May 29, 2013
Today we went to Sassoontsi Tavit statue that Yervant Kochar made. We also went into a museum that talked about the first train that came into Armenia in 1899. Nigola the 2nd helped build the railway by donating the money. When we were in the museum we saw a timeline that showed how the trains in Armenia changed over the years. We took a picture with King Arkishdi.
We went into the Erepuni museum and saw the birth certificate of Yerevan that Arkishdi made. We saw pipes that transported water in the B.C. age, spears, armor that protected the soldiers from arrows and spears, the helmets that we saw had inscriptions of battles, and there was also a shield that weighed 60 pounds used just for decoration during war. When people were digging to build a building they coincidentally found some pots with three holes that they had put a person’s ashes in bury it so the ashes would go to heaven. But they only do that to high ranked people.
When we went to the Vartan Mamigonian statue we took a picture and we talked about what we learned about him. We went to Grand Candy and everyone ate bonchigs (fried dough). Everyone got candy for relatives, and friends. After free time we are going to our final dinner. Everyone is both sad that we are leaving Armenia and happy that were leaving to see family. During these two weeks we all saw our ancestors’ homeland, and how they live. Armenia has been a great experience for everybody. See everybody Friday at school!!!!!!!
Gregory Cormier