This month has been a busy one though, where I even find myself with no time to facebook stalk, let alone update this thing. But here is a rundown of my recent four day trip to Armenia's capital Yerevan.
Lacey and I decided semi-last minute to head to Yerevan for a couple of days, coinciding with my birthday. We started out on a 6 hour mashrutka ride straight out of the circus. We had a crazy driver with his equally crazy woman sidekick who yelled and threw things at each other the entire way, all while his cell phone (with the most annoying circus sounding ring ever..I really wish I could find it online and have it on repeat for the purpose of this blog post, but my search of "annoying ring tone" only amounted to....well, you try it and figure it out yourself) Anyways, this phone was ringing off the hook, things were being thrown, insults being tossed, and as we drove the country through villages, we weren't sure what to expect, it looked a lot less developed than Georgia.
When we got to Yerevan though, we found it quite pleasant. After a short mishap of accidentally hitting on an Armenian guy while I was trying to ask which metro stop we were at, we had no problems getting around after that. The city itself was a nice break from our usual Tbilisi. It was completely full of parks, which in turn were completely full of cute outdoor cafes and statues. (I was told by my family in Georgia that we can't have outdoor cafes because men drink there and get in fist fights). It was fun to just wander around, and in typical Peace Corps style Lacey and I had our meals planned out (Chinese, Mexican, etc) way before any of the tourist locations were planned out. One day we wandered, and the second day we took a bus tour to a nearby Pagan temple and a monastery. Then we headed back to Tbilisi, where my friend was flying in (soon to be the next blog post).
And more picture's here!
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