Georgia is the 20th (or so)stop on our travels. Travel with us to this old land in the Middle East- learn with us and eat with us as we explore Georgia!
Georgia,
a country at the intersection of Europe and Asia, is a former Soviet
republic that’s home to Caucasus Mountain villages and Black Sea
beaches. It’s famous for Vardzia, a sprawling cave monastery dating to
the 12th century, and the ancient wine-growing region Kakheti. The
capital, Tbilisi, is known for the diverse architecture and mazelike,
cobblestone streets of its old town.
Cool Facts about Georgia:
- Georgia is a country located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia, and generally considered to be part of Europe.
- Bounded to the west by the Black Sea, Georgia is bordered to the north and northeast by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan.
- Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia.
- Forests cover around 40% of Georgia’s territory.
- Forest regions are characterized by wild boars, deer, bears, lynx, wolves, foxes, jackals, hares, and squirrels.
- The Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park is located in
central Georgia and is part of the Caucasian upland region (Smaller
Caucasus). The park is one of the largest in Europe – it covers more
than 76,000 hectares of native forest and sub-alpine and alpine meadows,
home to rare species of flora and fauna.
- With a staggering depth of 2,197 meters (7,208 feet), Krubera Cave (also known as Voronya or Voronja Cave) is the deepest known cave in the world. Located in the Arabika Massif, of the Western Caucasus in Abkhazia, Georgia, it extends for 13.432 kilometers (8,346 miles.)
- The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi commonly known as Sameba
is the main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church located in
Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Constructed between 1995 and 2004, it
is the third-tallest Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the world and one of
the largest religious buildings in the world by total area.
- Archaeologists found the oldest traces of wine production (6,000 BC) in Georgia
- There are just 14 independent alphabets in the world and Georgian is one of them.
For dinner we had a delicious soup called kharcho- it is a beef and rice soup in a tomato based broth with tons of dill and other fresh herbs., Georgian baton bread, and a Georgian sponge bread called sunger tatlisi.
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| The recipe I found called for you to make a bunch of these little dollops of cake, bake them, but them all in another dish, cover with syrup and let that soak in. The recipe I used was translated from Georgian by google, so it was a little difficult to understand, but I think I did ok. We didn't know any better so there ya go. |
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| This is after all the little cakes had been put into the other dish with the syrup poured on top. It still had to bake for a bit to get all that syrup to soak into those little cakes. |
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| our appetizer: walnuts, various cheeses and grapes. The crackers aren't Georgian, just plain ole Ritz, bu who doesn't like a cheese and cracker? |
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| the fruit leather- super popular in Georiga, this particular kind was made in Mexico, but it was all I could find. |
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| the cake once it was done |
