Hello,
Just a quick blog to tell you all about the few days off we have spent exploring Yerevan, in between camp and activity days.
Tuesday, was a rest day, catching up on all the missed sleep from camp. We all finished writing postcards early afternoon, when Cara and Amy headed off to the post office and between them stuck around 140 stamps on the pile of postcards. To say tongues were dry is an understatement! We also dropped off 3 Ikea bag fulls of laundry to the launderette to get rid of the dust from camp! The afternoon was again a relaxing time.
After dinner, we all took part in one of the Envoy Hostel walking tours, in which most of us climbed right to the top of the Cascade (which was a lot quicker and easier than it was in the day) and saw the most picturesque night time views of Yerevan. Beautiful, tranquil and you could see the majority of Yerevan. After reaching the bottom of the Cascade most of the Team went to the Fountain show in Republic Show, which again was a beautiful experience.
Today, we decided we would get up and out early, to enable us to witness more of Yerevan. At 42 degrees it was a very hot day. However, we put up with it and made our way to the Metro Station to travel to the Genocide Museum.
The Metro Station was very art deco, with chandeliers and sculptured ceilings.Three stops later and we had arrived, a short walk and up a slight hill, we had reached the museum. The museum was very interesting, with paintings, documents and artifacts. Outside the museum there are a number of trees, next to each one a sign to say who had planted the tree. Each tree was significant, for every tree planted someone has admitted that the Armenian Genocide. People from organisations to Presidents have admitted it had happened. We then went to see the eternal flame, which remembers everyone who was a victim of the Armenian Genocide. It was a really interesting experience.
A relaxing evening of packing and sorting out for the activities day which start tomorrow, before a lovely Team meal out.
Team Armenia 2011 x
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