Garni Yerevan

Day two in Armenia! I slept quite early the night before, so feel really fresh for the new adventure today. After a nice decent breakfast at Aviatrans Hotel, the hotel where we're staying, we walked and took some pictures on the way to Envoy. Yes, we did take another tour from Envoy, they were really helpful on everything, and the tour price is …

... We did a couple of day trips out which I'll briefly describe first. Garni and Geghard Monastery/Church. Garni is the last remaining Pagan site in Armenia and is a reconstruction using original stones when they could. Again, the setting is amazing: ...

... geheuer, aber auch hier wieder nur gute Erfahrungen.] Echmiadzin: Zentrum der Geistlichen in Armenien. In Avan (Stadtteil von Yerevan) stundenlang die Kirche gesucht. Kein Einheimischer hat eine Ahnung, wo was ist. Komisch. Aber hilfsbereit ist man ...

... place to worship and such beautiful sound, it's a glimpse as to why Armenian faith has survived for so long. We are humbled after these first glimpses of Armenian faith and culture and amid a light rain our journey back to Yerevan is ...

... also a hotel called Prague and by the lake there is a Bohemian resort, whatever it is. Back in Yerevan I am surprised how fast one can travel in Armenia (in comparison to Georgia) and so I decide to visit Garni Temple & Geghard Monastery in ...

... prayer and ritual. Not one to shrug off his own miraculous recovery, Kind Tiridates immediately declared Christianity to be Armenia's state religion and decreed (in his persuasive, 'do-or-die' manner) that his people reverently follow example. ...

... I couldn’t get any good views of the outside of the church. Sadly that was the end of my time in Yerevan, although not the end of my time in Armenia. This morning I boarded the bus once again for the tour that would bring me home. Of course the ...

... ...) on me. Sigh. I only thought I was away from the land of snow and ice... The temperature was warmer when I returned to Yerevan, but now you can see snow on the tops of the mountains.           I found a ...

... can be seen in this picture, many did).   Garni is an ancient pagan temple, that quite miraculously survived in Christian Armenia. There is a story behind that that can easily be found on internet so I won’t dwell on this. The loudspeakers ...

Back in Yerevan I did a couple of tours. Went to Garni which has the only remaining Roman temple in the country and probably one of the most easterly ones ever built. As you will see from the photos it was in typical style though with local stone rather ...

... light them and place them in a  sand/water trough,  I have done this at most We then came back into Yerevan and finished the day with a tour through the Cognac Factory, mmmmmmmmmm three quite large brandy glasses with a good measure ...