Cake House" (ნამცხვარის სახლი / namtskhvaris sakhli) on Stalin Avenue.
After eating the pizza, we were the literal incarnations of this dog:
Some other things that happened besides the pizza expedition:
As we were wandering around Gori, we came across this mural. It is a picture of Georgia being bombed by Russian planes, and reads "the Price of Independence". This mural is painted over a wall riddled with bullet holes from the 2008 Russian Invasion, when Gori was bombed and occupied.
We also came across a car show/race being held in front of the EU building in the center. How they got permission for this was beyond us, but it was interesting to watch. All the cars were pretty busted up from racing.
We walked around in a riverside park that had great views:
It also had a creepy mostly-abandoned Soviet-era theme park in the middle of it. This ferris wheel looked ready to fall down at any moment. Also, fun fact, apparently in Russian ferris wheel is "Satan's Mill", which seemed appropriate for this particular one.
Lastly, we went to a soccer game at the local team's stadium. Gori's ream, Dila, is apparently 3rd in the country's professional league! The game was very exciting -- in the first half alone, the opposing team's goalie got called for 2 penalties (resulting in penalty kicks for Dila), and then got sent off with a red card for punching one of Dila's players!
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| The stadium had great views of the fortress and the weird white building that I haven't quite figured out what it is yet |
My favorite line: "If you are ever in Gori and want good pizza...."
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Dila won! We had to leave after the 1st half to catch our bus back but I heard that Dila won later.
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