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Gyumri is an urban municipal community and the second largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. Gyumri has a population of 121,976. The 19th-century Church of the Holy Saviour to the south of the square

The locals were buying the bread by the handfull and carrying it out.

The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin is the pre-eminent center of authority in the worldwide Armenian Apostolic Church. Located near the capital of Yerevan in the Republic of Armenia

We had lunch today at an art enclave prepared by students. This is the dining room with local art we dined.in.

City of Yerevan

Definitely a traffic problem in Armenia.

Outskirts of Yerevan

Cross made of roadside crosses, old and new. This one was very interesting, as it was made of hundreds of smaller crosses welded together, Holy Cross,. near Artashavan and the Armenian Alphabet Monument.

These giant stone letters are dedicated to Mesrop Mashtots, the creator of the Armenian alphabet. They were set near his resting place in 2005 when the alphabet celebrated its 1600th birthday. His system has been used ever since, and each of 39 letters has its own free-standing statue in a large field near the village of Artashavan.

Armenian alphabet monument with giant carved letters, Artashavan village, Armenia - Also called Alphabet Park

Looks like a meeting of the local police.

Welcome to Armenia. We cross the border today from Georgia to Bavra, Armenia and traveled to Gyumri, Armenia. The equestrian statue of Vartan Mamikonian is erected at the centre of the memoria

Former Soviet Bloc apartments

The building behind the sign board is the home of the famous Ararat Brandy

Here we have Sonya our local guide sharing with us some of the hot bread.

This is really good looking bread.

Employees working hard in the kitchen to create these great treats to enjoy.

Here you see the hot bread being removed from the oven.

As fast as the hot bread comes from the open round oven it is sold.

Great bakery products on display. Very reasonable too.

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