Welcome · Expat life
Welcome to a blog for people who are actually here.
Tbilisi is easy to fall for and surprisingly difficult to summarize. The city can feel generous, chaotic, elegant and unfinished before lunch. That is precisely why this journal exists.
Most people do not need another article promising that Georgia is cheap, effortless or perfect for everyone. They need to know whether the apartment is warm in January, which journey becomes impossible at six in the evening, why a bank asks for source-of-funds evidence, and which attractive tax headline stops applying when the facts change.
What we will write about
Our practical guides carry the durable answers: processes, documents, costs, sources and service scope. The blog will be more immediate. It is where we can explain a new rule in human language, compare the lived character of two neighbourhoods, share a first-week observation, or revisit advice after local practice changes.
Our rule is simple: be specific enough to help, honest enough to show uncertainty, and local enough to notice what generic destination sites miss.
What you should expect from us
We will distinguish an official requirement from an everyday observation. Time-sensitive claims will include a date and a source where one exists. Commercial services will be identified clearly. If we correct something material, we will not quietly pretend the earlier version never happened.
There will also be room for the pleasurable parts of living here: a courtyard discovered on the way home, an excellent lunch that does not require a reservation, the etiquette of sharing a table, and the strange satisfaction of finally understanding which exit to take from Station Square.
Start with the question in front of you
If you have just arrived, begin with the Start Here hub. If you are comparing structures or residence routes, use the complete Guides directory. And if the answer depends on your facts, contact us rather than forcing your situation into somebody else’s checklist.
Welcome to Tbilisi. Let’s make the city easier to understand—without making it less interesting.