I know I know.... 2 days in Armenia, and i'm JUST NOW logging. I've been a little tied up with the AYF group, but things are finally starting to fall into place. There's so much to write about... here we go.
So for those of you traveling to Armenia, I'd like to recommend that you don't do the 12 hours layover trip in Prague ordeal. Or atleast, it wasn't the greatest of experiences for us. We left LA very early Tuesday morning, and got to NY late in that day. Then we left NY for Prague and got there in the morning. The airline gives you a free hotel... except they don't mention that the hotel is in the opposite direction of the city, so you have to spend $40 each way to go to Prague. Well, we figured we came so far, what was $40. We get to Prague and walk throughout the city, spending money, eating and drinking at different cafe's, but towards 3pm, we're DEAD TIRED and can't even stand up anymore. We took the taxi back to the village the hotel was in, showered... some preferred to nap rather than shower, and headed back to the hotel. The check in and check out at the airport was rather fast. I gotta give them props for that. The prague airport is like the size of Burbank airport. Cute. But, overall it was WAY too long of a trip for my taste. I prefer the 11 hrs to Amsterdam and 4 hrs to Armenia. It's clear, straight forward... and PLUS, the service on Delta and the planes of Czech are horrible and somewhat scary. You ask for water in Delta and the chick gives you the dirtiest look! Ummm.. never again.
Vartevar today... it's been pretty chill. I think God played the biggest "vartevar" with everyone with thunder and pouring rain. Maybe people just put their hands down and said, "Ok, can't mess with God".
Yesterday we had a long day... took the group to see Saghmosavank, Abaran, Troyi shirim, Ampert, Arakadzi leej, and M.Mashdots at Oshagan. It kind of annoyed me that they weren't as enthusiastic about it as I expected... but I think they were just tired, cause in between, the entire van was passed out, while the driver and I discussed rabiz music.
It was interesting to see everyone's reactions when they saw Ararat for the first time. Some cried, and didn't realize why or how they were crying... some just smirked, shrugged their shoulders and went back to what they were talking about before.
Today Isabella Bayrakdarian got married at Keghart... you ask how I know this. Well her family was with us from Prague to Yerevan, and then we saw them again at Ani, and last night we ran into them at Hin Yerevan.. I think they think we're stalking them... I got a great clip of her singing with the Hin Yerevan ensemble, with my digital cam. She's wonderful!
For now, these are my random updates, I'll write again, more in depth when the group leaves for Gharapagh and I have some more time to focus...
TSUH! :)~
So for those of you traveling to Armenia, I'd like to recommend that you don't do the 12 hours layover trip in Prague ordeal. Or atleast, it wasn't the greatest of experiences for us. We left LA very early Tuesday morning, and got to NY late in that day. Then we left NY for Prague and got there in the morning. The airline gives you a free hotel... except they don't mention that the hotel is in the opposite direction of the city, so you have to spend $40 each way to go to Prague. Well, we figured we came so far, what was $40. We get to Prague and walk throughout the city, spending money, eating and drinking at different cafe's, but towards 3pm, we're DEAD TIRED and can't even stand up anymore. We took the taxi back to the village the hotel was in, showered... some preferred to nap rather than shower, and headed back to the hotel. The check in and check out at the airport was rather fast. I gotta give them props for that. The prague airport is like the size of Burbank airport. Cute. But, overall it was WAY too long of a trip for my taste. I prefer the 11 hrs to Amsterdam and 4 hrs to Armenia. It's clear, straight forward... and PLUS, the service on Delta and the planes of Czech are horrible and somewhat scary. You ask for water in Delta and the chick gives you the dirtiest look! Ummm.. never again.
Vartevar today... it's been pretty chill. I think God played the biggest "vartevar" with everyone with thunder and pouring rain. Maybe people just put their hands down and said, "Ok, can't mess with God".
Yesterday we had a long day... took the group to see Saghmosavank, Abaran, Troyi shirim, Ampert, Arakadzi leej, and M.Mashdots at Oshagan. It kind of annoyed me that they weren't as enthusiastic about it as I expected... but I think they were just tired, cause in between, the entire van was passed out, while the driver and I discussed rabiz music.
It was interesting to see everyone's reactions when they saw Ararat for the first time. Some cried, and didn't realize why or how they were crying... some just smirked, shrugged their shoulders and went back to what they were talking about before.
Today Isabella Bayrakdarian got married at Keghart... you ask how I know this. Well her family was with us from Prague to Yerevan, and then we saw them again at Ani, and last night we ran into them at Hin Yerevan.. I think they think we're stalking them... I got a great clip of her singing with the Hin Yerevan ensemble, with my digital cam. She's wonderful!
For now, these are my random updates, I'll write again, more in depth when the group leaves for Gharapagh and I have some more time to focus...
TSUH! :)~
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