Reaching
Zuruldi, the highest restaurant in Svaneti, Georgia, is a mini adventure by
itself. An integral part of the Hatsvali Mountain Ski Resort, you
need to take a chair lift that winches slowly and steadily up the mountain
bedecked with a frisky carpet of flowers. The wind tugs impishly at your hair
while birds chirp away incessantly about all things cheerful. It takes about 20 minutes to reach the top of
the mountain. But even in this short period of time, the generous servings of
unadulterated nature makes it possible to banish most of the personal demons
that scamper around restlessly in most of us. The remaining demons that had
read self-help books on persistence and will power vanish faster than you can
say David Copperfield the moment you reach the top. Thanks to the beguiling
beauty of the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains that envelops you in an uplifting
embrace.