My dear friend Susan Spano, a Peace Corps volunteer with me here in Armenia has her site in Ashtarak, about 20 miles north of Yerevan. Susan was previously a column writer for the New York Times, The Frugal Traveler. She has created a walking tour of her town of Ashtarak voice and map on a cell phone app. Last summer she took me on a tour of her lovely town. She travels now in the summer all over Armenia and eastern Turkey with a conglomerate of travel agencies in Armenia and Turkey working to have them collaborate their Armenian historical sites.
PC volunteers having lunch at a rather western
café in Ashtarak as you can see from the food on the
plates... burgers and fries :-)
Touring an old Armenian home... Note the wine cask...
Inside the old home...
The lavash pit (where Armenian bread is made)..
Ancient Turkish bath house....Sorry for the blue tarp..
Ruins of an old monastery, probably 5th century or so....
Inside dome of monastery....
Susan being silly drinking cappuccino...
And me the same....
Original/restored monastery in Ashtarak..
maybe 6th/7th century?
Love these old wine casks found throughout Armenia..
Don't know how the wine was extracted though.. I should ask :-)
Dome in monastery... Love these ceilings...
Ruins of monastery on the cliff overlooking the
Ashtarak canyon...
The old and the new... Old Russian vehicle and newer
German parked next to each other...
Rusted automobile... Everywhere on the sides of roads
in Armenia....
Information about restored monastery...
Gates in Armenia are usually/most always, made from old
bedframes and bedsprings such as you see here....
Information about the monastery...
Courtyard of old house....
Fall 2015 in Ashtarak - Lorrie
Fall 2015 Ashtarak - Susan
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