Best Eastern Valensia Yereva Yerevan

... especially Crab Kebab, you can find it in any restaurant near Lake Sevan

Fish dishes – again Lake Sevan

Dolma – meet in grape leaves

Also try our ice-creams - they're tasty too))



Some expressions:

Hello – Barev dzez!

How are you? – Vonts eq?

Well – Lav

Bad – Vat

Thank you – ...

We will be driving through all those towns, and we have too little time and much to do. So I’ve already started gathering information.
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 ...

... no problem and then I wouldn't have to spend money on a taxi. It would have been a fun evening, but alas, all my things were lying in Vanadzor. However, I immensly enjoyed using their toilet, and outhouse precariously perched above the rushing river below. Normally I don't like the idea of toilet duties and a water source combines, but I had really to pee. So I just used the facilities, enjoyed the cool breeze against my skin, and was glad I hadn't brought a bathing suit....

... 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 ...

... a small shack on the side of a dirt road with a few men dressed in military uniforms. Here leaving Georgia I had one of the most pleasant border crossings I have ever imagined. Straight and to the point they rounded us up from the cars and herded us into the small building. We were higher in altitude than we had been previously and the cold air along with the rain chilled us. Crammed inside a one-room tax office, which doubled as the guards living ...

20. maí (dagurinn fyrir heimferð)Ekki getum við verið án þess að kíkja á eina eða tvær kirkjur í ferðalok en sem betur fer eru þær bara örskotsferð út frá Yerevan. Við þá fyrri stendur karlmaður og flautar á hvítar og brúnar dúfur sem hnita hringi um kirkjuturninn. Þær þekkja merkið og koma í morgunmat á stéttina, sennilega fá þær morgunmat í hvert sinn sem túristarúturnar koma að kirkjunni því rétt á eftir okkur er önnur rúta og þá er sýningin endurtekin. Sýningin ...

... I couldn't imagine having to live in that lonely darkness for so long. After we went out, we climbed further up the mountain where the dungeon was built. It was a beautiful view, despite the cloud cover and threatening rain. We were able to see part of Mt. Ararat from where we stood. Actually the rain was not just threatening, it actually came. Slowly at first, it built up to a steady yet light shower. We didn't really mind the rain, though. We ...

Since there isn't much scenery to see, I decided to catch an overnight train from Tbilisi, Georgia to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It was a very slow train. The journey (including border crossings, when an Armenian visa could be obtained at the border for $30) took 16 hours (versus 8 hours if I had travelled by bus). Since I saved on one night's accommodation, I decided to go first class ($23). Upon arrival at a B&B located on a 5th floor elevatorless apartment in the ...