As someone who never considered visiting Armenia either, I was blown away when I went last summer. It's extremely nice, safe and beautiful. I can't even speak Armenian or Russian really, but I got around just fine because Armenians are generally really nice and helpful
As a person who has been obsessed with everything Armenian since my visit in 2014 (I am also planning a trip this September), I indeed highly recommend Armenia as a place to visit!
I was there last year with a couple of friends, we rented a Lada, drove all around the country, honestly one of my favourite trips ever... And SO cheap, cost us less than 350€/ person for 8 days. Hotels, Fuel, car rental, day in zipline park, flight from Vienna and back, food in restaurants, highly recommend
I went to Armenia last summer, best and most underrated vacation destination between Europe and the Middle East! Very close to Dubai (where I lived), and very close to the EU. If you ever get a chance to go, you definitely should. Best part of Yerevan is how many languages people speak there. Russian, English, Armenian, Arabic, French, and so many others. You’ll feel right at home, doesn’t matter who you are.
Armenia is another really uniquely Asian country like Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, and Israel/Palestine in its unique combination of Eastern and Western culture as well as its large diasporas which also help the countries in providing a true cosmopolitanism that is definitely not found in other countries if the region. Sadly I've never been to any of these countries but all of them are on a special list of places that I'd like to visit more than anywhere else.
I like how gutsy Arina is. Roman: There's supposed to be a statue of Lenin around here somewhere... Arina: (barges into museum, marches right up to front desk) Hey, you have a statue of Lenin here. Where is it?!? Roman: I don't feel so good, I was partying last night... Arina: Get your hungover ass on a bike and start pedaling! It'll do you good.
I have many Armenian friends, but honestly I didn't imagine the city were this nice plus the fact that you can get around speaking Russian. Big hello to Arina. She seems like a super cool adventures partner!!
Armenia is gorgeous. 😍 I grew up near little Armenia in Los Angeles, surrounded by delicious Armenian restaurants. I can't wait to share this with my Armenian American friends. Thanks for posting another incredible adventure! ❤️❤️
You’ve sold me 🇦🇲 & 🇬🇪 . Two places I’ll definitely visit one day! Thank you for recording! I love the travel vids sm, you’re very informative and don’t run out of things to say when you travel. Good shit!!
I've been to Armenia twice and honestly, I know I will go again sometime. One of the best places I've ever been to and I met some of the kindest people there! It's a good place for adventures! The architecture is really gorgeous, Roman didn't show even half of Yerevan's beauty.
1:20 In central Italy we have an identical (almost same shape, colour and size) volcanic stone brick called “tufo”. Many historical villages north of Rome are completely built on tufo.
@@rockercat5354 well once Armenia was kinda part of Roman empire... for a brief time, but for a long time it was allied/vassal state to it. Just shows how far the Roman world stretched
I love Arina! And I love all the adventures you go on. Even when you're hungover, I appreciate you showing us stuff that you're seeing and experiencing. Peace!
Haven't been to Armenia in about 4 years now (I'm an American who got married there), and have been missing it like crazy. Watching this only made me miss it more
Armenia is rustic, historic, full of ancient temples, mountains and intrigue. Armenia is heralded as the first civilization to adopt Christianity as its official religion. On a map, Armenia is tiny. But when you’re there, it’s vast, endless. If that are not enough reasons to go there I don’t know what is
As an Arab Armenia has always had a special place in my heart. I have friends from Armenia that I use to go to school with and honestly they were amazingly awesome people. Much love and respect too Armenia and it’s kindhearted humble people. ❤️🇦🇲
Roman has come so far from the shy dude who felt weird and socially anxious about vlogging in Chelyabinsk! We love to see it! Loving seeing where life takes you. 🌎
Amazing video man. I just came back from a trip to Armenia 🇦🇲 Such an amazing and beautiful country! Will definitely come back to this beautiful region
Yerevan is one of my favourite cities in the world. I have visited Armenia three times and will definitely go again. It's a beautiful country with a fascinating history and friendly people.
I got the same impression when I went to Yerevan in 2010. Apparently they built up the city very quickly because the Soviet Union would build a metro system in cities over a million population so they got as many people as possible to move to the capital to reach the million mark to get their subway. Unfortunately they love tearing down old buildings in Armenia. My favourite place was the old market and they even tore that down years ago.
One unfortunate thing is lot of Armenians kind of got obsessed with American culture so traditional things have in some cases been replaced with things you see in America
@@draggy6544 That's funny. I've been to over sixty countries and at least when I was there Armenia didn't feel very obsessed with America at all compared to other places. My local friend told me older buildings were constantly being torn down to make way for new residential developments.
I found this video to be quite interesting! If I ever visit anywhere in the Caucasus, I might consider visiting Yerevan specifically. Thanks for the video!
@@marvin2678 You can be a german citizen but not a german native so in regards to his great-grandfather the comment is correct. Like I'm a Belgian born and raised but my ancestors aren't so they didn't profit from the massacare in Congo,so everytime someome brings up Congo it has nothing to do with me.
@@cheezarose so real belagians profited from it? And you who lives in the same nation that did these things, you don't profit from it? Looks like suppression of reality lol..... I meant that people u Germany always go crazy especially leftist when someone says oh you're not a real German or stuff like that, you know considering the ancestry...but then suddenly they switch their mindsets and call themselves turksich, or whatever
@@marvin2678 At that rate everybody is profiting from the oppression of others. You can't live anywhere in the world because at some point every nation did some fucked up shit. The last thing is not the same. Wanting to be treated equally and recognised by your birth country is not the same as being the descendant of a genocider or Nazi in case of Germany.
It is a total underated region with a lot of history and culture - In the west people usually expect some krushjowa and donkeys and a lot of nothing from that region that's why it is relatively save from mass tourism
@@fischX sadly, here in the western there’s a lot of ignorance and assumptions that such countries are “dangerous”. It just takes people to see a language with a non-latin alphabet and it’s instantly associated with danger and conflict.
Wow, that's interesting. If the beer matches the beer glass, it is a relatively small brewery from Hesse in Germany. The brewery is only listed on the German-language Wikipedia. Cheers!
Bro so glad to have you here! I’m a legally blind guy who is in the process of moving here myself. I decided to do it after the war. If you see a guy with a military belt and blind person’s cane walking around town, please feel free to come up to me because I probably won’t see you.
It's a different kind of communist architecture than I'm used to, it's very classically influenced and I really like it in comparison to more northern/western communist buildings
@@yespls6260 they have similar stone in western crostia/bosnia. It looks amazing but when it rains is ridiculously slippery. I wish places would go back to building nice looking buildings. The whole classical architecture thing has never been improved on in my opinion
Armenia is a weird country within the Soviet Union. A lot more influence from Mediterranean and Middle Eastern culture as Eastern European influence was not as big until they joined the Soviet Union.
I am planning on visiting Armenia and Georgia in the next few months. You inspired me to check them out! Sounds like you are having fun. I will be visiting several other countries in addition while I'm abroad.
Since you're in Yerevan you should really check (outside the city) Geghard Monastery, Garni temple and specially (for me) the Garni Gorge with the Simphony of Stones, several kilometers of crazy prefect basalt colums and there was no one else there (on the gorge) when I visited wich was surprising for me since the monastery and temple had their fair share of tourists. Also it's totally worth to go chill on Lake Sevan...
@@kieranhudson4938 Nonsense, I've been to both Mestia and Kazbegi (and I don't even mean just Stepantsminda village and the Gergeti Trinity church I mean the actual Kazbegi mountain with it's 5054 meters of altitude) and I still loved Geghard and Garni, they are very different things, and liking one doesn't mean you wont like the other.
@@kieranhudson4938 It's a gorge made of enourmous hexagonal columns of basalt and it goes on for several quilometers with such organ pipe formations. In some areas the hexagonal blocks of basalt make the river bed in others they are even hanging in amazing rock ceilings. There are other places in the world with similar geological features that are very famous like Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming or Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland and this one is just as amazing. th-cam.com/video/REzUdRjFG8c/w-d-xo.html
That was a very cool video, Roman. You must bring Arina on more videos, she's awesome! I was very happy to see how Soviet it still looks. Keep up the great work, and stay safe.
You looked happy to have a little taste of "home away from home"! Fun vlog to watch, and you have an extremely good poker face for being so hungover lol
These videos are the best! It’s incredible how far and wide the USSR architecture spreads! Also crazy to see Romans videos from 5 years ago! Almost unrecognizable lol.. Huge fan, hope everything is going well for you! Peeaaaaaaccccceeee ✌🏼
I'm going to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in September, i got inspired by your videos and realized that it's just like my country (Croatia) but cheaper. I'm even thinking about visiting Sochi, because I want to see Kamila Valieva perform in person.
ah, sweet Armenia, the origin place of a musical superhero, Tigran Hamasyan. Everyone, check his music out (unless you don't already know and love him). We have a whole armenian neighbourhood in Bucharest. Greetings from the other side! You'll feel right at home if you ever drop by.
All these places you've been to in this video remind me soooo much of my town Ramnicu Valcea in Romania. It's a small but cute place, haven't been able to visit in 3 years due to covid so I can't wait to see what the town looks like once I am finally gonna go back. Your channel is great, keep up the good work!
Armenia is so dope-- this basic American bish had an amazing time there even though my Russian skills are garbage (and my Armenian even worse). Love the architecture, the scenery and the overall vibe. Yerevan is incredibly underrated, but I also got to see Gyumri which was also an amazing city. Armenians have an interesting relationship with Russia as well-- they do technically have Russian troops in the country on the borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Yes, Armenia is unfortunately somewhat of a geopolitical hostage of Russia... The majority of people here are against the war and Putin in general, but the government cannot do anything about it without risking everything (and it's worth mentioning that the PM, Pashinyan, is very pro-Western and has led a pretty effective fight against corruption). It's all just really unfortunate.
We hate them lol. Its just that because we had past corrupt governments and couldnt escape sphere of influence like former Eastern Bloc did through integration into western sphere, we are stuck having to play by their rules.
@@dainomite it’s not easy to communicate with just English in any former soviet republic. If you’re gonna travel in the region just learn a bit of Russian bruh
I had Armenian landlords when I lived in the City many, many years ago. Such lovely people. Two of them were bother and sister and second generation Armenian but kept all the Armenian customs. One had been raised by Turkish neighbors since the age of three when his family was massacred by the Turks; the whole village was slaughtered. Every year they marched to protest America denying the Armenian massacre because Turkey is our ally. Finally, this year Biden admitted the Armenian massacre had occurred and it will be added to U.S. history books. I was in my late twenties then and I had absolutely no idea this had ever occurred. I would love to visit Armenia one day, although these people were from villages in Turkey. They used to give us Baklava and these delicious crescent shaped cookies, similar to Ruggalah but richer and even tastier.
It was a genocide, not just a massacre - between 1 and 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children were systematically deprived of rights and slaughtered. But yes, it's a welcome improvement that the US is finally calling it what it really was! They had been referring to it as just a massacre before Biden changed that.
@@dgrszkyp don’t use the word massacre for fighting back. It’s not the same thing. You can’t blame your victim for fighting back. This is how sick your country’s education is. Take some responsibility.
I'm an Armenian born in America and watching this video felt nice since I hadn't visited in a while and my parents have a summer apartment near the center. A lot has changed tho since four years ago. There's a new skate park, and more American companies ( although no McDonalds) But i did feel out of place bc i knew Armenian fluently since i was little but there were a lot of times i couldn't understand Russian.
That is so bad ass at 9 min 12 sec someone painted Metallica and Anthrax on the building. I’ve seen both a few times and just love it all these years later on the other side of the planet, someone enjoys Metallica and Athrax in 2022
Im from the hood he visited that called KOND, and were listening Metallica since i was 9 years old till this day, now im 30, Im not very familiar with Anthrax though, but i love Slayer.
I mean it is a very sad thing you had to leave your home country but on the other hand it creates a lot of new interesting content because of your move... still hope we can go back to a normal state in the next years.
Ah man, i live in KOND for like 19 years already, didn't expect that you would stay here after 50 cent's concert, Im 30 year old Armenian, we came back to Yerevan with my family after we've spent 11 years in Sverdlovsk area, Novouralsk city. You almost drove to my block, i just thought it could be fun to meet you really. I speak Russian even better than i do (in?) Armenian. That main Yerevanian post office that you found, if you've navigated towards it watching it's pictures in Google Maps, i took those, never expected that it could collect so many views though, i did it for foreign visitors who mainly rely on Google Maps, there are still a lot places left that are not presented well enough or doesn't have a proper image to check out to be sure if you are at the right spot, as a local im still having issues with a map navigation because there is too little care given to it from the others. Well, besides the places only millionaires could afford themselves to visit.
As an Armenian-American, I'm wanting to visit Armenia (Hayastan). 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲 Armenia is forced to depend on Russia because it's surrounded by two countries that want to annihilate it.
"want to annihilate it" right...lol I am not here to turn this non political chill vlog and its comment section into a toxic debate but to anyone reading op's comment the situation can never be explained this easily both parties have their faults so please avoid toxic political shit and just enjoy what the region has to offer
yeah even though I have a lot of bad blood with Russia due to where I come from and our own history, I do not judge Armenia for allying with Russia because there is no better option in the region of who could support them and not want to completely take over... It is how it is in politics
@godisdrunk No it literally is. Have you ever read anything about the recent Armenian history (last 100 years) or listened to Erdogan and Aliyev's ('''''president''''' of Azerbaijan) speeches about Armenia? Don't open your mouth on stuff you don't know much about.
Yerevan is nice city, I like it. There are a lot of parks, nice restaurants, food is very tasty, very good beer, also Armenian craft beer is perfect. I've been there several times and always ready to go In armenia :) I like street arts in Yerevan, mostly painted arches, it's cool. You should travel outside Yerevan and visit some nice places. Good luck.
Hell yea!! I moved to LA 6 years ago and haven’t been able to visit my country since, it’s nice to see you just walking around and enjoying the city. I’m lowkey jealous lol
The beer that you drink at the end is from my region in Germany. And its a totally regional brand which isnt even known outside like a 100km radius. How on earth does that beer brand end up in fricking Yerevan??? 😂
The McDonald’s part is so funny to me since I grew up in Armenia until I was 7 and then moved to the US. I always remember seeing McDonald’s ads online but never got to try it since there weren’t any in Armenia 😂
Adding Armenia to the bucket list. Love your, can’t wait for peace , so you can do Bessarabia. My Grandmother used to say we we lived at the end of the earth in Alt Postal Bessarabia, where the Czarina sent the Volga Germans.
I ironically told a friend my fav TH-camr was NFKRZ only to find in 2022 you are doing interesting content and are chaded up, yet still say "hello blazers." fuckin nice dude
I moved to the U.S. im 2010 and seeing your video where towards the middle you go explore around the Mail Post Office which is the area I grew up in, feels so weird.
I lived in the middle east for a while, and every now and then you just had to get the fuck out and take a break from the artificiality of it. Don't get me wrong - I love the UAE and Jordan and all - but Armenia is the closest place to get a recharge of western-ness, it was only like an hour or two flight from Dubai. Armenia was the first Christian nation on earth, and it is a curious combination of western and Russian cultures. Food is delectable, there is music everywhere, and it feels like a safer Paris. And Armenia's contribution to the science has been way above its weight class.
@@SantomPh Russian language is already being forgotten in Armenia, it is more or less remembered by old people or repatriated Armenians from Russia, there are many Armenians from France, America, in general, yes, the influence was strong, more economic, not cultural, if you're talking about it, Russia betrayed us, the people of Armenia don't like it
Honestly never considered visiting Armenia, However after watching some of your recent vids it’s most definitely worth a visit or a long vacation.
As someone who never considered visiting Armenia either, I was blown away when I went last summer. It's extremely nice, safe and beautiful. I can't even speak Armenian or Russian really, but I got around just fine because Armenians are generally really nice and helpful
As a person who has been obsessed with everything Armenian since my visit in 2014 (I am also planning a trip this September), I indeed highly recommend Armenia as a place to visit!
I was there last year with a couple of friends, we rented a Lada, drove all around the country, honestly one of my favourite trips ever... And SO cheap, cost us less than 350€/ person for 8 days. Hotels, Fuel, car rental, day in zipline park, flight from Vienna and back, food in restaurants, highly recommend
Yes, Armenia and Georgia are much cooler places than I would have ever thought.
People are very friendly in Armenia. You will not regret visiting.
I went to Armenia last summer, best and most underrated vacation destination between Europe and the Middle East! Very close to Dubai (where I lived), and very close to the EU. If you ever get a chance to go, you definitely should.
Best part of Yerevan is how many languages people speak there. Russian, English, Armenian, Arabic, French, and so many others. You’ll feel right at home, doesn’t matter who you are.
Which month you visited? Was really hot the weather?
Armenia is another really uniquely Asian country like Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, and Israel/Palestine in its unique combination of Eastern and Western culture as well as its large diasporas which also help the countries in providing a true cosmopolitanism that is definitely not found in other countries if the region. Sadly I've never been to any of these countries but all of them are on a special list of places that I'd like to visit more than anywhere else.
@@anoop7993 Yerevan has all four seasons. Summer it's hot like 35C but over the winter it snows.
Arabic? What about Persian?
@@titan9259well there are some Persian Armenians that moved to Armenia. So it’s a bit rare, but you can find Persian speakers.
You've honestly sold Georgia and Armenia to me! I'll definitely visit one day ☺️
Both are cheap, safe & beautiful. Great, friendly people and amazing landscapes.
@A B Nobody is forcing you.
@A B your loss buddy
@A B Okay guys let’s not go, because A B is not going.
@@daverockefeller7486 somehow i always thought its really dangerous in armenia, well thats the german thinking lmao
I like how gutsy Arina is. Roman: There's supposed to be a statue of Lenin around here somewhere... Arina: (barges into museum, marches right up to front desk) Hey, you have a statue of Lenin here. Where is it?!? Roman: I don't feel so good, I was partying last night... Arina: Get your hungover ass on a bike and start pedaling! It'll do you good.
yep i love how arina was being so aggressive to combat roman's hungover-ness lol
Arina is a badass ❤️ We all need an Arina-like person in our lives!
Hahahahahaha! I love her too! :)
yeah they complement each other well as travel partners
He's hung over... and he has a beer at the end. And a large beer at that.
Love to Armenia from India🇮🇳🇦🇲
Thank you brother! The Love is mutual.
We love you too
I have many Armenian friends, but honestly I didn't imagine the city were this nice plus the fact that you can get around speaking Russian.
Big hello to Arina. She seems like a super cool adventures partner!!
Armenia is gorgeous. 😍 I grew up near little Armenia in Los Angeles, surrounded by delicious Armenian restaurants. I can't wait to share this with my Armenian American friends. Thanks for posting another incredible adventure! ❤️❤️
Shout out to them AxP 13!!
Glendale
same but i grew up in glendale and had a very similar experience and i wouldn’t trade it for the world ❤
You’ve sold me 🇦🇲 & 🇬🇪 . Two places I’ll definitely visit one day! Thank you for recording! I love the travel vids sm, you’re very informative and don’t run out of things to say when you travel. Good shit!!
so happy you stayed in Armenia after the 50 cent concert and made a vlog about it 👍
I've been to Armenia twice and honestly, I know I will go again sometime. One of the best places I've ever been to and I met some of the kindest people there! It's a good place for adventures! The architecture is really gorgeous, Roman didn't show even half of Yerevan's beauty.
I’m Armenian and I think Yerevan is hideous. I think Armenia is beautiful, but Yerevan as a whole is ugly
Yerevan's vibes are unmatched, especially at night. Such a lovely city with very nice people.
1:20 In central Italy we have an identical (almost same shape, colour and size) volcanic stone brick called “tufo”. Many historical villages north of Rome are completely built on tufo.
Looks like we have very much in common, it feels like Armenians and Italians were the same, just got divided by some accident.
@@rockercat5354 well once Armenia was kinda part of Roman empire... for a brief time, but for a long time it was allied/vassal state to it. Just shows how far the Roman world stretched
In Armenia it's called "tuf". So i guess it's the same kind of stone.
Yea, it's the same volcanic stone
@@JR-xc1yf same, it's volcanic rock.
Armenia is beautiful, I went last year and Iv'e never been so impressed. Beautiful people, beautiful culture.
I love that we’re getting more attention now :) I’m Armenian and can confirm that Yerevan, Armenia is very beautiful
Cheers, bro. Beautiful place, will definitely be going again.
Oh no we have these people here as well?
I love Arina! And I love all the adventures you go on. Even when you're hungover, I appreciate you showing us stuff that you're seeing and experiencing. Peace!
Thanks!
Armenia is doooooope! Thank you so much for sharing! I’m nearly in love with Yerevan 😍.
Haven't been to Armenia in about 4 years now (I'm an American who got married there), and have been missing it like crazy. Watching this only made me miss it more
Same man.
@@gnarly_radical I miss Dilijan and Sevan Lake too. It was so lovely
Azerbaijan ❤️
Georgia ❤️
Armenia is rustic, historic, full of ancient temples, mountains and intrigue. Armenia is heralded as the first civilization to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
On a map, Armenia is tiny. But when you’re there, it’s vast, endless.
If that are not enough reasons to go there I don’t know what is
As an Arab Armenia has always had a special place in my heart. I have friends from Armenia that I use to go to school with and honestly they were amazingly awesome people. Much love and respect too Armenia and it’s kindhearted humble people. ❤️🇦🇲
We love Arab people and hope to see you visit some time! ❤️
@@getbazingled3528 Thank you for the kind words most definitely will visit soon. Habibi all love for our beloved Armenians!!! ❤️
My dad is Armenian from Syria, and we love you arabs back❤️❤️❤️
i visited armenia back in 2015 and fell in love with it. moving there permanently later this month.
wish you the best in armenia bro !
Roman has come so far from the shy dude who felt weird and socially anxious about vlogging in Chelyabinsk! We love to see it! Loving seeing where life takes you. 🌎
Amazing video man. I just came back from a trip to Armenia 🇦🇲 Such an amazing and beautiful country! Will definitely come back to this beautiful region
Yerevan is one of my favourite cities in the world. I have visited Armenia three times and will definitely go again. It's a beautiful country with a fascinating history and friendly people.
I got the same impression when I went to Yerevan in 2010. Apparently they built up the city very quickly because the Soviet Union would build a metro system in cities over a million population so they got as many people as possible to move to the capital to reach the million mark to get their subway.
Unfortunately they love tearing down old buildings in Armenia. My favourite place was the old market and they even tore that down years ago.
One unfortunate thing is lot of Armenians kind of got obsessed with American culture so traditional things have in some cases been replaced with things you see in America
@@draggy6544 That's funny. I've been to over sixty countries and at least when I was there Armenia didn't feel very obsessed with America at all compared to other places. My local friend told me older buildings were constantly being torn down to make way for new residential developments.
I live in LA. Love my Armenian peeps. Would love to visit Yerevan one day.
same here !!
Looooved this blog! And Arina is so lovely
I found this video to be quite interesting! If I ever visit anywhere in the Caucasus, I might consider visiting Yerevan specifically. Thanks for the video!
I really want to visit the Caucasus region. It's like unexplored beauty. 🇬🇪🇦🇲🇦🇿
Greetings from Germany. 🇩🇪
@@Oberkommando jokes on you, im not german 😶
@@neproh hahah its always the evil right doesnt see me as german, but then calling yourself not german too lol
@@marvin2678 You can be a german citizen but not a german native so in regards to his great-grandfather the comment is correct. Like I'm a Belgian born and raised but my ancestors aren't so they didn't profit from the massacare in Congo,so everytime someome brings up Congo it has nothing to do with me.
@@cheezarose so real belagians profited from it? And you who lives in the same nation that did these things, you don't profit from it? Looks like suppression of reality lol..... I meant that people u Germany always go crazy especially leftist when someone says oh you're not a real German or stuff like that, you know considering the ancestry...but then suddenly they switch their mindsets and call themselves turksich, or whatever
@@marvin2678 At that rate everybody is profiting from the oppression of others. You can't live anywhere in the world because at some point every nation did some fucked up shit. The last thing is not the same. Wanting to be treated equally and recognised by your birth country is not the same as being the descendant of a genocider or Nazi in case of Germany.
Seems like Roman is making a lot of us consider visiting the Caucasus region (especially Georgia).
It is a total underated region with a lot of history and culture - In the west people usually expect some krushjowa and donkeys and a lot of nothing from that region that's why it is relatively save from mass tourism
@@fischX sadly, here in the western there’s a lot of ignorance and assumptions that such countries are “dangerous”. It just takes people to see a language with a non-latin alphabet and it’s instantly associated with danger and conflict.
This was super charming! Thank you for taking us along with you!!
Wow, that's interesting. If the beer matches the beer glass, it is a relatively small brewery from Hesse in Germany. The brewery is only listed on the German-language Wikipedia. Cheers!
Bro I love that your enjoying your life , keep it up man , I'm jealous, in stuck working as a carpenter, barley have time to take off
Keep up the good work my carpenter man, you'll get to your dreams. Life is good!
I am glad you are having fun. Enjoy your time there
@@Remigiush123 thanks remi I hope so bud, I hope you're enjoying life man
thank you for shedding light on my country roman❤️
Bro so glad to have you here! I’m a legally blind guy who is in the process of moving here myself. I decided to do it after the war. If you see a guy with a military belt and blind person’s cane walking around town, please feel free to come up to me because I probably won’t see you.
Finally another arminean
It's a different kind of communist architecture than I'm used to, it's very classically influenced and I really like it in comparison to more northern/western communist buildings
It is! They love to use that beautiful pink stone, and I really think that it adds something special
@@yespls6260 they have similar stone in western crostia/bosnia. It looks amazing but when it rains is ridiculously slippery. I wish places would go back to building nice looking buildings. The whole classical architecture thing has never been improved on in my opinion
Armenia is a weird country within the Soviet Union. A lot more influence from Mediterranean and Middle Eastern culture as Eastern European influence was not as big until they joined the Soviet Union.
Maybe it is more the time than the region? I am no expert but I think most Stalinist architecture was classical. After that it became worse.
@@Ukraineaissance2014 I've actually been to Croatia and Bosnia too, so that must be why I love all three of those countries so much :)
Armenia, beautiful country with friendly people, i will visit one day for sure
I am planning on visiting Armenia and Georgia in the next few months. You inspired me to check them out! Sounds like you are having fun. I will be visiting several other countries in addition while I'm abroad.
Your vidoes from Armenia and Georgia have been amazing! :) Keep it up
Since you're in Yerevan you should really check (outside the city) Geghard Monastery, Garni temple and specially (for me) the Garni Gorge with the Simphony of Stones, several kilometers of crazy prefect basalt colums and there was no one else there (on the gorge) when I visited wich was surprising for me since the monastery and temple had their fair share of tourists. Also it's totally worth to go chill on Lake Sevan...
Garni and Gegahard are boring when you've been to Mestia and Kazbegi. Facts.
@@kieranhudson4938 Nonsense, I've been to both Mestia and Kazbegi (and I don't even mean just Stepantsminda village and the Gergeti Trinity church I mean the actual Kazbegi mountain with it's 5054 meters of altitude) and I still loved Geghard and Garni, they are very different things, and liking one doesn't mean you wont like the other.
@@pvfsm Give it up, it's some brown boring hills in the background of the temple, I went there myself, I'm looking at the pictures right now.
@@kieranhudson4938 It's a gorge made of enourmous hexagonal columns of basalt and it goes on for several quilometers with such organ pipe formations. In some areas the hexagonal blocks of basalt make the river bed in others they are even hanging in amazing rock ceilings. There are other places in the world with similar geological features that are very famous like Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming or Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland and this one is just as amazing. th-cam.com/video/REzUdRjFG8c/w-d-xo.html
Glad to see you’re enjoying Hayastan
That was a very cool video, Roman. You must bring Arina on more videos, she's awesome! I was very happy to see how Soviet it still looks. Keep up the great work, and stay safe.
I can’t wait to visit Armenia!! Hopefully sometime this year 🇦🇲
Armenia is so dope! I had such an amazing time there last summer :) Yerevan is auch an underrated city.
@@yespls6260 my moms side is from there so I’ve always wanted to go! Gonna be sure to vlog all of it
@@IamEricWard Barev
Eastern Europe makes so much sense to visit from watching these videos. Definitely on my bucket list.
You looked happy to have a little taste of "home away from home"! Fun vlog to watch, and you have an extremely good poker face for being so hungover lol
Я посетил Армению и это было замечательно!
I’m going to Armenia in a week and decided to watch this to see what Yerevan is all about! 🤩
Cool!! Glad you enjoying Armenia, come again
Armenia actually looks like quite a nice to place to live
these videos are awesome. they're so chill and it looks like you have a lot of fun given how mundane it seems
These videos are the best! It’s incredible how far and wide the USSR architecture spreads! Also crazy to see Romans videos from 5 years ago! Almost unrecognizable lol.. Huge fan, hope everything is going well for you! Peeaaaaaaccccceeee ✌🏼
I'm going to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in September, i got inspired by your videos and realized that it's just like my country (Croatia) but cheaper. I'm even thinking about visiting Sochi, because I want to see Kamila Valieva perform in person.
Don't take Armenian souvenirs with you into Azerbaijan. They will confiscate and destroy them on entry.
Beautiful Culture with amazing music!
ah, sweet Armenia, the origin place of a musical superhero, Tigran Hamasyan. Everyone, check his music out (unless you don't already know and love him).
We have a whole armenian neighbourhood in Bucharest. Greetings from the other side! You'll feel right at home if you ever drop by.
That looks like a nice dark and malty beer, Roman, cheers! Thanks for taking us on an interesting adventure through Armenia. 🍺🍻🍺
My dad is from armenia but he passed away when I was young, can't wait for my chance to go explore. Love from texas
Georgian and Armenian governments should sponsor you. You're doing a great job for tourism by showing all these cool places in their countries. Kudos
All these places you've been to in this video remind me soooo much of my town Ramnicu Valcea in Romania. It's a small but cute place, haven't been able to visit in 3 years due to covid so I can't wait to see what the town looks like once I am finally gonna go back. Your channel is great, keep up the good work!
Welcome to my motherland! Glad you enjoyed your stay here! ♥️🇦🇲
Awesome video man. You gotta get out and travel more because this kinda content is gold 💪
Armenia is so dope-- this basic American bish had an amazing time there even though my Russian skills are garbage (and my Armenian even worse). Love the architecture, the scenery and the overall vibe. Yerevan is incredibly underrated, but I also got to see Gyumri which was also an amazing city. Armenians have an interesting relationship with Russia as well-- they do technically have Russian troops in the country on the borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Yes, Armenia is unfortunately somewhat of a geopolitical hostage of Russia... The majority of people here are against the war and Putin in general, but the government cannot do anything about it without risking everything (and it's worth mentioning that the PM, Pashinyan, is very pro-Western and has led a pretty effective fight against corruption). It's all just really unfortunate.
We hate them lol. Its just that because we had past corrupt governments and couldnt escape sphere of influence like former Eastern Bloc did through integration into western sphere, we are stuck having to play by their rules.
Was it easy to communicate with just English?
@@dainomite it’s not easy to communicate with just English in any former soviet republic. If you’re gonna travel in the region just learn a bit of Russian bruh
@@dainomite Most resturants etc have english speaking staff however everyone speaks russian
Pay our respects to the Armenians that died in the Genocide 🇦🇲
Hahaha c''mon
Bruh really ? U really gonna bring that topic on a beautiful vlog video like this ?
Just stop complaining for a god damn second and enjoy your life dude
@@ozkansolmazjr What are you doing?
@Özkan Solmaz if your relatives died in unnecessarily death by hooligans then u wouldn't be talking.
burst into laughter when you said Armenia is like Wakanda, caught me off guard
The star of the video is the thong unitard. But really, keep up the great work Roman because your vids have been amazing lately.
Respect for coming to my country
I love seeing you two enjoying yourselves and enjoying life! ❤
I had Armenian landlords when I lived in the City many, many years ago. Such lovely people. Two of them were bother and sister and second generation Armenian but kept all the Armenian customs. One had been raised by Turkish neighbors since the age of three when his family was massacred by the Turks; the whole village was slaughtered. Every year they marched to protest America denying the Armenian massacre because Turkey is our ally. Finally, this year Biden admitted the Armenian massacre had occurred and it will be added to U.S. history books. I was in my late twenties then and I had absolutely no idea this had ever occurred. I would love to visit Armenia one day, although these people were from villages in Turkey. They used to give us Baklava and these delicious crescent shaped cookies, similar to Ruggalah but richer and even tastier.
We are from villages in Western Armenia, which is present-day Eastern Turkey. We are the natives there.
It was a genocide, not just a massacre - between 1 and 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children were systematically deprived of rights and slaughtered. But yes, it's a welcome improvement that the US is finally calling it what it really was! They had been referring to it as just a massacre before Biden changed that.
There are also Turks whose families were massacred by the Armenians, but you did not know about them because they live in Turkey.
@@dgrszkyp don’t use the word massacre for fighting back. It’s not the same thing. You can’t blame your victim for fighting back. This is how sick your country’s education is. Take some responsibility.
This is like the great value bald and bankrupt and I'm here for it
Much love from America Roman
I'm an Armenian born in America and watching this video felt nice since I hadn't visited in a while and my parents have a summer apartment near the center. A lot has changed tho since four years ago. There's a new skate park, and more American companies ( although no McDonalds) But i did feel out of place bc i knew Armenian fluently since i was little but there were a lot of times i couldn't understand Russian.
I went to Armenia a couple of years ago and it was amazing!
These terracotta colored buildings look like it's Spain. Beautiful!
Thanks for showing up in your video your amazing!!!!
That is so bad ass at 9 min 12 sec someone painted Metallica and Anthrax on the building. I’ve seen both a few times and just love it all these years later on the other side of the planet, someone enjoys Metallica and Athrax in 2022
Im from the hood he visited that called KOND, and were listening Metallica since i was 9 years old till this day, now im 30, Im not very familiar with Anthrax though, but i love Slayer.
I mean it is a very sad thing you had to leave your home country but on the other hand it creates a lot of new interesting content because of your move... still hope we can go back to a normal state in the next years.
Ah man, i live in KOND for like 19 years already, didn't expect that you would stay here after 50 cent's concert, Im 30 year old Armenian, we came back to Yerevan with my family after we've spent 11 years in Sverdlovsk area, Novouralsk city. You almost drove to my block, i just thought it could be fun to meet you really. I speak Russian even better than i do (in?) Armenian. That main Yerevanian post office that you found, if you've navigated towards it watching it's pictures in Google Maps, i took those, never expected that it could collect so many views though, i did it for foreign visitors who mainly rely on Google Maps, there are still a lot places left that are not presented well enough or doesn't have a proper image to check out to be sure if you are at the right spot, as a local im still having issues with a map navigation because there is too little care given to it from the others. Well, besides the places only millionaires could afford themselves to visit.
Nice feature Roman! 👍😁
Love you Roman ❤️
I'm going late august for the first time. I am so excited. If you can, visit the countryside as well.
As an Armenian-American, I'm wanting to visit Armenia (Hayastan). 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲
Armenia is forced to depend on Russia because it's surrounded by two countries that want to annihilate it.
"want to annihilate it" right...lol I am not here to turn this non political chill vlog and its comment section into a toxic debate but to anyone reading op's comment the situation can never be explained this easily both parties have their faults so please avoid toxic political shit and just enjoy what the region has to offer
@@soundwave2481 But that's literally the case, though.
yeah even though I have a lot of bad blood with Russia due to where I come from and our own history, I do not judge Armenia for allying with Russia because there is no better option in the region of who could support them and not want to completely take over... It is how it is in politics
@godisdrunk No it literally is. Have you ever read anything about the recent Armenian history (last 100 years) or listened to Erdogan and Aliyev's ('''''president''''' of Azerbaijan) speeches about Armenia? Don't open your mouth on stuff you don't know much about.
@@theyeening 👏 100%
I’ll never go to Yerevan, so this was great to see 👍
Yerevan is nice city, I like it. There are a lot of parks, nice restaurants, food is very tasty, very good beer, also Armenian craft beer is perfect. I've been there several times and always ready to go In armenia :) I like street arts in Yerevan, mostly painted arches, it's cool. You should travel outside Yerevan and visit some nice places. Good luck.
Seems you're doing great all things considered. Georgia has been on my list of places to go for a while, think i'll add Armenia also!
If you know anything about people like the Armenians Armenia is exactly what you'd expect.
tell me more
Im from Armenia and im really glad you traveled to our country!☺
Hell yea!! I moved to LA 6 years ago and haven’t been able to visit my country since, it’s nice to see you just walking around and enjoying the city. I’m lowkey jealous lol
Thank you for another great video
The beer that you drink at the end is from my region in Germany. And its a totally regional brand which isnt even known outside like a 100km radius. How on earth does that beer brand end up in fricking Yerevan??? 😂
Armenia is just built different, apparently.
Lol
lol that's actually funny
You're doing good, Roman, keep it up.
The McDonald’s part is so funny to me since I grew up in Armenia until I was 7 and then moved to the US. I always remember seeing McDonald’s ads online but never got to try it since there weren’t any in Armenia 😂
Adding Armenia to the bucket list. Love your, can’t wait for peace , so you can do Bessarabia. My Grandmother used to say we we lived at the end of the earth in Alt Postal Bessarabia, where the Czarina sent the Volga Germans.
Love it!
I ironically told a friend my fav TH-camr was NFKRZ only to find in 2022 you are doing interesting content and are chaded up, yet still say "hello blazers." fuckin nice dude
Keep up the good work
Im here rn visiting family! You should go out the city so many pretty things too see!
I love how the police guy is like did we even have a statue
Yerevan looks great, its very clean. I hoop one day i will visit Armenia from Turkey.
Thanks for going to my country!! 🇦🇲
I moved to the U.S. im 2010 and seeing your video where towards the middle you go explore around the Mail Post Office which is the area I grew up in, feels so weird.
I lived in the middle east for a while, and every now and then you just had to get the fuck out and take a break from the artificiality of it. Don't get me wrong - I love the UAE and Jordan and all - but Armenia is the closest place to get a recharge of western-ness, it was only like an hour or two flight from Dubai. Armenia was the first Christian nation on earth, and it is a curious combination of western and Russian cultures. Food is delectable, there is music everywhere, and it feels like a safer Paris. And Armenia's contribution to the science has been way above its weight class.
What do you mean about Russian culture?
@@harris8172 like Roman said , Russian presence and influence is prevalent in Armenia, including the language
@@SantomPh Russian language is already being forgotten in Armenia, it is more or less remembered by old people or repatriated Armenians from Russia, there are many Armenians from France, America, in general, yes, the influence was strong, more economic, not cultural, if you're talking about it, Russia betrayed us, the people of Armenia don't like it
If you're interested, go to ASHTARAK. It's a small town just outside Yerevan. Very cool vibes.