Wordless Wednesday: Tennis, anyone?

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Scenic Sunday: Timeless Mountain

Here is an out-of-time mountain-top in Armenia, which was a Soviet Republic when I was there, but is now independent). I was lucky enough to get out in the countryside, which was truly beautiful and quite unlike other places I've been to.
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Watery Wednesday: Lake Sevan

As you can see, Lake Sevan is actually very pretty, which is probably why we put up with the rough conditions ( Life at the top ) and had a wonderful outing.
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Everybody off the bus!

Traveling from Tbilisi, Georgia to Erevan, Armenia, we took a long bus ride down the Georgian Military Road, through the beautiful Caucasus mountains. At one point, right in the middle of total isolation and people-less nature, we stopped at the huge, surreal Soviet-artified semi-circular monument you see above. I guess it was some sort of bizarre view-watching spot, like the scenic stops on our American highways. We decided the men sitting around were photographers waiting for tourists, but they never got up and they certainly never offered to take any photos.
Come back tomorrow and see the view--that was pretty spectacular.

Life at the top

The Jetson House ( Meet the Jetsons ) was quite unusual, but its surroundings were surreal. The house was on Lake Sevan, a resort in the former Soviet Republic of Armenia (now an independent country). I went there as part of a scheduled visit when I took a group of tourists to the Soviet Union. The interesting thing was that we were led to expect a quite ritzy resort and, indeed, the view was quite lovely (will post another day). The beach, however, was not, well, what I would call 'ritzy' -- and I don't just mean the big pebbles that covered it, or even the locals, though both were something to behold. The photo above shows the high-class changing booths and the photo on the left would, I think, easily qualify for another Worldless Wednesday post! Can you see the dandelion coming through? I love that.

Wordless Wednesday: Meet the Jetsons

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