Monday, June 1, 2009

Astral- the armo club












One other thing that I just had to see here was the Opera club. This club is in the basement of the Opera house, and it is supposed to be the ghettoest mirror club in all of Yerevan. Thanks to my luck, we go and they tell us that they close at 11:30. Yeah right. So we detoured to another place, Astral. This club is equally ghetto (but it has no  mirrors to dance in front of).  I just so badly wanted to see a mirror club, but anyway.

The club was full of high school kids- most of them on senior trip from America. Very entertaining. They even has belly dancing and break dancing shows. Who does that in a club?? 

It was an experience nonetheless.

We even became local celebs featured on a paparazzi site-check it out:
http://paparazzi.am/newblog/?p=3448#more-3448


Mokka patisserie











You can get a bit of Paris in Yerevan at this patisserie. The dessert just looks so beautiful here, it tastes pretty good too. But my favorite part was the Alice in Wonderland decor, I just wanted to take the place home with.

If you're ever there go for the peach trifle. It sounds weird but it's really good. 

On an unrelated note, I've become such a local that when the waiter hands me an English menu he says : "Vochinch vor kez el em angleren talis (Is it ok if I give you an English menu?). Ya!


Cascade







The area surrounding Cascade has to be one of my favorite neighborhoods in Yerevan, because  you have such a beautiful view of the city. It's like a small corner of Europe in Yerevan, with cobblestone streets, lots of statues, and of course the Cascade steps. Unfortunately, the Cascade project is not complete because the developers ran out of money- but they made a great start. Hopefully one day, they will complete the project and it will house a modern art museum all the way at the top!