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Tbilisi - Roofline of restaurant in clocktower courtyard off Baratashvili |
Baratashvili Avenue and its offshoots boast:
- Puppet Museum
- Doll Museum
- Clocktower courtyard
- Marriage Registry office
Over the course of several days during her visit, Kate and I had occasion to visit the area.
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In the petite courtyard with the quirky clocktower are the Hangar Bar, the Puppet Museum, a couple of other restaurants, and a vacant, new building that seems destined for a boutique hotel.
On the hour, the clocktower's doors open to allow an angel to emerge, open his wings, turn, strike a bell with a hammer - once for each hour - turn, fold his wings, and go back through the doors, and the doors close.
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Tbilisi - Clocktower courtyard. Original, interior ceiling of Hangar Bar. Building was a bakery long time ago, when built. |
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Tbilisi - Hangar Bar. Clocktower courtyard off Baratashvili. "American breakfast" delish. |
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Tbilisi - Restaurant in clocktower courtyard off Baratshvili. |
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Tbilisi - New, unoccupied building in clocktower courtyard off Baratashvili. |
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A few weeks ago, I'd had lunch at Buta's Restaurant on Baratashvili, enjoying the best damned chicken livers ever.
I finished Isaac Asimov's book,
Lucky Starr: Pirates of the Asteroids there.
But when Kate and I visited, it was closed.
On the bright side, on our way there, we passed the marriage registry office. We stopped to look as a newly-minted couple emerged.
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Tbilisi - Baratashvili Street. Marriage registry. |
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Tbilisi - Baratashvili Street. Marriage registry. |
Some other sights off of Baratashvili:
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Tbilisi - Off Baratashvili Street |
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Tbilisi - Off Baratashvili Street |
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