This week has been fairly busy with lots of work on AIESEC RAU. We will be getting a shiny website in the next few weeks, and have been working hard promoting ourselves on Facebook and another Russian social networking site.
On Thursday I got a bit of time to relax and explore the city. Miko, Ishxan's brother, was my guide. First we went to see his friend in the city center. When we arrived at his flat his mum immediately set out huge piles of fruit and cake, and served us all ice cream. Apparently this is normal in Armenia, would be so cool if this happened in the UK.
Yummy FoodsMiko, his friend, his friend's younger sister and his friend's cousin (who spoke english with an American accent), took me to the Matenadaran, the only ancient manuscript museum in the world [citation needed]. We saw lots of illustrated manuscripts up to 1000 years old, as well as books, papyrus scrolls and inscribed banana leaves from all over the world. They were all very interesting, but I couldn't take any photos,
So here is a photo of the outside of the building instead.On Friday I said goodbye to Ishxan and his family and moved on to my new home. Originally I was going to stay with Sargis, but repair works at his flat have run on a bit longer than planned, so we are both staying in student accommodation. It's nice and close to the office (only 15 minutes walk) and quite comfy too.
Sunday evening we had an AIESEC party to celebrate Sargis becoming President. We had it in the Irish Pub, which was one of the least Irish places I've ever been. They had strobe lights.
It was all good fun though, there was a power cut, so everyone got out their phones for light, and the owner lit some candles. Everyone had a bit of a sing along, and then we went on to That Place, a new bar in the middle of Yerevan. It's a bit weird in that it's in a car park, apparently it's popular with Armenians coming from abroad. Maybe they like car parks. The facebook page boasts:
"Reflecting the owners' passion for bikes, you'll feel like you are in their own garage."
More posts soon, I'm planning to finish off seeing the sights of Yerevan over the next week, so lots of pics to come!
2 comments:
I am disgusted that there is no photo of the car park. Tut.
Sarah likes this.
She hopes that if she goes round to Jamie's house next year there will be cake and fruit.
Also she shall have tea parties with cake next year. She lives right behind Sainsbury's so she can't forget to buy ingredients. Hurrah!
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