{"id":2010,"date":"2022-08-22T12:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T10:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.streetpepper.de\/worldtravel\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2022-08-22T16:16:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T14:16:13","slug":"armenia-the-country-remains-a-stranger-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streetpepper.de\/worldtravel\/2022\/08\/22\/armenia-the-country-remains-a-stranger-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This country remains a stranger to me!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have been sitting in front of the “blank page” for hours working on a report about Armenia, a stranger. I have no idea what to write. It’s not that we didn’t experience and see an unspeakable amount of things to write about on our way to Yerevan. A city that deserves its own article with all its history and diversity. The page remains empty because I don’t have the right words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Normally, I always have at least one concrete topic when I want to write something about a country. About Armenia, I am speechless. European, Asian, culturally rich? Scenically beautiful, touristy? A nation full of chess players?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve been in Yerevan for 10 days and still have a few to go. We are waiting for the Iran visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thinking about Armenia makes me awestruck!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While I think about what I could write about this country, no bigger than Brandenburg but feels so much bigger, it warms my heart. A stranger wouldn’t, right? The longer we are on the road, the more countries we pass through, the less we inform ourselves in advance. We listen to well-intentioned recommendations, but push them straight into a drawer and close them for the time being. Our views on things are too different, our expectations too different, our experiences too different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n