In the vicinity of Yerevan, just in 130 km, in a deep, long and extremely picturesque gorge there is hidden an ancient monastery named Noravank . It's a beautiful complex with equally beautiful views of the gorge. People say that during Soviet times it was difficult to access the monastery, but later on several mountains [...]
You just need to travel several kilometres inland from Yerevan, and nature changes completely. The mountains that used to be somewhere there become enormous and inviting, and raise that feeling of dominance. This is where you feel yourself small and begin to understand that a man is just one of the links of God's chain. [...]
The Armenians adore jokes. They make fun with extremely serious posture, and it's very hard to define the line between humour and serious things – this line is rather vague. Imagine that peculiar Armenian accent – And now - lamb roll! – A lamb roll? Like Japanese? – No way! Armenian! In fact, the Japanese [...]
Yerevan has its own original beauty. It’s warm, with its own mood and has lots of details that can be found in no other city. Yerevan smells like freedom. It flows to your head like young wine, to be precise. You feel it at once, with the first breathe, that you're here, in Yerevan. Everything [...]
Aleksandr Slyadnev on 23.10.2014 at 22:39 My Facebook followers know for sure that the whole current week and part of the next one I'm going to spend in Armenia. The programme is extremely varied. Moreover, I'll give a food photography master class in Yerevan on Friday, 24 October. The trip itself has started from Kyiv. [...]
