Tag: Armenia

The sights of Yerevan behind us, today we are driving west from the capital to see some more major sites, mostly of the religious variety. Various buildings and parks are pointed out en route, including a cemetery in which Armenian flags fly over the graves of every soldier who died in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war…

Well, if Georgia was all about wineries and Orthodox churches and monasteries, Armenia is all about wineries and Apostolic churches and monasteries ‒ with a bit of brandy thrown in. Stage three of my trip to the Caucasus begins with the border crossing into Armenia from Georgia. Another change of coach, guide and driver and…