June 1, 2011
Today we started the day with a delicious breakfast. We all loved it! Then we hit the road.
We were going to the Madenataran. It’s a place where we preserve books from the 9th to 19th century . We saw bibles, medicine books, and alchemy books. One of the books showed how to make glue out of the juice you get from onions and rice. They received red paint from the vortan karmir, blue paint from minerals, yellow paint from gold dust, green paint from copper oxide, and black paint from the dust on the macadamia nut. There were also Persian, Byzantine, Ottoman, Greek, and Arab manuscripts alongside the Armenian ones.
Next, we went to the Ministry of Diaspora. The people there talked about a summer camp in Armenia. We would go around the landmarks. The campers will also have some fun with the President. We will also have singalongs and campfires. I’m thinking about joining myself.
After the Ministry of Diaspora, we went to the Ancient Citadel of Erebuni. It was founded by King Argishti II of Urardu. He even made a gigantic cuniform tablet to be put on one of Erebuni’s walls to scare his enemies.
His enemies were the Assyrian, Hittite, and Median kingdoms. We went up to the ruins of Erebuni. It was amazing! On he way up, we heard snakes. I loved Erebuni the most out of all the other landmarks. The museum was even better!
Finally we went to Grand Candy. It was literally heaven! We enjoyed Bonchiks, a savory desert enjoyed by every Armenian. The flavors for Bonchiks are plain, chocolate cream, vanilla cream, and apricot. All of the Bonchiks are topped with tons of powder. We also got to get a bunch of other stuff such as truffles, candy fruits, chocolate bars etc. It was awesome!
I can’t believe it’s our last day today. I’ll miss Armenia so much !
By George Yeghyayan