Hotel Nairi Yerevan

... stařičká Lada Niva a trošku nás překvapilo, že v ní už tři lidi cestují (Taťka, mamka a synek). Mamka ovšem zavelela come on, a tak jsme napěchovali dva bágly do kufru, třetí si dal na klín Petr a na mě zbyl na klín Lukáš. V Ladě to pod náma na úvod páýrkrát křuplo, ale pak už jsme stabilní rychlostí mezi 30 (do kopce) a 50 (z kopce) km/h vyrazili. Byli jsme na dvou sedačkách ...

... doesn’t produces that much, but people seems to have money to burn: at night the restaurants were quite busy, even though they were not particularly cheap. One explanation I could think of is the Armenian diasporas, residing in western Europe and N America in very large numbers (there are 8 million Armenians live outside and only 3.2 million live within the country), are sending money home or invest in it, which explains the existence of lots of grand-looking buildings ...

... their family history, how they lost people, how somebody survived and ran away, how they didn't meet their family and died in despair, how they realized they have a family somewhere far and even didn't know about it for dozens of years... This day every Armenian goes to a place called «Tsitsernakaberd» to pay tribute to all the victims of the Great Genocide.<br><br> Autumn &#8211; Autumn is a very ...

... much to my quiet amusement) was a 46 year old Frenchman who had sold his house, acquired a generous redundancy package and set sail to travel the world for the rest of his life. Having crossed most of the known world in the three years since he upped ship, Jilles was full of interesting stories and useful advice. We went hiking in the Armenian 'Alps' and duly visited a few monasteries before busing our way to Yerevan. Yerevan is a completely ...

... before the 11 o'clock bus left for the site's village and I needed to be back by 4, which meant the next bus at 2 o'clock wasn't looking promising. So I splurged the $20 and took the taxi to the site. I've been loaded down with candy everywhere I go. Today in the taxi the driver kept stuffing me full of sweets, yesterday at Garni the bathroom attendant kept giving me candy (you just eat it, nod, and hope that wrapper has stayed ...

... I need to find an exchange office. The clerk looks busy...I just wait. In a minute the annoyed driver comes saying we have to go. Since I'm the only foreigner around, I try to explain in Russian. He takes 50e from me as a deposit, pays the 15000AMD for me in the office and then violently yells at the clerk to change him the 50e;). And he even pays me back, good business. When I get back there are new people in the bus and I need to squeeze on one seat together with my backpack, ooh. I'm ...

... in fittingly remote or hard-to-reach places, which is another reason why the highlands of Armenia have probably remained Christian, while surrounded by Muslims. On one poke-around, I visited Garni Temple and Gegard Monastery, located 10 kilometers from one another and close to town, thus making a good day trip. Garni Temple was an ancient Roman Sun Temple, dedicated to Helios. Now fully reconstructed, about half the stones are newly-carved, though ...

... wearing his new Nav-N-Go hat and he stopped to make sure that everything was ok. He even offered to come inside and help but since we had already processed three cars I turned down his request and thanked him. I thought if all border guards were that nice traveling would be a lot easier. That night we had no choice but to camp on the side of the road. In the true spirit of Trabant Trek we did however drive all through the night. Finally arriving on the ...

... heiðursgöngu á undan biskupi yfir torgið og inn í kirkjuna. Biskup blessar fólk í bak og fyrir á göngu sinni en ég læt mér nægja að tylla mér upp á fótstykki næstu súlu og miða vídeo vélinni á skarann. Næ ágætis skotum og fer sátt yfir í rútuna. Á leiðinni til Yerevan komum við svo við í hofsrústum frá heiðni, enn hlusta ég ekki á fræðilesturinn enda orðin löngu mett af fróðleik. Nota önnur skynfæri en eyrun til að meðtaka staðinn, sólina, vindinn, gróðurinn ...

... food. It was a great experience to gain more knowledge of their culture. Now, a few are sleeping, and a few are out on the balcony enjoying our last night in Yerevan, and reflecting on what God has taught us. Thank you for your prayers for us! We really appreciate it! We have just a few days in London ahead of us before we head home to you. We miss you all very much. By the way, I'm sorry if I babbled on and on about things too much. I have a tendency to do that. =) -Erin Wilson