Ararat movie is still sold out! My work colleagues are trying to get tickets and they�ve been told that they need to book at least 3 days ahead. The good thing is that the showing has been extended till October hopefully giving everyone the opportunity to see this brilliant movie. I must have been extremely lucky when I bought the tickets to the premiere a week earlier. They have shown Atom and Arsinee on tele a few times and they showed Arsinee kissing her Armenian passport.

So many tourists in town, French, German, Italian, Russian, Philippino and a Scot in full gear dressed in his kilt and socks. This Scotsman�s been in Hayastan for 2 weeks already and has another week to go. I asked him to describe his impression of Armenia and he replied that contrary to his country where the villagers are the rich ones, the villagers in Hayastan are the poorest. He also said that Hayastan�s wealth is it�s people, where else would you find villagers inviting you inside their homes and not asking what it is that you�re after instead. He also mentioned that Armenia is the only country from former Soviet countries where he didn�t need an invite to come as a tourist, which also helped his decision to choose Armenia as his destination. Finally he could tell I was an Aussie straight away, which made me feel better since I�ve been told otherwise recently.

Raffi N. I read your logs, I love catching up on Diaspora news and how actively everyone seem to be involved in Armenian events, which is something I never did back in Sydney.