Today the Traveler decides to hike along the road west of Yerevan, just to see what there is too see on this side. The city starts to fade out a bit, then comes back to life again---but this time it's sort of a mix between casinos and furniture stores. Not grand, Las Vegas style casinos, but rather crammed tightly together to get as many in a block as you can. I'm assuming these cater to Russian--maybe some Iranian tourists?

In Parakar down a side street you a find a nice little park with a stately arched building in the center . Turns out it's a conservatory and parents are bringing their kids in to learn musical instruments. It's nice that all the Soviet era appreciation for the arts hasn't been lost.