Yerevan
Given I left home five months ago, this blog is well overdue. So where better to start than the city I've just spent over a week in.
I must say I generally don't have huge expectations when it comes to Soviet-era cities. Tbilisi was nice enough but my impression was that they talked up the old town a little much. So I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived in Yerevan. Soviet-era rebuilding took care of most the historical structures but what exists now is a modern and thor