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.
