Happy Independence Day
So it's 16 years since Armenians voted overwhelmingly for independence, and what a ride it's been. This year's celebrations were mainly centered around the new fountains in Republic Square. They spent the entire year renovating the pool and installing the fountains (from France), and today, we finally saw the results, and they are really quite nice. I put a couple of pictures on flickr, and below is one of them. It was hard to capture much of the different types of movements, colors, etc what with being bumped every second. The square was really packed I must say. But I got a couple of decent shots.
If I read right in the news, the new Northern Avenue will be complete in November. I see it every day, and that seems extremely optimistic, but anyway, when it is done, these fountains will be a nice end cap for it.
One priceless comment I heard one cop make to another during the celebrations: "Mi kich gamats kayle, d'mbo!" (Walk a little slower, dummy!)
If I read right in the news, the new Northern Avenue will be complete in November. I see it every day, and that seems extremely optimistic, but anyway, when it is done, these fountains will be a nice end cap for it.
One priceless comment I heard one cop make to another during the celebrations: "Mi kich gamats kayle, d'mbo!" (Walk a little slower, dummy!)
posted by Raffi K. at 11:16 PM
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I went by the fountains again last night, wanting to see them on a regular night, without barricades and concerts, etc. I will just say, I was not the only one with that idea. There were literally thousands of people gathered all around, in a thick crowd. I couldn't get anywhere near the fountains, but I got some great pictures of the crowd I'll eventually put on flickr.
what's the web address to your flickr site?
you can click on the picture above, or the pictures in the column on the right of the page. they'll take you to the right page.
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