Postcard from… Yerevan
By Frida
Hi Readers!
Today I am going to tell you about this mind-blowing excursion. Including sleeping overnight on a train (and waking up in a new country)… touching the most ancient shoe in the world… and celebrating Australian Father’s Dan in Armenia.
When we opened the carriage door, the sun had already set down to sleep. Luckily our cabin had a light and four bunk beds. I thought it was like our own little apartment, only on a moving train. It was super hard falling asleep because I was having so much fun climbing on the ladder, but I eventually closed my eyes and drifted off. When I woke up, I looked out the widow and saw a beautiful view of the landscape. We had crossed from Georgia into Armenia.
While we were in Armenia, we went to the history museum. There we saw a shoe… but not just any old shoe. Apparently, this was the most ancient shoe in the world, over 5,000 years old. Luckily, it was behind glass so we couldn’t smell it! I bet it would have been disgusting!
Speaking of shoes, we also saw an impressive shoe goblet. Apparently, ancient people really liked their shoes. I like shoes too… but I don’t think I’d like to drink out of one. Would you?
We also saw an ancient carriage, used thousands of years ago to carry dead people to their grave. This one even had a skeleton in it. Creepy! There were lots of swords, too, as well as some beautiful ancient statues of gazelles, birds and deer and lots of clay bowls, too. The statues were so realistic they looked as though they might come to life!
There was also some weird ancient writing. My mommy told me it is called “cuneiform,” a kind of writing that was created over 5 thousand years ago:
We also saw a giant painting with two lions, one of my favorite animals. In the next room mommy admired some ancient jewelry, including gold plated laurel wreaths.
A few days later, it was Australian Father’s Day. I’m pretty sure we were the only people in Armenia celebrating it, but we decided to go to the ballet. Actually, this was more of a present for me, but daddy liked it anyway.
Armenia turned out to be a super fun place to visit. Usually I would say “thank you” in the local language here… but the word is so long in Armenian, even the locals just use the French word…
Merci!
Frida