Syunik Trip Part 2: Kapan

After my trip to Meghri/Agarak I went to to Kapan, the Paris of the southern Armenia, and the Pittsburgh of Armenia in general.  And it really is a lot like old Pittsburgh, it's industrial, built into the hills around it, and has two rivers that meet in the city center.

I was graciously hosted by a volunteer that was just getting over a cold so I had a relaxing day in Kapan.  While hanging out we discovered some really old bottles of alcohol and maybe basalmic vinegar from the 1980s.

The apartment I was staying at hadn't been occupied for more than 10 years before this, and so there was a lot of older things just hanging out in the apartment.  The bottle above says 'balsam' in Russian, and if you look to the right of Saint George you can see a CCCP label on it.