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Exploring a Sven Tower in Mestia and learning about the local culture
Georgia is becoming more interesting each day.
It is 1230 pm, and I just got back from exploring Mestia. Exploring to me is sitting too long at breakfast, reading a book about Georgia, and exploring and going inside a Svan Tower. The book is called Bread and Ashes.
First, that has been my highlight more on that in a bit. When I was on the bus, someone mentioned that Georgians drink a lot.
That is a running theme in the world; everyone drinks a lot. I might believe they drink more than other places only based on my experience this morning.
As I sat down to breakfast, I noticed a guy finishing off what looked like a tall boy in the US, but maybe it was the average-sized beer. He looked at me and then proceeded to order another one, always one eye looking my way.
After the second beer, he said something to me in Georgian, and by his gestures, he offered me a beer. It was around 10 am, and I declined, and he continued to drink, eventually moving his seat so he was directly in front of me, but he was preoccupied with his phone and appeared that his head would be down on the table shortly.
He also had a sad look; maybe it was a rough night. I wish I could have spoken to him, but my Georgian language proficiency needs to improve.
At this point, I had been at breakfast for over an hour and was ready to continue my day; however, before I left the table, another man approached me and asked me if I wanted to join him for a drink, a vino.
I don’t know if that meant wine or something else, but it was alcohol. I declined again, as even if I was a drinker before noon, no way.
I walked over to where the purpose of my morning was to climb the Nigurain family Sven tower, built in the 12th century, also known as lushnukor, and was used as a defense tower, but also fortress homes.
