Educational trip to Lori

Educational trip to Lori

As you know, this time we decided to go to Lori province. We weren't that excited about this trip, albeit we ended up really enjoying it.

On the first day, we assembled at our school and started our trip early in the morning. Our first destination was the Dsegh Seas. To be honest it was much more beautiful than I'd expected and I'd definitely visit that place again, to look at that stunning view one more time. Next, we went to Dsegh village, to visit the home museum of Hovhannes Toumanian, but some of us didn't walk in, cause we'd already been there too many times. Afterward, we went to Alaverdi city and stayed at the guest house for the rest of the day.

The next day, first of all, we went to Alaverdi's school number 5, represented our school, told them about differences from other schools and etc. Then they did the same thing, we sang, danced, recited some short poems and played volleyball. Our next destination was the Haghpat monastery. For me the most beautiful there wasn't the monastery itself, but the stunning view from there. After exploring Haghpat, we went to Sanahin monastery, which, for me, is kind of the last ones sibling. Though both monasteries were picturesque, I liked Sanahin monastery more, because the place was calmer and more relaxing, and gave you the opportunity to really enjoy the nature there. After that, we went back to our guest house, had dinner, and in the evening went for a walk to Alaverdi Art Gallery which is also a branch of the National Gallery of Armenia. There we met Rafael Aghajanyan who turned out to be a very interesting person. He introduced his works and told us very interesting stories from his past, and the history of the Gallery. Most of all I liked some of his unnamed works, and works of Zaven Ohanyan, called “Yes em” (It’s me), “Khaghoghahavak” (Grape harvesting),  “Boutotnuk” (Blunt octopus?), “Yerasht” (drought) and “Lialusin” (Full moon). We spent the rest of the day just talking, playing some games and so on.

On the last day of our trip our first destination was Odzun monastery. Almost everyone from our group loved that place most of all, but not me. For me the monastery was kind of annoying and i can't explain why, i just didn't like it the way everyone did. Next, we went to Ahnidzor village, the school named after Hrant Matevosyan. We read some of his works near the school, and some teachers and pupils of the school decided to take us to some place like a little waterfall that they thought was a precious place, but, to be honest, the long walk there wasn't actually worth it.

So, Ahnidzor village was our last destination, and afterwards we just returned to Yerevan. As always, we're looking forward to going to our next trip, and already have some beautiful places in mind that we want to visit. Let's hope that it won't take much time, and we'll continue our adventures in few months.