All that I was associated with Yerevan is the sun, mountains and strong brandy. This is the edge of the incredible beauty of mountain peaks. In this city will make everything you feel at home.
Transport here is inexpensive. Taxi - somewhere 0.25 dollars per 1 km. But, you need to be neat, the prices of taxi drivers may increase due to the fact that some unscrupulous decide to work out on travelers. On the streets of the capital of Armenia, you can find a huge number of Soviet cars, among which it remains especially a reverent attitude. Niva and only white associated with the courage of Armenian. It takes care, tuning, turn into a real candy. The early incredible popularity of this car was due to the nature of the excuseal roads and the relief, in which the all-terrain vehicle is needed or an SUV, which in Soviet times was Niva. On the bus, the passage is completely inexpensive - 0.3 dollars, but all buses are equipped with Wi-Fi, which is very convenient.
I liked Armenian music. In one of the restaurants, we went to have dinner and heard unusually beautiful and, in places, dreary music. It was a game at the National Armenian Tool - Dunduk. The artist was well owned by the Russians, we told that this is a very difficult occupation - a game on Dunduk, you need to make huge efforts to create such a beautiful sound.
In architecture, I liked the incredibly a huge number of monuments and sculptures of the most diverse nature, which not only in the city center, and everywhere. For example, I was surprised by a monument of acrobat hares, a huge spider, a wild bull, a predatory lion from automotive tires, a huge chess cloth with moving figures. The most interesting thing is that in Yerevan you can meet copies of famous world monuments. Here, on one of the streets, I met a copy of the LOVE monument (love), which was built in New York.
I loved the Armenian cuisine, on the streets of the city there are many snack bars and cafes, in which you can enjoy your unique Armenian fast food. Something similar to pizza is called "Lakmago", a subtle taste and a mandatory characteristic kitchen, Caucasian sharpness. Instead of Shawarma, there is a "tzhzhik" here - this is a liver or other meat, along with tomato, pepper, fried potatoes "straw", wrapped in Lavash. I loved myself and "saved" - such a soup based on sour yogurt with a militant, flour, greens.
Very unusual, but tasty.
If it is possible, I recommend everyone to see the highest beauty of Mount Ararat, it is an hour's drive from Yerevan. It is believed that it was on this mountain who came down from his ark. Local with trembling and sinking hearts, right with tears in their eyes talk about this grief. She was assigned to the Turks from recently, but for Armenians this mountain is a shrine of a national nature, contrary to territorial Turkish affiliation.
Be sure to look at the totem monastery in the mountains, in translation, the name means "give wings." Local told me that the name happened because of the legend of the master who built this temple. Having done his work, he became over the abyss and asked God the wings, he rushed down and took off. You can get to this monastery only on the world's longest cable car.
Landscapes are incredible.