a football game, an andy concert, a trip to garni & geghard, and lots of meals with good friends. who could ask for more?
the soccer game was sensational. not so much the soccer because i do not think that either team did that well... with the exception of the armenia team in the last 20 minutes of the game. but the morale, but the hype, but the screaming and shouting of hayastan and hayer... and my personal favorite... hoop dur hayastan... was enough for me to be as happy as i would be sitting with a dodger-dog watching front seat lakers with jack nicholson. (my all time sports spectator fantasy pre-this experience).
the andy concert. well... it was an amazing sociological phenomenon. it was actually kind of sad. andy is illegal in iran... so the next best thing was armenia... so three buses and two planes of persian-armenians and just plain persians came out for the concert. it was sad. sad that music is illegal and they had to come out to armenia just so they could go to a concert... and have some fun... without being covered completely in black cloth. the people were going nuts, about ten thousand of them dancing and singing along to their favorite tunes which ... with a blink of an eye and a backwards revolution... became taboo in their own country.
sunday mornings at art bridge is like going to cheers, the bar, and seeing all your friends. it is where everybody knows your name... and they are always glad you came. a bunch of us... not expecting to bump into one another... my closest friends... all showing up out of the woodworks... all wake up sunday morning and crave pancakes and french toast. amazing boom.
lena, carlos, arthur and i went out on a garni and geghard adventure... which left carlos dumbfounded (his first trip to G & G) and all of us reinforced by the power of our land.
eventually we ended up at pablavok (another very hip cheers phenomenon) where we saw our best friends aramo and emma (also pretty famous singers)... it was just the right crowd we wanted. our friend michael boghosian (actor: yerevan blues, khatabalada) was there with his girlfriend and so was our friend ashot hakheyan (singer)... we sat for hours joking and singing and laughing and ordering more coffee and more watermelon. arthur opens up best around this crowd and he had everyone on their sides... laughing.
i am swamped at work... but it is good stuff.
today i will try to buy a new home computer... if i can get out of my office on time.
tomorrow i will start driving lessons.
and this week i will wait for the arrival of my cousin melinda.
more soon
the soccer game was sensational. not so much the soccer because i do not think that either team did that well... with the exception of the armenia team in the last 20 minutes of the game. but the morale, but the hype, but the screaming and shouting of hayastan and hayer... and my personal favorite... hoop dur hayastan... was enough for me to be as happy as i would be sitting with a dodger-dog watching front seat lakers with jack nicholson. (my all time sports spectator fantasy pre-this experience).
the andy concert. well... it was an amazing sociological phenomenon. it was actually kind of sad. andy is illegal in iran... so the next best thing was armenia... so three buses and two planes of persian-armenians and just plain persians came out for the concert. it was sad. sad that music is illegal and they had to come out to armenia just so they could go to a concert... and have some fun... without being covered completely in black cloth. the people were going nuts, about ten thousand of them dancing and singing along to their favorite tunes which ... with a blink of an eye and a backwards revolution... became taboo in their own country.
sunday mornings at art bridge is like going to cheers, the bar, and seeing all your friends. it is where everybody knows your name... and they are always glad you came. a bunch of us... not expecting to bump into one another... my closest friends... all showing up out of the woodworks... all wake up sunday morning and crave pancakes and french toast. amazing boom.
lena, carlos, arthur and i went out on a garni and geghard adventure... which left carlos dumbfounded (his first trip to G & G) and all of us reinforced by the power of our land.
eventually we ended up at pablavok (another very hip cheers phenomenon) where we saw our best friends aramo and emma (also pretty famous singers)... it was just the right crowd we wanted. our friend michael boghosian (actor: yerevan blues, khatabalada) was there with his girlfriend and so was our friend ashot hakheyan (singer)... we sat for hours joking and singing and laughing and ordering more coffee and more watermelon. arthur opens up best around this crowd and he had everyone on their sides... laughing.
i am swamped at work... but it is good stuff.
today i will try to buy a new home computer... if i can get out of my office on time.
tomorrow i will start driving lessons.
and this week i will wait for the arrival of my cousin melinda.
more soon
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