We are experiencing technical difficulties! Well actually they are over as soon as you read this. What a disaster that was, and I did not realize it because I was in Australia and just thought the internet was quirky on my cousins machine... Everything is back to normal.

I have been having a nice and quiet time in Sydney so far. My cousin and her family here so far have been great, and catching up with them has been fun. Last night I caught up with Jack Majarian as well who brought over a few copies of his fantastic photography book on Armenia, called just that, "Armenia". It was by far the best way to give my relatives here an idea of what Armenia looks like. The city, the countryside, the people and the monuments. I don't know where you can get copies except in Sydney or Yerevan, but if you can get your hands on it, don't hesitate. We were up talking till midnight which with my jetlag was a feat. I have not been doing much of the touristy stuff, and don't plan to either. In a few days I will head down to Melbourne where I have three cousins and go from house to house until they are all sick of me! :-)

Leaving Armenia was not easy. For 2 days before leaving, a fog descended upon Yerevan the likes of which I had never seen there before. Plane traffic stopped, and finally the morning I was to leave, the first snow had come and the fog had disappeared. So it took many hours to get things back on track and I got to London too late to catch my connection. They put me on a different flight instead, and remarkably, I got to Australia 3 hours earlier than scheduled, right at the same time my cousin's husband arrived at the airport. What timing! :-)