The first stop of the day was Lake Sevan. This is the highest freshwater lake in the Caucasus and the second highest in the world after the Lake Titicaca located between Peru and Bolivia. The scene of the water evaporating from the lake to merge into the clouds was totally otherworldly.
We visited the Sevanavank Monastery and twin churches. At the top, we enjoyed the breathtaking scenery of Lake Sevan and its surroundings.
Geghard Monastery is another UNESCO World Heritage site. This is considered one of the two sites you must visit in Armenia. The other site is Garni Temple. This ancient chapel was originally founded as a small cave chapel as early as the 4th Century! The mountains in the vicinity were simply overwhelmingly breathtaking.
The five singing ladies in the rock chamber were producing a heavenly harmony.
The handkerchiefs tied to the tree branches were said to be purely superstitious and done by Armenians. The tour guide was ashamed of it and angry about no action taken by the government.
Armenian merchants were selling handcrafts,dried fruits and breads.
We continued our trip to the Garni Temple, located in the State Khosrov Reserve. This is considered one of two must-see sites in Armenia, as discussed above, and the only pagan temple that remained after the adoption of Christianity. The Temple was built on top of the cliffs and the view was panoramic.
We listened to the music played with the Duduk, an Armenian instrument made of apricot wood. Its sound is said to have human-voice quality.
Right next to the Temple was a palace that has only ruins left.
We had our lunch at a home-style restaurant nearby. We watched a couple of ladies make Armenian traditional flat bread, called Lavash,
First, one lady makes the dough to be stretched thin.
Another lady stretches the Lavash dough to be thinner by circling it in the air. It was acrobatic!
She sticks it to a tool to put it in the oven.
The baker sticks the Lavash on the wall of the underground oven.
The Lavash is baked on the wall of the underground oven.
This scene is the summary of all steps with the final Lavash.
Then, we fight to eat some...
We saw a church and a few fruit trees on the way to the restaurant.
The day was long, but our memory was getting richer about Armenia. - Jeffrey
Geghard Monastery is another UNESCO World Heritage site. This is considered one of the two sites you must visit in Armenia. The other site is Garni Temple. This ancient chapel was originally founded as a small cave chapel as early as the 4th Century! The mountains in the vicinity were simply overwhelmingly breathtaking.
The five singing ladies in the rock chamber were producing a heavenly harmony.
The handkerchiefs tied to the tree branches were said to be purely superstitious and done by Armenians. The tour guide was ashamed of it and angry about no action taken by the government.
Armenian merchants were selling handcrafts,dried fruits and breads.
We continued our trip to the Garni Temple, located in the State Khosrov Reserve. This is considered one of two must-see sites in Armenia, as discussed above, and the only pagan temple that remained after the adoption of Christianity. The Temple was built on top of the cliffs and the view was panoramic.
We listened to the music played with the Duduk, an Armenian instrument made of apricot wood. Its sound is said to have human-voice quality.
Right next to the Temple was a palace that has only ruins left.
We had our lunch at a home-style restaurant nearby. We watched a couple of ladies make Armenian traditional flat bread, called Lavash,
First, one lady makes the dough to be stretched thin.
Another lady stretches the Lavash dough to be thinner by circling it in the air. It was acrobatic!
She sticks it to a tool to put it in the oven.
The baker sticks the Lavash on the wall of the underground oven.
The Lavash is baked on the wall of the underground oven.
This scene is the summary of all steps with the final Lavash.
Then, we fight to eat some...
We saw a church and a few fruit trees on the way to the restaurant.
The day was long, but our memory was getting richer about Armenia. - Jeffrey
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