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The Pink Capital of Armenia
... in E Flat by Schumann. Levon Chilingarian played the violin and we got seats in the front row flanked by the ambassadors from the UK and USA and their young children. As if that was not enough, we spent another evening at a jazz concert by a large band playing mostly American favorites. The venue was the hall on top of the above mentioned Cascade.
Armenians seem to view their country as the centre of the world (maybe not as much as China does) and pride themselves on ...
The last four days Wrap Up
... Later, after the Sunday patarak (sermon), we went to the museum nearby. There were many xach kars and historical remnants explaining the prevalence of this sacred cathedral. I felt so lucky to be surrounded by so much history and culture. After Echmiadzin, we came back to the hotel. Later, I decided to get lamajoun at a place called Mer Taxe, where I had the most amazing lamajoun of my life. I met the owner, Sarkis, who introduced ...
Strange Familiarity - Day 1
... homely and familiar, like I imagine an Arab Muslim pilgrim would in Mecca where everyone speaks in his language and he sees the Holy stone he's only heard and read about in books.
I've never seen so much green anywhere in my life! And it all contradicted the gloomy atmospheric gothic architecture of the churches and buildings, with the natural stone colors forever intact from artificial paint.
After ...
Sunburn
... Saghmosavank and Hovhannavank, both built on the edge of a gorge about five kilometers apart.
At the first one, after looking round, we found a large group of women, all women I think except for two priests, having a picnic on the grass. They were Armenian and invited us to join their picnic, having enough food for the proverbial 5000. So I had kebab, cold, wrapped in flat bread, boiled egg, tomatoes and cucumber and a huge glass of home made ...
'bourgeoise Kultur'
... aufsuchen moechte. In Yerevan gibt es eine riesige Kunstgallerie, welche ich nun also ebenfalls besuchte. Ich kam aber zum Schluss, dass die Malerei nicht so mein Ding ist;-)
Weiter ging ich in die Staatsbibliothek, die viele uralte Manuskripte ausstellt. Diese Ausstellung war dann eher etwas fuer mich. Denn es hatte auch sehr schoene alte Landkarten.
Sehr nachdenklich stimmte mich dann der Besuch des Genozids-Denkmals. Das ...
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