Today in the morning we went to Alexander Tamanian’s statue. Alexander Tamanian was the person who in 1923 drew the map of Yerevan that would later in 1924 be approved. They still continue Alexander Tamanian’s lay out until this day. Next to the statue there are other little statues donated by Gerrard Gafesjian. They are all over the place they are mostly metal and some rubber. And after the statue you see the prettiest part of Yerevan (in my opinion) the longest stairs I have seen in my life, they are called the cascades. We went up and down them, they are really pretty.
When we got to Kupalian school we entered a classroom and a teacher greeted us. There were people of all the classes 2nd to 8th grade. They talked about what we would be doing after this. We would be planting trees.
After some talking and getting to know each other we went to a little garden 10 minutes from the school (walking). When we got there we started an interview with the Armenia Tree Project main person that was there. We explained what we have been doing in Armenia so far and what it feels like to plant trees. After we were done planting 20 trees or so the boys played some soccer then we left. It was a very hot and dry day and when we entered the bus it was super hot. It felt like Africa in the bus. We left for Karin it was about a 30 minute ride from Kupalian school, me, Nathan and two fifth grade boys in the back row (we picked the coldest spot).
When we got there we sat in a room and took our seats. We waited until a lady came and told us to do an activity with the other school so we get to know each other. After that we created a paper tree with our wishes for trees in Armenia and all around the world. When we went out of the building there was a man named Samuel who gave us a tour of all the trees they planted and grew in their nursery. There were a lot of fruits and other kinds of trees. We also went to the most humid tent I have ever been in. We also had some snacks at the end of the tour.
At seven o’clock, we left for dinner at The Club. I ordered onion soup and mantee. It was so good.
We set off back to the hotel after the awesome food.
Nareg Minassian