Yerevan - main plaza
Malakeh and Mama on a rainy day in Yerevan
Restaurant in Yerevan
the Opera and Tumanian statue, Yerevan
me!!
Concert at the Opera
Armenian dance performance at the Opera
The Shepherds' dance (with guy jumping over his shepherd stick)
Traditional dance
Dance to the music of Sayat Nova
Kinto dance, a scene from old Tbilisi
Vernissage, Arts bazar
Armenian carpets at the bazar
armenian nose
Caucasion shepherd puppy
People waiting for the bus
Girls in high heeled boots (they're everywhere!!)
our first khorovatz (kabob)
A random church in Yerevan
Paradjanov museum
at Paradjanov museum
Reminiscence about Black Caviar - Paradjanov
Collage by Paradjanov
Frida Paradjanov!
Charents viewpoint
Garni, pagan temple for the Sungod Mher.
Me, mama and Malakeh
Garni, Ionic style architecture
an old persian graffiti on Garni wall
Garni area
Garni temple
Local saleswomen
Home-made honey, and jams of everything: fruits, okra, walnuts, eggplants, tomatoes!
On the road to Geghart church, Aspen trees (?)
Musi, a Caucasian shepherd dog
Musi
Geghart church
Karine with Zalzalak
Geghart is built inside the mountain
We lit a candle...
Lots of holes in the mountain walls inside the church
Geghart church and me
the Armenian Sun, symbol of life
Khachkars (cross-stones) and mom
fall view
khachkars in the church wall
Geghart area
Wishing tree
Geghart church, built into the mountain
Gata saleswoman
Mesrop Mastots, inventor of the Armenian alphabet
the Armenian alphabet, as originally conceived by Mashtots
Mesrop Mastots' tomb
V for Vico
K for Karine
Cabbage on the highway
Visiting Tzitzernakabert
Tzitzernakabert is built in the memory of the victims of the Genocide (circa 1915)
Tzitzernakabert (means Swallow-fortress)
The eternal fire in the memory of the victims
Trees planted for the victims by foreign government officials and organizations
Flowers left by visitors
Armenian woman
Sardarapat, built to the memory of the victims of 1918 war against Turkey
the bells of Sardarapat
Locals
Echmiatzin church, the “Vatican” of the Armenian church
Lighting a candle in Edjmiatzin
Hripsime church
Malakeh and me at Gayane church
Khachkar
Gayane church
mama
Malakeh
Having dinner at Old Yerevan
Reading the menu
It's a book!!
Food!!
A very ugly Armenian mafioso house!
Our hotel lobby
at Ani hotel
Candlelight dinner at Dolmama
Mama at Dolmama restaurant
British geologist having Armenian brandy at Dolmama
Eggplant rolls appetizer
Dolma of course
Chicken curry with walnuts and pomegranates, wrapped in lavash bread
and our dessert (with Armenian coffee of course)
Flowers at midnight
Yerevan at night
