October has always been one of my favourite months and I don’t think I’m alone in that. We were away for much of this particular October, visiting three countries in the Caucasus region: Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.
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The pleasures of travelling aren’t restricted to the time when you are away from home. There is the fun of planning a trip of course, and the longer-lasting enjoyment of the memories you bring home with you. And often those memories are not of the major, famous sights but of the little things.
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A khachkar is a freestanding upright stone slab, characteristic of medieval Christian Armenian art. The word comes from the Armenian khach (cross) and kar (stone).The stones stand between one to three meters tall. Each features a central carved cross.
