Happy New Year to all!
I had my first New Years Eve celebration in Armenia last night and although I've heard many stories about how exciting New Years Eve is in Yerevan, I had a pretty relaxing evening.
Most of my Toronto repat friends have decided to spend their holidays back in Canada this year, but I still had a variety of invitations to New Years Eve gatherings here in the Motherland.
My cousin (who is studying here in Armenia) and I decided to celebrate the evening at a relatives place. Throughout the night, there were neighbors coming in with empty pails and walking out with full pails of water. All their water pipes were frozen. A few minutes prior to midnight, our electricity decided to go out. Luckily, by the time we found a lighter to light the candles, the power came back on. Unfortunately, the entire block didn't have electricity for the entire night. It was interesting to see how excited my relatives were. Although they had no guests other than my cousin and I, they still got all dressed up, including the girls putting glitter in their hair, and enjoyed themselves greatly. I got a glimpse of the festivities in Republic Square on TV. The lights on the tree looked great. It was too cold to go out so I ended up staying over night and returned home this afternoon.
Oh ya, my breakfast was quite interesting this morning. I woke up to a buffet of pork, Armenian meatballs (kyooftes), stuffed grape leaves and peppers, humos, salad, and more. Whoops! I forgot the vodka. That was definitely the heaviest breakfast I've ever had. Though, a simple cereal would have been enough for me.
Since the schools are closed now and most people don't return to work 'till after Armenian Christmas (which is on the 6th), the streets will be filled with people for the next week or two.
I had my first New Years Eve celebration in Armenia last night and although I've heard many stories about how exciting New Years Eve is in Yerevan, I had a pretty relaxing evening.
Most of my Toronto repat friends have decided to spend their holidays back in Canada this year, but I still had a variety of invitations to New Years Eve gatherings here in the Motherland.
My cousin (who is studying here in Armenia) and I decided to celebrate the evening at a relatives place. Throughout the night, there were neighbors coming in with empty pails and walking out with full pails of water. All their water pipes were frozen. A few minutes prior to midnight, our electricity decided to go out. Luckily, by the time we found a lighter to light the candles, the power came back on. Unfortunately, the entire block didn't have electricity for the entire night. It was interesting to see how excited my relatives were. Although they had no guests other than my cousin and I, they still got all dressed up, including the girls putting glitter in their hair, and enjoyed themselves greatly. I got a glimpse of the festivities in Republic Square on TV. The lights on the tree looked great. It was too cold to go out so I ended up staying over night and returned home this afternoon.
Oh ya, my breakfast was quite interesting this morning. I woke up to a buffet of pork, Armenian meatballs (kyooftes), stuffed grape leaves and peppers, humos, salad, and more. Whoops! I forgot the vodka. That was definitely the heaviest breakfast I've ever had. Though, a simple cereal would have been enough for me.
Since the schools are closed now and most people don't return to work 'till after Armenian Christmas (which is on the 6th), the streets will be filled with people for the next week or two.
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