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Asia » Armenia » East » Ijevan June 7th 2011

Hey everyone! Sorry we didn't write an entry yesterday- we were tired out after a day of travelling. Anyway yesterday we travelled to Yerevan, and on the way stopped at another beautiful monastery high upon a mountain. Today after we had breakfast, we went to visit the genocide museum, which really opened our eyes. We reccomend you read about the Armenian Genocide. Then we visited the Saryan museum. It is an amazing museum which holds the fascinating works of Saryan, an Armenian painter. Later in the day after a late lunch, we walked around Yerevan some more. We found the city really nice and loved the elegant architecture. We returned to the hotel after our long walk, and decided to settle down with a movie. -The Lost Tribe... read more
kids at monastery
kids at monastery 2
Monastery 2

Asia » Armenia » East » Ijevan June 5th 2011

Parev everyone! (-Alicja) Today was our last day in Dilijan. Yeterday we visited a wonderful monastery called Gosch. We also visited the lovely family that dad is renovating the house for. This morning as Dad set off for his last day of building, the rest of us went for ANOTHER art lesson! We were drawing some lilac flowers, which we will post later. :) Later in the day, we (me, mum, and the kids) braved th rain to go for a walk and get some lunch. After lunch we went to a pottery shop and then made our way to the orphanage. It was sad to say goodbye to the children who we had made such good friends with, but we will hopefully stay in touch. Then we met with dad in a beautiful monastery called ... read more
Monastery
With the Habitat for Humanity Family

Asia » Armenia » East » Ijevan June 3rd 2011

Hi everybody, Emma here. Today after dad left for building we had just had a breakfast of eggs and pancakes. We were drawing and reading in our rooms. We slowly made our way to the restaurant where we were going to meet the orphans. We wandered around the market, being careful not to step in the huge puddles left from the rainshower in the early morning but of course it was too tempting!!! When we met the children at the resturant we played a variety of games, which were mostly inspired by yesterdays games, including about ten rounds of charades! After being stuffed with salads, kebabs, pork, ice-cream and cake. Unfortunately we looked out of the window and realized the weather channel really did live up to it's expectations as we saw rain and thunder coming ... read more
Emma's 'Leaning Tower of Oranges'
With the Kids
Lunch with the Kids

Asia » Armenia » East » Ijevan June 2nd 2011

Hi guys, Alicja here! Today we all got up bright and early (well.... at least dad!!!) for a yummy breakfast of crepes stuffed with mincemeat and coriander. Then, after dad left to build, the rest of us went for our second art lesson. It was great and we were drawing still life using special techniques, which, sadly, did not make our drawings look like Van Gogh but they were close enough! Later in the day, dad met up with us and we went for a fantastic lunch with some kids from the orphanage. We had a really fun time with loads of laughter, photo taking and playing games such as charades where we had to say the word in Armenian or English. We regretted to say goodbye, but we will see them again in a few ... read more
Narine and Tosia
Patrick and Sarkis
Emma and Lilith

Asia » Armenia » East » Ijevan June 1st 2011

Hi everybody! We'd like to start today's blog with a special mention to Grandpa Lou, it's his birthday! (Tsnundd shnorhavor in Armenian). We started our travels on Saturday, with a full day of travel. After flying to Armenia via Russia, we arrived at our hotel at eleven- but not too late for kebab. The next day we had a meeting with our organiser, which was followed by a visit to the lively Yerevan Market. After a fantastic lunch In a (unexpectedly) nice restaurant, we drove to Dilijan, the city we are spending our time in. We arrived just in time for a fantastic dinner of dolmas at our accommodation 'Dili villa' which we strongly reccomend. On Monday, we all began our first day of work. Dad had to get up earlier than everybody else because his ... read more

Asia » Armenia » East May 28th 2011

Have not updated this in ages after it stopped working but felt I should do a wee update. Been staying in takeo, cambodia now for just over 4 weeks. Our first week we just got used to orphanage and got to know the kids, and tried to learn all their names. We were lucky enough on our first weekend to be given opportunity to take the children to kep to the beach. It was an amazing experience and best twenty five dollars spent on my trip. Children loved the water and were eager to learn to swim. In our second week we got more into a routine as were given our own class to teach. We have five girls in our class who are all lovely. Sometimes they dont even want class to end as very ... read more

Asia » Armenia March 26th 2011

We have been invited to Armenia this year by our old Armenian friend who was living earlier in NYC. USA. We where very keen and eager to learn much more about Armenia, we knew it was the first country to adopt Christianity as a state religion and a country with long heritage and history, Armenian genocide scenarios, the Soviet Union communism/ the independence, Nagorno Karabakh and many more hidden stories in its history. Our trip to ancient and captivating Armenia was more than wonderful, the very old churches and architectural monuments built in many different cities since centuries where a proof for a very old nation and told us a lot about the history and culture of Armenians. In Yerevan we have been to Erebuni historical museum, Aram kachatryan museum, Armenian genocide museum, and the history ... read more

Asia » Armenia » North » Vanadzor October 27th 2010

Zurück in Jerewan besichtigen wir die UNESCO-ausgezeichenten Klöster und Kirchen rund um die Hauptstadt, bevor wir nach Lori aufbrachen. Zu unserem Erstaunen, waren wir auf der Tour nach Lori nicht zu viert (Fahrer + Führerin und wir) sondern eine Person mehr. Die Tochter der Hoteliersfamilie musste auch mit. Angeblich um die schwangere Nvard während dem Mutterschaftsurlaub ersetzten zu können. Für Anna, die Hotelierstochter dürfte dies nicht der primäre Grund gewesen sein. Oft blieb sie bei den Exkursionen zusammen mit Eduard, dem Fahrer im Auto zurück – die beiden waren nämlich ein Paar. Die drei Begleiter gaben sich viel Mühe und schauten gut zu uns. Fast schon freundschaftlich waren wir unterwegs. In Sewan, am grössten See von Armenien übernachteten wir in einer romantischen Hütte. Am nächsten Tag gings über Pässe nach Lori, dem Fluss Debed entlang, Klöster ... read more
Decke des Tempels
Moni und Andreas
Der Pagan-Tempel Garni

Asia » Armenia » South October 21st 2010

Per Taxi verliessen wir am nächsten Morgen Karabach. In Goris machten wir Zwischenhalt für zwei Nächte und verabschiedeten uns von David und Eterie. Vom schönen Städtchen Goris aus begaben wir uns am nächsten Morgen auf Entdeckungsfahrt zum Kloster Tatev. In der wahrhaft felsigen Gegend steht das Kloster stolz über einem Abhang. Graventa baut gerade eine Seilbahn über das Tal hinweg zum Kloster. So fügten sich für uns bekannte Seilbahnmasten in die bergige Landschaft. Der Aufenthalt in Goris hat uns etwas Zeit gegeben, das Gesehene aus Karabach zu verarbeiten und uns grundsätzlich etwas zu erholen. ... read more
Beim gemütlichen Spiel
Blick auf die herbstlichen Wälder
Die Spuren des Krieges

Asia » Armenia » West » Yerevan October 15th 2010

Wir hatten viel von Armenien erwartet und unsere Erwartungen sind nicht enttäuscht worden. Auf den ersten Blick wirkt Jerewan recht russisch, doch bald stellt man fest, dass sich armenisch und russisch doch stark unterscheiden. In der Stadt wird viel gebaut, die schwierigsten Zeiten, in denen die Armenier isoliert und mit Kerzenlicht auskommen mussten, sind definitiv vorbei. Aber es könnte besser sein. Die Blockierte Situation mit der Türkei und Aserbaidschan ist stark beeinträchtigend für die Wirtschaft (alle Grenzposten geschlossen), Armenien könnte unserer Meinung nach ein oder das Handelszentrum auf dem Kaukasus sein. Seit in Georgien die Mafia nicht mehr am Ruder ist, kommen die Transporte aus Russland wieder bis auf Armenien. Der Handel mit dem strategisch wichtigsten direkten Handelspartner Iran blüht und ist unverzichtbar. Wir fühlten uns wohl in Jerewan, obwohl z.B. uns ... read more
Park mit gesponserten Laternen
Unser Abteil mit Ararat-Foto
...und viele gemütliche Kaffees rund um die Oper




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