We had discovered a volcano, where a road leads up. The question was, how far we would be able to drive, and how much we would have to walk. Even as the day had started very sunny, in the afternoon clouds came again, but that didn’t stop us from executing our plan. The road starts …
We had waited half a day near the monastery of Khor Virap, in the hope the clouds would disappear, so that we could see Mount Ararat, but no luck. The monastery lies close to the border to Turkey, and the mountain, which is so important to the Armenians that a lot of things are named …
After leaving Yerevan, we drove east to visit two famous sights in Armenia: Garni and Geghard. Garni is actually a temple, Geghard of course a monastery again. The road took us higher into the mountains and when we had left the foggy city behind, suddenly we saw it: the famous Armenian mountain which actually lies …
Like in Tbilisi, we wanted to go on a Free Walking Tour to explore the town. This time we were the only ones on a grey weekday. For sure Yerevan would make a different impression on a sunny summer day, but we enjoyed our walk nonetheless. The centre of town is the Republic Square, with …
As the weather was grey and misty, with no view at all, we were looking for other entertainment, for example a stop at a huge bakery/restaurant. But we also came past the Armenian alphabet, a cross to commemorate the long history of Christianity in this country, and finally an astronomic research station. Oh yes, and …
We went to explore the town of Gyumri, in our memories as the town where the earthquake hit the most in 1988. 80% of the buildings were destroyed, but of course it was more than 30 years ago and the town was rebuilt and life was that of a small town again. Afterwards we found …
