I Got Lost in YEREVAN… and ARMENIANS Treated Me Like FAMILY 🇦🇲

🇦🇲 LOST IN YEREVAN LOOKING FOR TRADITIONAL ARMENIAN DESSERT – MONEY EXCHANGE MISSION, REAL NEIGHBOURHOODS AND ARMENIAN HOSPITALITY 🇦🇲 | MASHTOTS AVENUE (Մաշտոցի Պողոտա), PULPULAKS & REPUBLIC SQUARE (Հանրապետության հրապարակ) 🇦🇲 For Armenians abroad in the US, UK, Canada, Europe, this episode is that one afternoon in Yerevan (Երևան) you keep replaying in your mind. It starts as I step out of Tavern Yerevan (Պանդոկ Երևան) after a traditional Armenian lunch, full and grateful, with one goal in my head: find real Armenian pakhlava (Փախլավա) in a proper local bakery. The smell of coffee, fresh bread and Armenian voices in the street wraps around you. Before I can touch dessert, there is something practical to do: exchange money into the local currency. A friend told me the best rate is on Mashtots Avenue (Մաշտոցի Պողोटա), so I open Google Maps and follow the blue arrow into side streets and courtyards. Old apartment blocks, small grocery shops and neighbours talking at the entrance appear around every corner until I realise I am lost in a real Yerevan neighbourhood. So I do the most natural thing: I ask. A local gentleman stops, repeats “Mashtots”, smiles and explains the way like he is talking to a cousin from abroad. A little further on I step into a hairdressing salon to double-check and the lady inside doesn’t just point; she puts on her coat, walks outside with me and personally shows me the exact turn I need. That simple act – treating a stranger like family – is the everyday Armenian hospitality Armenians abroad miss most. With their help I finally find the exchange point, hidden inside a small grocery shop where locals buy bread and snacks. After changing my money I keep walking: past the Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, along Northern Avenue (Հյուսիսային պողոտա) with its evening crowds, stopping at a colourful mural where local girls take my photo and listening to musicians playing traditional Armenian music. I drink from the famous pulpulak fountains, step into a hidden carpet shop full of traditional Armenian carpets and end at Republic Square (Հանրապետության հրապարակ), where a small yellow car selling Armenian souvenirs waits like a reminder that no matter how far you live from Armenia (Հայաստան), there is always a way to carry a little piece of it with you. 🌍 JOIN ME AS I EXPLORE ARMENIA Walk with me through Yerevan (Երևան) and across Armenia (Հայաստան), from Mashtots Avenue (Մաշտոցի Պողոտա), Northern Avenue (Հյուսիսային պողոտա) and Republic Square (Հանրապետության հրապարակ) to quiet side streets, pulpulaks and hidden carpet shops. If you are part of the Armenian diaspora and dream of working remotely here, exchanging money in a neighbourhood grocery shop, grabbing pakhlava on the way home and hearing Armenian all around you again, this journey is for you. 📌 PERFECT FOR • Armenians abroad who miss everyday walks, helpful strangers and that feeling of being guided like family through their own city 🇦🇲 • Travelers who love getting pleasantly lost, asking locals for directions and discovering real life behind the main tourist avenues • Food lovers searching for traditional Armenian pakhlava, taverns, bakeries and flavours that taste like a family table 🛏️ Visiting or planning a trip to Armenia? 🇦🇲 Hotels in Armenia 👉 https://bit.ly/4ikArX7 🌍 Hotels worldwide 👉 https://bit.ly/4lcDpOk 🚗 Rent a car in Armenia 👉 https://bit.ly/43DGDn0 📱 Travel eSIM 👉 https://bit.ly/3IckAvR 🔥 73% OFF NordVPN 👉 https://bit.ly/4kiGX02 ⚠️ Book early to lock in better prices Affiliate links - I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you 🎒 ABOUT THIS SERIES Roaming Mario in Armenia (Հայաստան) follows human moments in Yerevan and beyond, from lunches at Tavern Yerevan (Պանդոկ Երևան) and exchange points on Mashtots Avenue to Northern Avenue (Հյուսիսային պողոտա), pulpulaks, murals, musicians, carpet shops and evening walks to Republic Square (Հանրապետության հրապարակ). Whether you are Armenian abroad, a remote worker searching for a base or a traveler curious about everyday life here, each episode offers an honest look at streets, cafés and neighbourhoods that feel instantly familiar. 🎥 Filmed in 4K HDR - best watched on HDR devices 00:00 Leaving Tavern Yerevan (Պանդոկ Երևան) After Traditional Lunch 00:14 Pakhlava Dream And Money Exchange Plan 00:52 Walking Toward Mashtots Avenue (Մաշտոցի Պողոտա) 03:19 Lost In A Real Yerevan Neighbourhood 04:14 Help From A Local Gentleman And Hairdressing Salon 06:22 Grocery Shop Exchange Point On Mashtots 07:11 Armenian National Opera And Ballet Theatre Walk 09:24 Northern Avenue (Հյուսիսային պողոտա), Mural And Street Music 10:20 Pulpulaks, Hidden Carpet Shop And Streets Toward Republic Square (Հանրապետության հրապարակ) 17:00 Small Yellow Souvenir Car And Ending The Day #vlog #travelvlog #travel #armenia #yerevan #roamingmario #solotravel #armenianfood #armeniandiaspora #ArmeniaTravel #europetravel #walkingtour