Allstar Terjan Hotel Yerevan

... líp ne&#382; GZipem, ale vzhledem k zapln&#283;nosti místních aut by dal&#353;í stop mohl trvat dost dlouho - ve t&#345;ech to neni jednoduchý. <br>Vystoupili jsme u m&#283;sta Ararat, odm&#283;nili na&#353;eho &#345;idi&#269;e ráno koupeným ko&#328;akem (stál 60 korun, ale z&#345;ejm&#283; &#382;ádný plevel :-)) a okam&#382;it&#283; ztratili p&#367;l litru krve ve prosp&#283;ch komár&#367;. Dostali jsme se toti&#382; z&#345;ejm&#283; do ní&#382;inných líhní. Moc jsme ...

... are newly built and mostly empty. In a way the Armenians are like the Jews: they are intelligent people and most of them good businessmen who, because of historical events (the Ottoman Empire occupied a large part of Armenia, and today Turkey still has lands that are used to be part of Armenia, such as its ancient capital Ani and Mt. Ararat, symbol of Armenia) are forced to live outside of their own country. <br><br>And the similarity doesn&#8217;t stop there. Both of them also ...

... part of the year. Especially September and October. It is called «Golden Autumn» (in Armenian «Voske Ashun» if you wish) =) In this time of the year the nature is wonderful. The trees change into warm colours &#8211; yellow, red, brown, some of them remain green. So you feel like you're in a fairy tale. When you leave Yerevan for the country, and pass by wide valleys and see those beautiful ...

... world to the Armenian countryside. Like a European town permanently on holiday the populace strutt along the polished boulevards armed to the teeth in (fake) designer wear. The young middle aged and old sit lazily in the parks and cafes enjoying the sunshine, the world of work a million miles away. Trim couples admire themselves in shop windows followed by long legged tourists who think they should stop eating cheap bakery goods. Built in 1920 the city ...

... wound), and just in general I get candy for being an American/young/a girl/speaking one of the local languages. If I wasn't already a big kid, this would be an excellent deal. But alas.... A superstition of Kazakhstan, I learned yesterday, has made it to Armenia: girls can't sit on cold concrete/ground. This is one of the most annoying things I've encountered traveling. Yesterday I was sitting on the cool concrete of a wall ...

... happy to get off at Vanadzor. New language, new alphabet, new exchange rate computations. Around the train station looks like from the 50th, appearances are deceptive and the city is actually not so bad and is quite lively. Since I'm a bit late there, I try Gugarg hotel in the huge Soviet-style main square. However the price got from LP's 3000AMD to 9000AMD [it's empty and they don't bargain, chm] and thus I walk for another kilometer to the second nearest accommodation - Maghay B ...

... less intricate, to hold the building in place and replace the missing pieces. Ten kilometers further was Geg********astery. As time was short and there was no marshrukas to the monastery, hidden in a canyon in the basaltic Geghama Range, I took a taxi from Garni, with a friendly local driver. I told him I would walk back, as the day was still young enough. Geghard was surrounded by canyon walls and its own basaltic monastery walls, with monk ...

... of Yeravan we fueled up the cars and found a spot to camp. It was dark but the place seemed as good a place as any. Off the side of a small road, abandoned apartment buildings all around us. We pitched our tents said our goodnights and went to sleep for the evening. Just before I crawled into my sleeping bag Zsofi grabbed a foam mat from the top of the car and placed it under my sleeping bag. "The ground is a bit bumpy and cold tonight you may want ...

... ilminn af nýslegnu grasi og þegar ferðafélagarnir rekast á maur með stóra bjöllu í eftirdragi heyrist kallað ,,hvar er Hafrún" og geri það auðvitað fyrir þau að mynda maurinn meðan hann kjagar áfram með þennan óhöndulega farangur þar til hann dettur framm af veggnum og ég sé hans sögu ekki lengur. Eftir hádegið er svo frjáls dagur í Yerevan og þann tíma nota flestir til að fara á markaðinn. Markaðurinn er nk Kolaport, nema þessi er utandyra undir ótal bláum ...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! We love you Mom Mother Mommy Mumsy Mami Madre etc. :-) Hope your Mother's Day was wonderful. Know that we are thinking of you. from your kids in Armenia