May 26, 2013
Today was a free day for the parents, so we went to “Kaskad”. We saw many statues there that were made by different artists. We went through a small museum made by an Armenian artist. After touring the small museum, we took the escalator up to the top of Kaskad.
Kaskad is a place that just looks like a big staircase and when you get up, it’s the best view of Yerevan. We took pictures then went down the stairs. We walked to the children’s art museum and we were amazed by the wonderful art done by the young kids. One painting was a picture of a brother and sister playing in one of those old red wagons. The artist was a kid that was only 13 years old. Do you know the pictures in old restaurants, like Johnny Rockets? It looked like a real painting that an adult artist couldn’t even do. For lunch we went to Gusto’s pizzeria again and ate pasta.
All travelers had a free afternoon, so me, Carlo, Gregory, Beiyna, and Victoria with our parents went to the Play City to go-kart. The Go-Karts were pretty fast but all of us were very careful driving them. The others went to shop at Vernisage. At night, for our cultural event we went to a performance of Armenian folk dance and music. They used no microphones or speakers, but the sound was incredible. They sang my favorite song “Aragil” and danced to Aram Khachaturian’s famous “ Sabre Dance”. This was one of the best days we have had so far.
Emin Abrahamian