Barber and Shabbat

Today was an action packed day. I woke up and the owner of the guest house, Mother Goari, made Zach and I breakfast. It was a traditional Georgian breakfast with pancake things and vegetables with nuts. After breakfast we went to drop our laundry off for a much needed wash. While waiting for my laundry I read a few pages of my book, The Old Man and the Sea, while Zach went to the Bank of Georgia to finalize opening a bank account. After, I met up with the seller of the Gudauri apartment, Joseph Cohen. He is a French Moroccan Israeli Jew who is 65 years old. He was very nice and charismatic and we had a great talk. We discussed geopolitics and his investments in Georgia over the past years. He told me that the Georgian economy is like a yoyo. This means small geopolitical disturbances can create large fluctuations in prices. He told me that the Emirates is the next place to make money. We met at his nail salon he owns in Tbilisi which was cool. I really enjoyed talking and learning from him. He is about to move back to Israel and work on more projects there. I walked 40 minutes to a barbershop appointment I had down Rustaveli street. I went to Partizan Barber shop and my barber was Arsen. He was a magician with the scissors. **It was probably the best haircut I ever had.** He didn't speak any English. I just showed him a picture and he went to town. He was meticulous and focused. He used this blow dryer with an attachment which was super cool. He also trimmed my facial hair which was a first for me. It was 25 dollars total! In the US that service easily could be 75-100 dollars. After getting cut up I walked back and got ready for Shabbat. At the Shabbat meal I met two cool guys, Yosef and Yaakov. They told me their life stories and we laughed and enjoyed. It was a really nice time. I just have 5 more days left in Georgia. Hopefully we can close the deal on the apartment in the ski region as well as head to the wine region to relax and explore.