Yesterday I met a guidebook writer who writes full time, so it was a pleasure to talk to him about Armenia. He said he hardly recognized Yerevan it had moved forward so much in the past 2.5 years, while Tblisi had deteriorated if anything. He seemed to be enjoying his stay here much more than his last time and again I think it is because he ran into the right people. He met a bunch of Brits 2 nights ago, and yesterday Jeff randomly asked this guy walking down the street what brought him to Armenia... so we all got together last night and went to a cafe by the Opera then to Falafel Friday at Middle Eastern Cuisine. He was amazed at how many American Armenians and locals and Americans we knew as we walked around town... I am telling you this place has a small town feeling much of the time.
The Visitor Information Center I am in charge of opening is coming along amazingly well... the space is being remodelled faster than I can keep up with. We really will open in 2 weeks. A new volunteer (Rick) has come to help design the space... he is another Orange Countyian. He is really motivated, loves this place, and knows his stuff. Anyways, there is nothing much exciting to report. My remodeling is almost finished, like it has been for the past 3 weeks! I am dying to have it complete. I have been so busy with work I have not even seen it in a few days, but I will check it out today, even though I will be working part of the day... Weather wise, the 1 month long heat wave is continuing.... I am dying to get out of town and visit Ijevan or Aragats or somewhere cool, but who knows when I will get the chance...
Oh wait, I haven't mentioned that two more diasporan 20 somethings are moving to Armenia! It is so great, they are both cool people (I only know one of them, and I have heard good things about the other). Madlene will be here in a few weeks and Shant may be a few weeks after her... this is in addition to Arsine who will probably move here in December, but is not certain, Raffi Meneshian whose posts you have seen and has already got his one-way ticket for September, and the half a dozen Armenian Volunteer Corps volunteers...
The Visitor Information Center I am in charge of opening is coming along amazingly well... the space is being remodelled faster than I can keep up with. We really will open in 2 weeks. A new volunteer (Rick) has come to help design the space... he is another Orange Countyian. He is really motivated, loves this place, and knows his stuff. Anyways, there is nothing much exciting to report. My remodeling is almost finished, like it has been for the past 3 weeks! I am dying to have it complete. I have been so busy with work I have not even seen it in a few days, but I will check it out today, even though I will be working part of the day... Weather wise, the 1 month long heat wave is continuing.... I am dying to get out of town and visit Ijevan or Aragats or somewhere cool, but who knows when I will get the chance...
Oh wait, I haven't mentioned that two more diasporan 20 somethings are moving to Armenia! It is so great, they are both cool people (I only know one of them, and I have heard good things about the other). Madlene will be here in a few weeks and Shant may be a few weeks after her... this is in addition to Arsine who will probably move here in December, but is not certain, Raffi Meneshian whose posts you have seen and has already got his one-way ticket for September, and the half a dozen Armenian Volunteer Corps volunteers...
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