Armenia
I decided to to visit Armenia. From what I've heard, the country is a beautiful place, with a unique culture. I arrived in the capital city of Yerevan a couple of days ago. The weather was warm enough to start sweating, but not extremely hot. Here, there are only short, flat hills. It's a flatland.
I went to find some lunch, and ended up ordering khorovats and manti. While eating, I suddenly thought of my 6th grade orchestra and homeroom teacher Ms.Bottini, who was Armenian herself. After I had finished the wonderfully flavored food, I decided to visit the Cascade Complex, a giant stairway made of limestone.
At the entrance, there were pockets of grass with bushes and sculptures. When I got the doors of the Cascade Complex, I suddenly thought about how it looked like an elongated version of a Mayan temple. There were fountains spewing out water, and on the side, staircases that lead up to different levels, each with different works of art displayed. The art isn't the only thing that's beautiful though, as the view from the different levels were too!
The next day, I drove all the way to Hovhannavank, a 13th century monastery on the edge of the Kasagh River canyon. The area that the monastery was flat and grassy. In Armenia, the grass is taller and weedier. The building itself looked old and aged. It had different shades of stone for the wall, and the addition of wooden benches outside made me think that the monastery was built on wooden supports, and was about to crash.
The inside of the monastery was not what I expected. I had been to places which was built in the Gothic style, and I thought that it was going to be the same. But it wasn't. The ceiling was a bit lower, and everything was more stout and pudgey. You could definitely see the resemblance to churches today, but there were differences. The columns were shorter and wider, and I couldn't see as many colorful mosaics. Also, the whole place just felt and looked old. The inside was as dark and brown as the outside, which made sense, since this was one of Armenia's oldest monasteries. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity, hence the old monasteries in the country.
The country of Armenia, geographically, is flat and grassy. It has a colorful culture and more Armenians living outside the country than in it. I had a lot of fun in this country.
I went to find some lunch, and ended up ordering khorovats and manti. While eating, I suddenly thought of my 6th grade orchestra and homeroom teacher Ms.Bottini, who was Armenian herself. After I had finished the wonderfully flavored food, I decided to visit the Cascade Complex, a giant stairway made of limestone.
At the entrance, there were pockets of grass with bushes and sculptures. When I got the doors of the Cascade Complex, I suddenly thought about how it looked like an elongated version of a Mayan temple. There were fountains spewing out water, and on the side, staircases that lead up to different levels, each with different works of art displayed. The art isn't the only thing that's beautiful though, as the view from the different levels were too!
The next day, I drove all the way to Hovhannavank, a 13th century monastery on the edge of the Kasagh River canyon. The area that the monastery was flat and grassy. In Armenia, the grass is taller and weedier. The building itself looked old and aged. It had different shades of stone for the wall, and the addition of wooden benches outside made me think that the monastery was built on wooden supports, and was about to crash.
The inside of the monastery was not what I expected. I had been to places which was built in the Gothic style, and I thought that it was going to be the same. But it wasn't. The ceiling was a bit lower, and everything was more stout and pudgey. You could definitely see the resemblance to churches today, but there were differences. The columns were shorter and wider, and I couldn't see as many colorful mosaics. Also, the whole place just felt and looked old. The inside was as dark and brown as the outside, which made sense, since this was one of Armenia's oldest monasteries. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity, hence the old monasteries in the country.
The country of Armenia, geographically, is flat and grassy. It has a colorful culture and more Armenians living outside the country than in it. I had a lot of fun in this country.