Wednesday, May 27, 2009
On our way to Lake Sevan; we saw the statues of Hayk Nahabed and Dork Ankegh. We went to the Temple of Garni, also known as the Pagan Temple. It was small but nice, the steps up to the Temple were big, and because of that whenever you went up a step you bowed. The view was amazing; there are rivers and many mountains. We saw a house in the middle of the mountains. We were so close to the mountains we could see the top of the mountains and the clouds around us. We saw an old time roman bath house which belonged to King Drtad.
Then we went to the Monastery of Geghard. This was a church made out of rock. There were many churches in the Monastery. There was a huge waterfall and there were trees with ropes tied on it that people made a wish on. There were so many bees that there was a bee cage. Then we learned that they sacrificed animals into the waterfall.
When we got to Lake Sevan we went to lunch first. There was an arcade room there, it was fun. Then we went to the two churches on top of a hill Astvatsatsin and Arakelots, which we had to climb many stairs in the hail. We were soaked when we got there. It used to be on an island when the water level was higher.
Then the hail stopped, we went to the lake and most of us put our feet in Lake Sevan. It was very cold, but we had a lot of fun.
We then went to the English Learning Center. There we met so many students. Most of them were older than us. We played games with them, and learned a lot about each other. We became pen pals; they were so nice and smart. We played a game like charades, a game with wrapping people with paper and musical chairs. We had a lot of fun.
We finally came home and had dinner. What an exciting day we had!
Ani Hackett