Two Single Ladies Road Trip June 2015 Trip - ARMENIA - Gyumri

in #armenia7 years ago

I just want to share the 2015 trip I had with bestfriend Abbey.

We went to Armenia.

Where is Armenia? For a simple traveller like me I would point it out to you in a few words - near Turkey squished between Azerbaijan and Georgia (think of Tbilisi not US). (Quick read at : https://www.worldatlas.com/as/am/where-is-armenia.html)

According to the Armenian Travel Bureau (http://www.atb.am/en/armenia/culture/religion/) "94% of the country considers themselves as Armenian Christians". So churches and chapels are everywhere.

We went first to Gyumri - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyumri

Where: We stayed at My Home - yep the name is indeed as you see it. It is really a house. The mom of the owner is very warm and she was the one who helped us through when we arrived in Gyumri. (https://www.booking.com/hotel/am/my-home.en-gb.html?aid=356999;label=gog235jc-hotel-XX-am-myNhome-unspec-ae-com-L%3Aen-O%3AwindowsS10-B%3Achrome-N%3AXX-S%3Abo-U%3AXX-H%3As;sid=45d7f1f2a2a5121a82520b131731af36;dist=0&sb_price_type=total&type=total&)

I still missed using AC because when the windows are closed (cats) my room was toasty (sob)

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Loitering around the Center of the Municipality

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If you are in Gyumri better go around too. Since we went only for an overnight experience, we happen to find this on our way out.

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When we were looking for this church

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photo courtesy of abbey and myself :)

I will continue with Tsaghadzor next