Golden Tulip Yerevan

... Official Language: Armenian

Languages spoken: Russian, English, in some places French as well

Currency: Armenian Dram



Where to stay?

Surely the capital – Yerevan. One of the advantages of Armenia is that Yerevan is situated in reachable distances from all the places in Armenia. So you can take an excursion or a tour for one day, and manage to go there ...

... that could cripple me, literally. Are those beers I drank in Ethiopia going to come back and haunt me? What can go wrong next? Plenty of things can go wrong next. For one thing, bus terminals here in Tbilisi aren't exactly full-fledged affairs with platforms and loudspeakers and latte' on the mezzanine. No, they're more like a vacant lot where mini-buses to similar locations agree to congregate. There are some larger buses of course, but ...

We are so lucky to be able to use Julian's laptop -it is so easy to log into the Travel Blog with out a hassle. Thank you to all who have added wee comments, we race to see who is following, but we know many of you will be looking. Today has been unreal, Marion and I up earlyish, actually we were late to bed, a few `nightcaps' really getting into the swing of Bloody Mary's, we also painted our fingernails, mine are gold ...

... if I'd voted. The marshrutka driver bought us all little cups of coffee after the border. It was pretty disgusting cold factory made coffee, but the gesture was nice. When I arrive in Yerevan, I took a taxi to the hostel/gueshouse. The taxi ride almost took longer than the ride to Yerevan itself- I had to supress my homicidal urges. Every block the driver would get out and ask a pedestrian the way. Hmm, I'm new to this town, but if my address is 5 Sayat Pova ...

... I have to speak with the bishop (?)...aand he speaks English, is from Lebanon and studied in USA. On the way back we take two computer engineering students (such a bad English) and take some gas (nearly no petrol here). And then I pay him 10000AMD which I'll regret till the end of my life since he was the best taxi driver and I should have given him more. While going back to the homestay I can't believe my eyes, there are so many beautiful girls out there in the city;). After some ...

... so did the rest of my friends. It was fun becuase he knew where we were from, and talked about boxing a lot. No, not a lot of tourists visits Armenia. Which is confusing, because this country is so beautiful it lives up to its tourism slogan of "An Outdoor Museum". The entire city is a museum! in fact, in every corner, there's a picture perfect view or building. The republic square was a sight to behold. It was like Europe during its glorious old days, and

... of the process and here it was no different. It took almost two hours to fill out each of the car papers and we were at the office late into the night. At this point in time we knew there was no way we would make it to Yeravan tonight and settled in filing papers and making coffee to fight off the cold. After spending at least 6 hours there I was outside preparing a pot of coffee when a truck pulled by. As it stopped I recognized the Georgian border ...

... við hliðina á Einfaranum sem ekki fer inn í minjagripabúðir frekar en fyrri daginn. Þegar við heyrum svo kirkjuklukkurnar taka lagið á bak við okkur og engin af félögunum er farinn að tínast úr út sjoppunni ákveðum við að hlaupa sem leið liggur aftur að kirkjunni og kíkja eftir biskupi með alla sína preláta í prósesíu (ég vona að þetta sé rétt skrifað, en það skiptir svo sem ekki öllu máli) og sjá okkur hlotnast sú upphefð að sjá presta á hinum ýmsu stigum metorða ...

... you to get the basic idea. interesting fact: all armenian churches are built in the shape of a cross! i thought the most amazing thing was the sundial outside of that old capitol. it had an armenian inscription just above the numbers that read "You can pray to God at any hour." isnt that just the most beautiful thing you've ever heard? i want a clock that says that! we also got to go to the bazaar today which was basically a flea market or swap meet.... except with really ...

V pondeli jsem se vratila z Nahorniho Karabachu zpatky do Jerevanu. Ve ctvrtek brzy rano odjizdim domu, Berit a Kathrina odjizdeji ve stredu a tak nakupujeme, chodime po Jerevanu, spolecne vecerime v Armenskych restauracich a i jinak utracime posledni dramy a zabijime cas. Zapisky z Karabachu dodam retrospektivne, az budu v klidu doma a rodice ...