I really look forward to my Sunday's here because it's the only day of the week where I do not have to be anywhere...I can plan out my day and do whatever I want. We'll this past Sunday, a few of us decided to go to the National History Museum. I was really impressed with the depth of the museum, the sophistication of the exhibits, and the knowledge of the employees. Each room had an Armenian woman sitting in the corner directing visitors. Now I've been in hundreds of museums in various different cities, but I had never seen this before. There are usually security guards in the rooms or they are simply empty. But these women served as pseudo security guards and knowledgeable sources of information. The museum had various exhibits and artifacts starting from pagan times, going all the way up to the modern day. Everything was beautifully preserved. The museum was on par with any museum you will find in Europe.
Sitting outside of the museum and observing the people in Republic Square is an experience in itself. This Sunday was Palm Sunday so people were decked out in full force, decorated in wreaths and flowers. Even more so than usual.
For lunch we headed to Marco Polo restaurant, where we ran into our fellow Birthrighter's and we all had lots and lots of ice cream...A Diana kind of day. After that we headed to an outdoor cafe near the opera for Cafe Glacee (Alice would have loved it!). It was the perfect way to spend a Sunday in Yerevan: Art, people watching, and ice cream....What more could I ask for?
(Images from top: the exterior of the National history museum in republic square, local women decorated with wreaths strolling along republic square, some more intellectual conversation taking place among the people of Yerevan, more women more flowers, the patrons of Marco Polo cafe, getting some love from Armen and Gapo at Marco Polo, cafes near the opera, trying to figure out how many Cafe glacces, Gapo joining in the local fashion, Melody and I enjoying the sun)
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