Best Eastern Armenia 1 Hotel Yerevan

... leli a vyrazili svižně k Araratu (městu) - když šel člověk rychle, komáři nedokázali přistát :-). Tak jsme tak šli, každý se svým hejnem nad hlavou a pomalu začali rozeznávat, že Ararat je takové důlní panelákové ghetto. Po váhání jsme se odvážili do místní samoobsluhy pro další proviant (taky doplnit ztracený koňak) a počkali na zavolané taxi. To ještě dokreslilo obrázek ...

... experience brutal massacres carried out by a government. In 1915, 1.5 million Armenian lived within the Ottoman Empire were killed or starved to death because of the policy carried out by the government. Despite the Turkish government’s stubborn denial, I believe it had happened, more so after visiting the Museum of the Armenia Genocide in the city and looked at the documentations and photos inside. It is sad that a lot of countries’ government, the US included ...

... 8211; at that very moment you understand why it is called Golden Autumn. Parallel with this the weather is amazingly warm!<br><br> Among the holidays &#8211; School Day (1 September children go to school after summer holidays), Teachers' Day, Yerevan-Erebuni (Yerevan's birthday) and the most important one - Independence Day (September 21)!<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> Final tips for staying here and ...

... little history and few actual attractions, but I didn't really tire of walking round the city and enjoying the healthier (but still slightly depressed) atmosphere. Day trips to surrounding attractions were good fun- especially trying to guess when to get of the bus and then hitching bindly back to Yerevan. Culturaly Armenia clings to their unique position as the first country to adopt Christianity resulting in a good peppering of churches and monasteries ...

... a valley and its surrounding mountains. Then one of the ticket sellers came over and started fussing at me, saying it wasn't good for a girl to sit on cold surfaces since it would hurt my ovaries and then I wouldn't have children. I tried explaining I've sat on concrete enough at home, if they're gone, they're long gone. But no, I had to move out to the sticky, spilled-Coke bench in direct sunlight all in the name of future progeny. Sigh.

... B which I bargain to 7000AMD for B&amp;notB [find the restaurant in LP and then go to the end of the left lane...and just don't be afraid to enter the gate, the house has no number or any other sign]. The owners seem to be quite rich for Armenian standards, the woman had a B&amp;B course in the US. Their daughter (pretty;)) is a lawyer, speaks perfect English and I sleep in her sister's bedroom. But no time to lose, I run to take a taxi since it's already half past two. Here, taxi drivers ...

... quarters dug into the surrounding cliffs, with khatchkars and ancient symbols surrounded by Celtic knotwork abounding. The monastery blended with the surroundings and the stones of the 13th century Surp Katoghike--its conical dome and cylindrical drum and vaulted ceilings--were from the surrounding basaltic cliffs. Inside was a holy spring emanating from a rock-hewn cave called Avazan, meaning basin, another cave called Jhamatun with bas ...

... she said. I thanked her half-heartedly since I never use them, crawled on top and went to sleep. The next morning we woke up early and went about getting our stuff packed back up. We had the phone number of our contact in Yeravan. Gohar would have a place for us to stay and knew the city since she had grown up there. She had spent time in the US and she spoke perfect English so we were all excited to meet her. As Zsofi folded the tent, underneath where ...

... mörgum sinnum stærri en íslenskip flóamarkaðurinn og þarna er selt handverk í margra kílómetra löngum röðum. Ég rölti umm, kaupi sitt lítið af hverju. Velti því alvarlega fyrir mér að kaupa belti út tré, meira að segja sylgjan á því er úr tré og ég þyrfti ekki að vera að rífa af mér beltið þegar ég fer í gegnum öryggishliðin á flugvöllunum ef ég væri með þetta, hugsa ég með mér. Sleppi því nú samt og læt líka tannlækningatækin og skammbyssuhlustrin eiga sig, dúkur ...

Today was another great day in Armenia. Since it was Sunday, we went to Levon's church here in Yerevan. The church's handbell choir performed the piece they played for us last night, and did wonderfully. We also helped out with the Sunday school classes. We did two songs with puppets for the elementary aged kids after doing a "Beyond Words" puppet presentation in the church for the congregation. For those who don't know what that means, our puppet skit ...