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“I’ve also missed specific cafes and restaurants I used to frequent, down to specific items on their menus.” “I missed my old, normal life and going out to eat and meeting my friends at some of my favorite eateries was a big part of that life,” Maya Mateshvili, a media development specialist, told Eurasianet. Many could not wait to make their first reservation in months, allowing themselves to dream again of their favorite places and meals. The nighttime curfew was lifted on May 23.Īnd on June 1 came what many food-and-drink-enthusiastic Georgians had been especially eagerly awaiting: the reopening of outdoor restaurants. Some shops were allowed to open May 8 and hairdressers on May 18. Skeptics rolled their eyes – “It’s not like they invented a coronavirus vaccine,” one resident miffed on Facebook – but many still savored the return of small pleasures that had been banned for two months of a strictly enforced 9 pm-to-6 am curfew.įor the last few weeks, Georgia’s heavy lockdown – credited with making the country a rare international success story in combating COVID-19 – has been gradually dismantled. Occasional fireworks crackled through the night.

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Some drove around honking and yelling, others clapped from their windows and balconies.

The day that Georgia’s claustrophobic state of emergency expired, the jubilation that erupted in Tbilisi felt like New Year’s Eve all over again.Īt the stroke of midnight, denizens of the capital city hit the streets, many with a bottle of alcohol in hand. Back to normal: Tucking into some khachapuri acharuli (Giorgi Lomsadze)