Well, today I managed to do one of the stupidest things ever

I decided to walk home from Rustaveli (which some say is a stupid thing) as I had time to kill and it’s one of the few ways I get any physical activity around here. For those who are currently outside of Tbilisi, Chavchavadze Avenue is being repaved. They’ve been repaving it for over two weeks or something along those lines. Slightly irritating. For those who have never been on Chavchavadze, it is one of the main streets in Tbilisi and it’s also one of the oldest. There are fairly posh shops and it has amazing architecture which reminds me a little of European towns.

So somehow I forgot that Chavchavadze is being repaved and I decided to take my usual route home. As I approached Chavchavadze, there were no cars on it so instead of taking an underpath, I did the amazing thing of crossing right over the part that was covered in tar. Needless to say, my shoes stuck to the tar, then one fell off which resulted in me stepping barefoot right on the tar thus getting tar all over my foot and then, after I fished out the sandal, I got tar all over it as well. Some Georgian dude stared at me in disbelief and then proceeded to tell me something in Georgian while pointing to the tar and then the underpath. Being cool, I attempted to scrape the tar off my sandals and shrugged my shoulders. And then continued my walk home which took about another 20 minutes. Of course, every little piece of grass, dirt, little rocks, and other things that you may find on the street stuck to my sandals. It was a nightmare. But I kept on walking, holding my head up high.

Thank god for nail polish remover which took off the layers of tar off my foot. I used up most of my cotton balls and most of the polish remover (not to confuse with Polish remover – hi Nick!). Below, you can find a pic of my sandals. I am saddened by our sudden departure as they are headed straight for the trash. I liked them very much. So I guess it’s time to go sandal shopping…