Armenia, 28 – 31 October 2011

After the last steering committee meeting in the Kura project; Birthe and I decided to go to Armenia, to visit some authorities and do some sightseeing. Grant, the one-legged driver who usually drives us, also drove to Yerevan this time together with some members of our Armenian team, who had participated in the meeting.
When we came to Yerevan we visited the local tour operator “Sati tour” (http://www.satiglobal.com/index.php?page=about_company) and they arranged trips for us on Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday we went south east of Yerevan to visit the monasteries Khor Virap and Noravank.
Sunday we visited a castle ruin at 2300 meters height and 4 more monasteries
On our way back with Grant and his Mercedes we visited to more monasteries, one at Lake Sevan and the last one: Haghartsin. All together a very intensive programme and I was rather exhausted when we were back in Tbilisi.


The landscape on the Georgian side of the border

At the tax free shop on the Georgian side of the border

Debed River just on the Armenian side of the border

View from my hotel room on Hrazdan Gorge and the Yerevan skyline

View from my hotel room zooming in on the mountains