Hey lads!!! Hello from Yerevan. We have been 5 days around the city, recharging batteries, spoiling ourselves with great meals and plenty variety!!! That much that we fell sick...Yeah, after Iran our bodies were so used to chicken and rice that did not accept little luxuries like pizzas, pasta or ice-creams...Anyway, now we are healthy again, and ready to hit the country side and escape from the city! We will rent a Lada, the typical Russian car, and the cheapest, for four days and loop around trying to discover the real Armenia.
The first impression is that the distribution of wealth in Armenia is extremely uneven. The countryside seems so backwards compared to Yerevan city centre. Two different realities, totally opposed and kind of cruel. The small towns and cities were severely hit by the 80's and 90's. With many soviet-era factories shut down, jobs were nonexistent, and people had to emigrate in masses, either to the capital or abroad. Nowadays one third of the population lives in Yerevan.
A really moving and mind-altering visit was at the Armenian Genocide Museum. The place walks you through what was the first genocide of the 20th century committed by Turkey and that ended up with 1.5 million Armenians killed and massacred. Nowadays, Turkey ridiculously still does not recognise and admit the brutal genocide, when it is more than well documented and proved with facts and witnesses.
We are looking forward to driving around the country and the Lada and a vodka bottle nearby will for sure be a good disguise as locals...
All the best! Kisses!
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Hola parelleta,
Bueno ja teniu un altre país recorregut... Ens incurioseix veure les fotos amb l'ho bé que en parleu.
Jo i la mare ens feiem una pregunta quan hem vist la foto de Yerevan: Núria,que tenies una tele gegant al davant??? je je... la teva boca t'ha delatat...
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