Armenia

Cave restaurant

After visiting Noravank monastery in Armenia, we went to a restaurant in a cave in this gorge. It was too simple to call a restaurant really. It was decorated with the…

Armenia

Noravank Monastery

Most of the destinations in Armenian tour were churches and monasteries. But each one stands in a special place and I never got tired of it. This Noravank monastery is located…

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Mt.Ararat and the monastery

I realise now that I was very lucky to see the Mt.Ararat so clearly. I read some travel blogs of various people and apparently the mountain is often hidden behind clouds….

Armenia

Cave monastery

Another tourist destination in Armenia is Geghard Monastery. When you go down from Garni Temple on the hill, soon you will see …

Armenia

Singing voice at Garni Temple

Garni Temple outside of Yerevan is one of the main tourist spots in Armenia. This is a Hellenism building originally built in the first century. It was a summer resort of…

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Children flying paper planes

I continue my memoir of my Armenian tour. This photo was taken on a hill where we could see the beautiful view, but I cannot remember the name. I remember our…

Armenia

Something i understood in Erebuni Fortress

The first place we visited with the tour in Armenia was Erebuni Fortress. This is the birthplace of Yerevan. This was built by Urartu Kingdom in the 8th century B.C. The…

Armenia

To Armenia

This is my memory of travelling in 2005, which I took my old film SLR, before I bought a digital camera. I joined an English group tour from London and went…

Lombardy

The castle was my shelter from the rain

After having a nice meat dish for my lunch in Brescia in north Italy, I went up the hill to help my digestion towards the Brescia Castle.It was built in the…