Reese Family

Odds and Ends

Here are just some fun around the city pictures. Can you find me? This is one of the entries into a metro - usually you go down some stairs. The entrances are usually crowed with people selling things - fruits, veggies, flowers and such.

There are 2 different Metro lines. At the spot where the 2 lines meet, they have a huge bazaar (think Galt auction x 10 crowded under plastic tarp!) The isle ways are tiny and they have dozens of the same booths all together - selling the same things at pretty much the same prices. This was one of E. Reese's favorite spots - the candy! Ok - his most favorite was the cookie vendors - he tried several there and now has some favorites. It was really smelly going through the fish area. They also had grains sitting in big burlap sacks. Lots of clothes and shoes booths. It is an amazing place to wander around in!

At the bazaar I was able to find a red plastic table cloth - I am feeling much better about my little kitchen! Now for some red curtains!

A marshutka is a 15 seater van - that often is crammed with 20 - 25 people! It is what we take when our destination is not next to the Metro! Here is E. Reese watching to make sure we don't miss our stop.

Walking along the street to go inspect one of our missionaries apartments, we saw this tree growing up through the middle of the store!

These are the big garbage cans that they have along the streets. We carry our garbage down and toss it in. Every month we pay 10 lari ($7) for this service. So one day we are headed to our apartment and we see a fire coming out of one of them! It so reminded me of the time Christy burned her garbage can with the fireplace ashes - I had to take a picture and laughed about it all the way home!!!