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  1. Dulwich Hamlet are now playing at home. They've got a cup game against Chesham (15:00) so KIngstonian away has been postponed. I'd advise getting there early - this is a seventh tier club (with a seventh tier ground) which now sometimes gets crowds of 2,000+. The queues for the hipster craft beer can be pretty horrific
  2. I'd say 30 sounds about right. I think I've paid 20 something from town to the airport in the past, but that's with a local booking it in advance.
  3. They know an emergency when they see one, OLAS...
  4. If anyone's looking for a slightly more expensive bottle to put in the suitcase (well wrapped up in old socks etc), take home and keep for a while, I've just been into a shop called Vino Underground which stocks only natural wines from small producers. I'd say the average price was £10-15 per bottle - though there's more expensive stuff obviously. If you tell them the sort of thing you want (e.g. something to keep etc) they're very knowledgable and helpful. I spoke to one of the managers - Enek - she speaks perfect English. Tell her Pete recommended them - and, no, I'm not on commission... The shop is on G Tabidze Street, about 3 mins walk from Freedom Square - on the right, down in a cellar.
  5. Thanks Goozay - I emailed the SSC and they got back to me straight away.
  6. For those medicinal moments, in the absence of hot and cold running Irn Bru, I recommend taragoni - tarragon lemonade. Again you can get big bottles in supermarkets. Bright green, looks like mouthwash, tastes of ...er ... tarragon. I like it with a shot of Georgian brandy in it - but that's regarded as a bit odd. A cult drink.
  7. Local beers include Argo, Kazbegi and Natakhtari. Argo do a dark (black) beer in bottles which I've developed a bit of a taste for. For the fridge, there's a wide range of big plastic bottles in supermarkets eg branches of Populi or the big Carrefour near the flower market (at that one they make you leave bags in a locker as you go in).
  8. Has anyone got pick up details - I haven't had an email yet.
  9. Great - thanks for posting the link, Doon.
  10. Hot off the press - if you can get hold of a copy of Georgia Today - an English language paper - you'll find it in the Sheraton lobbies etc - there's a great piece on p 23 written by an ex-pat Scot called Alastair Watt: "Supra for the Scots - Tartan Army Guide to Tbilisi".
  11. That's the thing about it - is it Europe or Asia. In some ways, it's pretty European - there's an EU flag flying outside the parliament. But Georgian history involves Iran pretty much as much as Russia. If you're interested in that sort of thing, you could try the permanent Exhibition of Soviet Occupation which is on the top floor of the National Museum close by Freedom Square.
  12. Hi Snapper, if you look back through the thread, there's a link to a guide a friend of my here produces - THE GEORGIAN. Gives you a good flavour of the place.
  13. Didn't get tanked up at the airport, I must admit, but I'd say the Ukrainian beer in the cafe are was 3-4 euros for 0.5 l. In Tbilisi today, 0.5 l bottle of Argo dark beer was 4.90 lari - about £1.30. And that was in tourist Central - a bar on Erekle II St.
  14. Weather pretty good here in Tbilisi - apparently it got a bit cooler and more pleasant last week - still low 80s though.
  15. Came through there last night - they took Euros - can't say anything about the exchange rate though. As you come upstairs from the transit security check, there's a smallish bar straight ahead of you. Head away from that towards the higher number gates and there's a bar/cafe called Gourmet - smallish portion of grilled chicken and potatoes and large Ukrainian beer was 11 euros. Heading towards the lower number gates, there's another small bar. That seemed to be about it - though there's duty free shops. Bear in mind that there's no free in flight service on UIA - e.g. small bottle of wine is 3 euros.
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