Golf with Karen Hovhannisyan

When we met for the first time on internet he didn't know anything about Armenia. Later he was telling me such things about our history or current issues that even I was not aware of. When we started the group he didn't know many Armenians. After two and half years he came to Armenia, spent 21 hectic days trying to manage meetings with each and every friend day by day, yet there were so many meetings left for the next time.

Among all Armenian friends there is a special one, Karen Hovhannisyan, who later became our QAVOR. Qavor is a very special and important person to Armenian families. This relationship begins when he is chosen to be the patron and  supporter of a couple preparing to get engaged and later married.

Karen is a golfer, the best golfer in Armenia. He is an amazing person, very humble and modest with very kind heart. Their friendship began in India where Karen went to participate in a Golf tournament . After spending two days with Ranu he came back very much delighted and touched by the gesture and warmth he had got, as if he found a family member in India.

As expected, starting from the very first day of Ranu's trip to Armenia Karen was with us trying to make our time unforgettable and full of events to different destinations. With him we attended open air dance classes organized by "Karin" folk dance troupe. Later we visited some travel destinations like Garni, Geghard and Khor Virap with his family -  his beautiful wife Stella and two wonderful kids Hranto & Sona. It was after all a family trip.

But the best sight we ever visited with Karen was "Ararat" golf club where he works and practices Golf. Honestly said,  before that I hadn't have much knowledge and image about this sport. But I definitely enjoyed it especially after seeing how my sweetheart was easily catching each instruction by Karen. After the first slipped stroke, he started playing as if he had taken at least several classes for some time and everybody were encouraging him not to tell anyone that it was his first ever visit to a Golf club :)

The club itself is a part of  a Yerevan district called "Vahagni community" the club itself is projected so that the players wherever they play could see Mount Ararat in front of them. We had a great time and lots of nice pics with Ararat in the background. The excitement was so much that Karen decided to take us there one more time and we had a session of a mini-golf. To our surprise the game ended with Ranu's victory. Well well, I would think it was Karen's sign of gesture but Ranu managed to hit the ball so that it appeared right in the hole with ONE SHOT only and that happened twice.... What to say ! Either he is very much talented or he had an  excellent teacher, or  both :)))

From the core of my heart I want to thank Karen for such a wonderful and unforgettable time spent at the Golf club. Special Note here to be mentioned: Most of the pics and videos we have is shot by Karen.

As for our other journeys, I'll try to write new posts.