Best Eastern Arma Hotel Yerevan

... l odjí&#382;d&#283;t do Geghardu.<br> B&#283;hem cesty se nic moc nestalo, a tak jsme po hodin&#283; vystupovali na cest&#283;, která vedla dále na klá&#353;ter Geghard. Tam jsme vyrazili a byli rádi, &#382;e t&#283;&#382;ké bágly le&#382;í u Anahit. Podél cesty se ty&#269;ily samé nevábné vesni&#269;ky, podivné budovy (kadibudka uprost&#345;ed pole), obchody s mnoha druhy cigaret, mnoha druhy vodek a dv&#283;ma druhy salámu, ve kterých nikdo nenakupoval. Po ...

... dálnici, skoro nikdo na ní nejede ani kilem, jeliko&#382; to Lady nedovolují. Do Jerevanu jsme dorazili po poledni a rovnou vyzkou&#353;eli cestu metrem (za 50 dram&#367;, tak&#382;e n&#283;co p&#345;es dv&#283; koruny :-)). V Jerevanu jezdí starý sov&#283;tský metro jaký jezdilo d&#345;ív u nás, jenom&#382;e<br>jenom dva vagóny - na normáln&#283; dlouhým nástupi&#353;ti to vypadá vtipn&#283;<br>(jinak je v metru daleko v&#283;t&#353;í tma ne&#382; u nás ...

... carpets, I suggest you to have a walk through our painting and souvenir market called Vernisaj, or to connect one of the tourism agencies who provides such service, which is much safer if you are willing to buy a real good-quality product. I know higher mentioned Vis-a-vis tour travel agency (www.visavistour.com) is providing such service. <br><br> In sphere of music I should say that the best to ...

... award for traveler of the year. So my big dilemma is whether to go to Nagorno/Karabakh or not. On the one hand, it might become a full-fledged UN country one day, in which case I'd need it for my country count. On the other hand, it might not; and it's seven hours down a dead-end road, a road that I'll just have to re-trace, AND I'M ALREADY DOWN A DEAD-END ROAD THAT I HAVE TO RE-TRACE. I find out later that the road is not actually a ...

Today is Saturday, and we have been to the most amazing flea market, many Armenian goodies to be had, it was pouring with rain, which made it unpleasant, the family came in as well. We are very busy, Marion and I went on a tour on Thursday, to the most incredible old/ancient monasteries, an 8 hour trip in a mini van, a guide etc, hard to believe that these huge sites ...

... church heads would carry had the heads of serpents/dragons on top of them. According to the monk curator, these were to remind/give the heads of church wisdom. The curator was very nice, except when a little sneer came out in his voice when he asked if I was "Protestant." Sometimes it's good to be able to pull out the line, "Well, my parents were Catholic...." The topping for today's excursions was to the Yerevan Brandy Company, which makes brandy under the ...

... story. They drop me somewhere in Yerevan and give me a hint: today's National independence day festival at the main square. And why not! The Republic square (former Lenin one) is really big and is circumscribed by many important buildings nicely lit in the night. In the middle is a stage for local musicians (from classical to metal) and very decorative colorful fountains lit with national colors. I sit on the curb for a while watching the people dancing, riding some small cars in the ...

... on-canvas art--reds, yellows, oranges, greens--was in brilliant contrast to the snow-covered artist and brown trees of the surrounding park. "The color should sing. It should express the perception of the essence of life which is in every human being. By using color, I can even further enhance what I see so that the light could be more brilliant in my works." ~ Martiros Sarian. Back on the couches surrounded by this art: Anahit's mother--Anahit was describing ...

... Ottoman Turks. John and I enjoyed our trip, but there was another side to it I'll have hard time admitting with some of my country folk. LOVE AND HATE Many thoughts ran through my head on this portion of the trip. Since I had been here in 1995, I did a lot comparing, and there were drastic changes here, mostly in the capital Yerevan. It was a love and hate thing for me...I don't think I appreciated their desire to be European so quickly ...

Barev! As I am writing this we are all packing up to leave Armenia. It is really hard for us all to think about leaving this place. In some respects it does not feel right that we are going to London in a few hours. We have seen so much, especially in these last couple days, and I know I have not even begun to process everything I have seen and experienced. I feel like I should be staying here and ...