Roaming the snowy, unique environment of Armenia

For the fist time in and around Yerevan since my stay here, it has finally snowed. A thick layer of snow has coated the environment over the past two days and I have to say, it's an experience I truly love despite not getting out a whole lot to appreciate it. Today I tried to get out a little bit, with the Internet connection being incredibly bad and limiting my online presence, as if to encourage me to get out and photograph a bit of the experience. I had a lot of fun on my short walk outside, capturing various environemnts and emotions. This area is particularly religious, and it holds a slightly slower pacing compared to the main city of Yerevan, as with some technicality, this area doesn't really count as part of it. It's a small city with some still fast living. A lot of cars despite the limited number of shops, and the large number of citizens that come and go through the streets. It's very interesting to see how many faces I recognise and don't recongise on a daily basis. A main high street sort of area in which the most popular shops are located, compared to the lesser popular ones. Though each time I get out, it feels unique. Full of surprises. Different events that take place down familiar roads.

With snow, the whole environment felt different. Less dogs roaming around. Still a large number of cars and people, but with their faces, like mine, kept warmly in their coats. We grabbed a coffee from the nearby Coffee House that was booming unsufferable western rap music, waiting patiently as some brats attempting to throw snowballs at me from the above apartment buildings. They stopped the moment I gave them the middle finger, to which they returned with a mutual middle finger, to which I gave them back yet another middle finger. No more snowballs followed after that. I wish I had roamed a little more, but plans for the hours ahead had us wanting to return home. We spend the evening at an Armenian household having dinner. Drinking homemade vodka that killed me, eating meat grilled from outside the home. It was a really fun experience. Though I still feel that I need to grab my camera, gimbal, and multiple layers of clothing and get back out there to capture the life around me.

Despite so much snow, it didn't seem to want to settle. It wasn't that cold either. We wrapped up warmly and had multiple cameras on us, and some of the gear got worringly wet. But I still roamed around with one camera within my grasp, wanting to find unique moments. But it was quiet. One stray dog I wanted to capture began to growl and bark at me, I just turned the other way and moved on. Walking back into the snowy, lumpy road that it had navigated moments prior. I hope the snow in the area continues. I hope the emotion lingers on for me to capture. I don't feel I have done enough to capture it just yet, the feeling that I could always do more sits within.

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