May 23, 2013
Today, we woke up and had breakfast at the hotel. We were all very excited because it’s our 7th day. The time has passed by so fast, and none of us want to go back to Boston. After breakfast, we all went on the bus. We got to Berdzor early so we had to wait a little before planting the trees. When it was time to plant trees, I felt so happy because I was helping my homeland in many different ways such as, giving food, keeping people alive with oxygen, helping Armenia not become a desert, and more.
It was really fun planting trees. We also took a lot of pictures. After that we went to the place where previous 5th graders have planted their trees and took a picture with our school’s plaque.
After that, we went to Datev Monastery. To get to the Monastery, we had to take the tramway. It was so fun but really slow. The Datev Monastery was built in 906. From 1390 to 1435 there was a university, a school of miniature and ancient manuscript transcription art at Datev Monastery. It was really beautiful seeing the monastery and the way they make oil in the oilery. It was just really beautiful. Then, we rode back on the tramway. When we got back we saw that there was a park, so we played for 15 minutes. After that, we had a really good lunch at this outdoors place which was really yummy. Then, we got back on the bus for 5 more hours to go to Yerevan.
Patil Mahserejian