True signs of summer in Yerevan... the Spyurk has arrived! I went to Monte Cristo the other night with some friends and I couldn't tell if I swam to LA in my sleep or if the place was just packed with visitors. Who says tourism isn't booming in Armenia? I hear more English spoken here than Armenian, nowadays.

Today (Raffi, you will appreciate this) some old friends from Camp Haiastan walked into the office, Arin Gregorian, Sevan Meneshian, Chris Derderian and Garo Nazarian. I heard someone say, "My God, it's like the Armenia version of the Hairenik building" (referring to the Arlex office in Yerevan). Raffi, don't worry, we will take good care of your brother. I think it's great to have so many people passing through. It's refreshing to see people's first reactions to Armenia... and major jet lag. It kinda reminds me of my first trip.

The only thing that is disappointing is that sometimes these tourists do not show respect for the culture here. The other night, I was out late at night looking for a taxi at about 1:00 am when I saw a big crowd of loud drunk kids as if they were back on Sunset Strip. For the people who plan on visiting, PLEASE try to show some respect. It's things like this that give locals in Yerevan the impression that Spyurk Armenians are just a bunch of idiots.

So a group of us plan on going camping this weekend around Garni, I'll make sure to update on that. After this weekend, the AYF Interns get here and I'll be chasing around after them quite a bit and dragging them around the country, so I'm sure every day I will have a new experience logged... Raffi (Koj), you can appreciate that! :) Thanks Shooshig!