What a great weekend so far! Friday as usual was falafel day at Middle Eastern cuisine, I had missed falafel so much that I had it twice, one for lunch and another for dinner. Friday evening was Gor�s concert which was held at the rock club on Pushkin Street, a great night was had by all. Saturday was the clean up day, I went with Gohar to Orran to pick up the kids and then met up with the rest of the group. The kids were so excited and were so well behaved for the duration. I believe Gail Howard must have given the kids a pep talk prior to our arrival. We all were so impressed with the enthusiasm they all put in and in fact when we dropped them off back at the Centre for their meal, more kids wanted to volunteer for the next clean up day. At our next meeting with the kids we are thinking of splitting them up into various groups so they can interact with others. While we were cleaning, a man approached us in a truck and said that we were doing such a good job and offered the kids �Tan� to drink for their efforts (Tan is a drink made from yoghurt and water). Overall a successful clean up day with a total of 40 volunteers!

This morning Gohar and I went for a long walk (Gohar had gone jogging previously and met me for our power walk, she�s very fit). When we started at 10am, the temperature was a warm plus 3 degrees but it felt really nice. So we went up Baghramian, turned down Proshian (BBQ street) with the nice smell wafting in the air, then onto Mashtots and the walk took an hour. By the way, the view of Ararat from Proshian is awesome, I think you can gather by now that I LOVE Ararat. We are now heading off to �Goom� on Tigran Mets where I�m told prices are a third of what the �pag shooga� charges on Mashtots. We will do our weekly shopping of fruits, veggies, dried fruit, nuts etc.