Sorry folks blogger was down on Friday, so I�m posting this late!
As Madlene mentioned it was International Women�s Day March 8th, and every street corner was selling the most beautiful flowers. We went for a stroll during the day as we had the day off and everyone was out in full force. All the girls had flowers in their hands and the Republic Square was the meeting point for young men and women. The weather was warm and glorious, had to get out of the house for a little while as I was going crazy sitting around with this flu thing. Went to our usual Friday night dinner and caught up with Raffi K. who�s back into town.

The weekend was spent with my nephew Greg who�s in town with his newly wed wife Sonia. They will only be with me until Friday before they continue their honeymoon and head back to Sydney. We did the usual vernisage on Saturday for souvenir shopping and Greg bought himself a dhol. He also picked up this cool Armenian coffee maker (well water boiler really made from stainless steel) where no stove is required and is just plugged in to the wall. This contraption will be used at his work for when he needs an Armenian fix, what ingenuity! In the evening we went dancing at a club, which was quite interesting.

Sunday morning I went for my hour walk again with Gohar and this time it was minus 1 degree. Ararat was crystal clear in the morning all the way to the bottom and we had to stop and just admire it for a couple of minutes. In the afternoon I went to my first Armenian funeral. I will not go into details but mention that it�s culturally different. It was my friend�s grandfather�s funeral.