What’s at the Top of the Cascade
The first time I climbed the Cascade, I made it to the third terrace before sitting down on a warm […]
Yerevan
Armenia’s capital city — neighborhoods, sights, and day trips
Republic Square Up Close
On the afternoon of 13 April 1991, a 7-metre copper statue of Lenin was lifted off its pedestal in the
Yerevan in 48 Hours
Yerevan’s centre is about a mile and a half across. From the southern edge of Republic Square to the top
Going to the Theatre in Yerevan
A balcony seat at the National Opera and Ballet for Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake runs about 15,000 dram, roughly $39 USD.
The Saryan House Museum in Yerevan
Martiros Saryan moved into the house at 3 Saryan Street in 1932. Alexander Tamanian, the architect who gave Yerevan its
Traditional Armenian Food
Anahit was eighty-something and barely came up to my shoulder. She was running a guesthouse in a back-street courtyard near