For tourists, the small country of Georgia offers an inexpensive summer vacation. Getting to some of its prime locations, such as the beaches along the Black Sea or its ski slopes in the winter, is not easy. However, the country’s hospitality and cuisine culture is outstanding; you can find everywhere traditional cheese-filled khachapuri bread, Georgian wine and chacha, a strong pomace brandy.
Geographically, Georgia lies between Russia and Turkey and is therefore a meeting ground for Christianity and Islam. The capital Tbilisi, once known as Tiflis, was also a vital nexus for the early 20th-century international avant-garde, who usually visited or lived in the city after stints in Paris, Moscow or St. Petersburg. However, by the 1930s Georgia had become part of the Soviet empire, and in the ’90s the…
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ArtAsiaPacific (Digital) - 1 Issue, Mar/Apr 2017