What an interesting trip we took to Dilijan and Ijevan. We were scouting for houses yesterday and mulling over locations, which was extremely useful. I did not feel the distance on the way there as much as on the way back. I knew I would not enjoy making such a long trip for only a two day weekend. Plus I liked the resort feel of Dilijan better as a getaway, and the weather of Ijevan better. Plus I still liked the idea of one or two other places, but they are all so far! Anyway, it turns out houses in towns are more expensive than I had hoped, villages are where you have to go for cheaper homes. The cheapest houses we saw were a couple for $1,500 in Dilijan, one of which was breathtakingly beautiful, but to call them fixer-uppers was a vast understatement. A woman I knew from previous trips to Dilijan helped us scout out homes there. So the trip served its purpose of educating us, but it seems unless I plan to stay there a week or month at a time, that it may be worth paying a little more and buying much closer to Yerevan, or scratching the plan altogether...