Areg Hotel Yerevan

... especially Crab Kebab, you can find it in any restaurant near Lake Sevan<br><br> Fish dishes &#8211; again Lake Sevan<br><br> Dolma &#8211; meet in grape leaves<br><br> Also try our ice-creams - they're tasty too))<br><br> <br><br> Some expressions:<br><br> Hello &#8211; Barev dzez!<br><br> How are you? &#8211; Vonts eq?<br><br> Well &#8211; Lav<br><br> Bad &#8211; Vat<br><br> Thank you &#8211 ...

We will be driving through all those towns, and we have too little time and much to do. So I&#8217;ve already started gathering information.<br>Yesterday I heard that the tickets to church Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan (where is located Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper") is better to book in advance on-line. Can you imagine how ...

... and go and purchase a taxi sign and maybe a meter, the so-called lanes are only a guide as traffic weaves at great speeds anywhere on the road with mega tooting of the horns -when we cross a road , it is with baited breath if we are actually going to make it, and that is on a green light!!! Anyway we have had Eddie for two days, and he is the lovely man who Julian uses all the time He ...

... the marshrutka and asked the driver for the destination to make sure it was the right bus. The driver told me yes, but that I needed to buy a ticket (this was about 45 minutes before departure). I went into the bus station to buy the ticket, stood in line, approached the window, and told the girl behind it my destination. She spoke something in Armenian, then looked to the next customer. I waited for the next guy to buy a ticket, then pushed my way back in ...

... bird, so it's not as horrid as it sounds). While there, it started SNOWING/Hailing (think big snow that didn't hurt...) 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 new favorite food today. Imagine a fruit roll up, all natural, the size of a small poster. Oh yes, it exists. And it's delicious.

... many distinct details. There are no frescoes or icons, just stone: many khatchkars [beautifully decorated (funeral) stone panels, also in the floor] and many other ornaments on the walls/columns. There is usually a hole in the central dome. The crosses are different...actually Armenia was the first country in the world to adopt Christianity. And there are no ray of lights inside so typical for Georgia ones. Behind the monastery there is a graveyard, presenting typical Arm/Geo style ...

... of the holy text, it should be treated as accepted. Another point of distinction was the nature of Christ, which the Council of Chalcedon established as consisting of two natures: full humanity and full divinity. The Armenian Church believed that these two aspects were present, but were of one nature, thus the churches disagreed and split into sects. Still, Pope John Paul II visited Echmiadzin, with a monument there commemorating the event. During this time, the ...

... br><br><br><br>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 an ...

... 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 ...

after our late night, donavon was gracious enough to let us sleep in until 10 o'clock this morning! and even though we got 6 hours of sleep, our poor drivers got about 4! today was our day off.. no concerts, just tons of sight-seeing and souvenier-buying. you know, all the important things in life ;) we visited the first church ever built in armenia.. and possibly one of the first in the world. it was where st gregory had a vision, so the church was erected on the holy ground. it ...