Test Drive | Page 33

Special Issue home-made wine, picked almonds from a tree, rushed for a hammer and started cracking the nuts for us… I think any traveler, who visits Georgia, will hardly resist falling in love with this country. As for me, upon return I came to realize what I miss in my home city. In Tbilisi the shops stay open until 2 o’clock in the morning. In Minsk the only public places that stay open at that time are night clubs and restaurants. But if a person is strolling about the city or taking a bicycle ride – I love evening bike rides – why should they go to an expensive café or restaurant? Not everyone can afford or would be willing to go there if all that you want is a cup of tea with a bun or an ice-cream. In Minsk at eleven everything comes to a standstill, the city is sleeping… but the streets of Tbilisi are full of light! The narrow streets are flooded with dancing people – and it sets you into a cheerful mood! Interviewed by Liudmila DRIK Bacho Gaprindashvili (Georgia) Olga Tsiskarishvili (Georgia). Kvareli 33