Tufenkian Avan Marak Tsapatagh Lake Sevan

Nastavili jsme si budíka na šestou hodinu, vstali jsme v deset, a začali si balit věci, že vyrazíme do Geghardu. Naše hostitelka Anahit nějak nechápala, proč chceme od ní odejít hned po jedné noci, a tak nás přemluvila, ať si u ní necháme věci, a přespíme za poloviční cenu ještě jednu noc, protože z Garni se stejně musí člověk vrátit do Jerevanu, aby mohl na Sevan (jezero). A ...

Ráno jsme se probudili v opuštěném kláštěře tak natřikrát, protože budík v šest nás probudil pod hvězdné nebe a stejné to bylo i v sedm. Trocha denního světla nás koonešně vylákala ven ze stanu, zabalili jsme si a vyrazili k Ďáblovu mostu stopovat nebo chytit marshrutku (místní nejrozšířenější způsob dopravy - minibus mezi 12 a 16 místy, že jede v 9 z Tateva jsme zjistili den p ...

... the backyard). The next morning when I left, the husband Hamlet told the taxi to wait before it carried me to the bus station because Ella wanted to come say goodbye. Sometimes it's sad to just breeze through places- you meet people that you could see yourself being friends with if only there was the time. The other day in Stepanakart, I was reintroduced to the frustration of Soviet mentality leftovers. When trying to catch a marshrutka to another city, I ...

... say is- good lord what a long walk down!) I also stopped by the one remaining mosque in Yerevan, which is supported by the Iranian government. Even though it was on a city street and you can still hear the cars and assorted city noises, the courtyard of the mosque itself was very peaceful, with a lovely garden and koi pool. Today I went to Echmiadzin (still can't say the word. To get on the marshrutka and find out if I was on the right one, I simply copied the ...

... Holland guys and me want to go up to the church. But they are talked into sticking to the group and so I'm the only one to go up, hearing their threads I will die;). It's a real delight to walk the road up through the beauty of shapes and colors and soon I'm there. I was there for 90 mins and it wasn't enough, it's a highlight of every trip to Armenia. There are actually two churches of Noravank. The famous one has two floors and two entries on top of each other with mirrored narrow ...

Snow is not for the weak. I have seen people hold their cigarette sticks tightly while they inhale the warm minty taste to hold off their senses in the cold. Coming from a tropical country with people that pretty much will never have a cold season in their lives, I got used to the same weather for twenty two years of my life. Until of course when I moved to Dubai, when my body began the unusual process of adjusting to the new type of weather that they had ...

... of rectangular metal boxes, not really suitable for winter accommodation, but at least open, and they had a small heater. From here, I walked to Sevanavank, about four miles away, along the main highway, passing barking stray dogs and rows of closed hotels. Savanavank was once an island, as paintings in the Yerevan Art Museum showed, but Soviet water policies shrank the lake, whose level fell sixty feet. As a monastic island, Sevanavank ...

... inner rock chapels, the accoustics were very conducive to monastic chanting as the chamber produced huge reverb. At dinner, a live band played traditionnal Armenian music. Wow, to finally see and hear a live duduk was incredible but hearing two was even better as I was able to observe the technique of authentic Armenian music. I also got my first glimpse of Mt. Ararat but it was mostly obscured by a haze.

... UNESCO. Tad er audvitad eins og adrar kirkjur og klaustur her a svaedinu mognud upplifun og fornir veggir, thykkir og thungir hafa sina sogu ad segja og geyma vissulega adra menningu en i hinum tveimur londunum. Ad kirkjuskodun lokinni er haldid af stad a hotelid sem vid eigum ad gista i fyrstu nottina, thad er vid Sevanvatnid og vid okum aftur i gegnum koparthorpid og upp i fjollin og yfir fjollin og gegnum fjollin thar til vid komum ad vatninu ...

well today was another jam-packed and eventful day! nothing could have woken us up from our much needed slumber last night. but it was another long day starting with some great Armenian donuts before our 2 hour drive to our first concert in dilijan. On the way there, we had some great bonding experiences on the bus, exchanging cheerful songs with the choir. there's nothing like the universal language of music to bring together two ...