29 May 2011

GEORGIA: Hospitality Abounds In Former Soviet Republic.

NYTIMES/  TRAVEL / C. Levy

NYT:      "In recent years, local growers...have begun to throw open their doors to tourists, showing off Georgia’s robust traditions of hospitality, which endured even during the Soviet era. Back then, Georgia was a popular vacation spot for the Communist elite, with its soaring mountains and Black Sea coast. Even now, Georgian cuisine has a cherished niche throughout the former Soviet Union — a jazzy cousin to more staid Slavic food."