We went to Lake Sevan. It is a huge Lake, that has some areas of holiday resort. As it is spring they were just preparing the place for the season. They day was a bit grey so the view was not as great as the previous days. The tour driver had stopped in a peninsula previously an island with a monastery in the higher part. This monastery was founded by Princess Mariam in 874 ad.
At that time it was part of the duties of a Princess to take care of the construction and the sacred art in them. Nowadays there are two churches standing, both octagonal shaped. There is a big amount of khachkars. There were some ruins too. The place was nice but not nicer than the other out of the city trips we made, and actually shorter and less interesting.
Maybe is a trip to make in summer. But instead we have a nice lunch in a fish restaurant, where they served the famous fish from the lake, ´ishkan´ that means ´prince fish´. I had some crab too and a nice carrot salad and all the food was very good. Back in the city I went for a walk and some shoe spotting because thay are incredible in Yerevan. We had a nice farewell dinner with some Armenian wine (a bit rough but ok) and back to Berlin! Bye, bye, Armenia! Nice meeting you!
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