The author, Karine Hairapetian, with an AYF Youth Corps camper in Gyumri
BY KARINE HAIRAPETIAN
After a three-day teaser of Yerevan, I was not ready to part with the big city and move to the more rural city of Gyumri. In addition to leaving behind the vivacious street life, I was dreading the idea of sharing one bathroom with 16 other people. The question that I found myself asking was, why do the people of Gyumri choose to stay in their city and not in the city of Yerevan?
As I drove to Gyumri, my worries of living in a “boringâ€
