Arriving at Yerevan Station(1st below), we easily bought two pink tokens (2nd below) to ride the Metro two stops to downtown, and walked to our large, bright, one-room apartment in the midst of yet another road race - OneRun Armenia.
Sunday, July 16, 2023
Armenia: Riding the Train from Gyumri to Yerevan
We rode the morning train from Gyumri to Yerevan. Nice! Clean. Comfortable. With views of green Armenian countryside, the biblical Mount Ararat! (1st below, center left - located in Turkey), villages, shepherds and sheep/cows, rusty freight cars, stork apartments, and small rural train stations.
Arriving at Yerevan Station(1st below), we easily bought two pink tokens (2nd below) to ride the Metro two stops to downtown, and walked to our large, bright, one-room apartment in the midst of yet another road race - OneRun Armenia.
Arriving at Yerevan Station(1st below), we easily bought two pink tokens (2nd below) to ride the Metro two stops to downtown, and walked to our large, bright, one-room apartment in the midst of yet another road race - OneRun Armenia.
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Does Armenia still have that "Soviet" feel to it? When I was there in 2014 the police still wore Soviet-style uniforms, complete with a red star with hammer and sickle on their caps. One of them even chastised me for taking pictures in the Yerevan train station, which I was doing because it is an impressive example of Stalinist wedding cake architecture. And I remember seeing a TV channel that was showing only old Soviet movies. Georgia of course has lots of reminders of the Soviet era too, but it didn't at all have that kind of Soviet nostalgia vibe.
Charles, Great question! I would say the answer is "no, although" one is often reminded of the Soviet past; for example, when buying pink Metro tokens, or hearing Russian spoken or seeing a Cyrillic sign, or seeing a policeman in the Soviet-style uniforms, or riding one of the ancient yellow PAZ buses. Stay tuned, there are several more Armenia posts to come. And I'm hoping that Sun-Ling leaves a comment. -john
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