I haven�t logged in a while, but time flies even in Yerevan. My cousin�s daughter arrived from Canada with her girlfriend on Thursday night. They are both studying in med school in Montreal and have chosen their Armenia trip as an elective. Tomorrow they start working at the First Children�s Hospital. Yesterday, after a brief lunch at Marco Polo, the afternoon was spent at Vernisage looking at arts and craft and they will be returning there to make their purchases. We then walked over to the Painter�s Vernisage near the Opera and they were really impressed by the paintings. Dinnertime was spent with friends at Sherlock Holmes, then onto a caf� at the Opera for a relaxing evening.

Today we went for a hike from Garni Gorge to the top, then onto Geghart where the choir �Hover� was performing. They sounded great in the Church where the acoustics were accentuated. It was a fabulous day however we really got a great dose of the �bucket day�. Driving trough the villages we were soaked by bucket loads of water. At one stage the kids opened the car door and threw a bucket of water in. It was fun though as we were quite hot from the hike and the kids were having a great time. All in all a great weekend.