Areg Hotel Yerevan

... among them a pagan temple saved from old times, thousands of Christian churches, city fortress, old castles and much more. You can also find hundreds of thousands crosstones, which are also great manifestation of Armenian art and culture. Besides, it has one of the world’s biggest collections of ancient manuscripts dating from the 5th century – all of them are kept in an institute of ...

... that inhabit the parks. And there are lots of parks, so no danger of running out of green space. They've outdone the Thais and their much-beloved open air 'Thai-style' on that count. Of course with the Thai primordial Chinese roots and modern third-generation Chinese business community, not much prime space gets wasted on parks, so they're at a philosophical disadvantage there. The Armenians can't compete for cuisine, though ...

... flown in from Georgia, the family arrived and we had breakfast at our `house'. I went back to the market on my own, the family followed, Marion and I had a day doing our own thing, as Marion came back with the family to spend time with Chloe and her sewing machine . I marketed again, then I went to CHURCH, that is the title of this Blog, modern in comparison, but so, so beautiful, people just ...

... When people talk abou the downfall of modern society and our obsession with sex, well, humanity has been worshipping sex for quite a long time.... Erebuni is an ancient fortress established on a hill about Yerevan about 740 B.C. The site itself was open, so I crawled around over it (and yes, I actually walked up the hill to it, cursing these people and their love for fortresses/chapels/ancient sites on high hills the whole way up). The view was amazing, even ...

... bring many boxes, sacks or buckets from nearby market and stack the whole bus with it. The ride to Garni takes really a loong while. Garni temple is a classical example of a neat Roman temple (restored) and is about 400m from the main road. However, as always in these countries, the main attraction is the setting. The temple sits on a cliff over a really beautifully jagged canyon. It's really nice but I want to see also Geg********astery nearby before the last 6pm marshrutka. But I can ...

... coat-of-arms with chained lions and an eagle, and an inner cave church, Astvatsatsin, with crosses and floral patterns carved into the rock walls. The main Surp Katoghike, behind a gavit with candle offerings, was full with a wedding party from Yerevan, with the priest blessing them. I walked back along the road, back down the canyon until I reached Garni, flagged a bus, and returned to Yerevan. On the last day, back in Yerevan, loud cheering ...

... also closed. As a result of the rain and the clouds, it was impossible to see the peak of Mt. Ararat as well as any attempt to visually find Noah's Ark; not that it would have been visible on a clear day but at least one could have tried looking for it. Though the trip out there was not wasted as I descended into St. Gregory's pit where he was imprisoned. He was ...

... mer i bloggherbergid tvi nofnin her eru ekki thessleg ad eg geti lagt tau a minnid) og vid eitt thorpid sem vid okum i gegnum fengum vid ad sja fjoldan allan af storkahreidrum upp a rafmagnsstaurum, ad sjalfsogdu fengum vid myndastopp, thirptumst ut og myndudum i grid og erg. Fengum meira ad segja ad fara upp a troppur a husi vid gotuna til ad na betra sjonarhorni. Gamall madur stod nedan vid troppurnar og brosti ad atganginum, hann ...

... less than 10 minutes and got our music ready in order to play. Now, one of the tables in the right end (where all the high bells are) was slightly slanted so all the bells were falling off. We made sure that we don't let the bells roll off as we play them. Crazy when you need to double or switch bells, cause there was the roll-offs to keep in mind. It was group work, definately, as we actually managed to sound really good. On the way back ...

... But at Smbats I am told a horrible story of Smbat drivind a car when suddenly the tire explodes, car starts tourning, hits a rock, rolls over a few times and starts burning. (And well, I ve seen a video of the car after the crash, so I am completely convinced it was true). Miraculously Smbat got off nearly uninjured and thanks god no one else was in the car! In the evening we have a randez vous with Eric, Kathrine, Berit, ani, Haykanush and ...