Shnorhavor Nor Dari yev Surp Dsnund bolore
Things are fairly cold here at the moment. My brother came to visit Armenia for the first time ever and presumed the heat in the airport had been turned off, and that outside was the same temperature as inside � unfortunately, for everyone, it was (and still is) quite significantly colder outside ;-)
Thinking that, being so cold, I wouldn�t be travelling anywhere in Armenia too soon � not true: AVC had a winter fest which involved all the volunteers travelling out to Giumri and Spitak and hosting Christmas parties for disadvantaged children in the regions. The parties were all a huge success, bringing a lot of excitement and joy to the children (five parties in 1.5 days, involving 450 children), and additionally providing the AVC volunteers with a few laughs, with respect to our journeys out to the regions. It took five hrs to get to Spitak in a clapped out minivan, and then the other, slightly more dangerous, version is the trip back from Giumri to Yerevan in the falling snow. Normally the journey takes 2.5 hrs, it took us 8.5 hrs due to: all the cars being stuck in snowdrifts, the road being closed, having to wait for the snow plough and then having to wait for all the excellent Armenian drivers to resurrect their cars, due to trying to overtake on a icy and snowy road in the middle of the night. Suffice to say, we all made in back in one piece and all of the AVC volunteers are still alive�.
The holidays have begun and are nearing the end and after weeks of food preparation, it is being eaten. The tables are absolutely laden with food�..and millions of visits are completely obligatory, which is great fun, but I feel slightly stuffed after everything (dolma, blinchiks and khingali in abundance! - excluding the vodka).
My brother has sampled the village life in Spitak, where we stayed with Keri (AVC volunteer out there) and were so very well looked after. He has also sampled the delights of Gor�s music, drunk vodka before 12 noon in an effort to try and warm up on the way to Garni, been skiing in Tsakhgadzor today (it was foggy and snowing, but highly amusing). This excludes all the visits we�ve made, and still have to make�.that all makes up for his luggage consisting mainly of my belongings
Once again, Shnorhavor Nor Dari yev Surp Dsnund bolore
Things are fairly cold here at the moment. My brother came to visit Armenia for the first time ever and presumed the heat in the airport had been turned off, and that outside was the same temperature as inside � unfortunately, for everyone, it was (and still is) quite significantly colder outside ;-)
Thinking that, being so cold, I wouldn�t be travelling anywhere in Armenia too soon � not true: AVC had a winter fest which involved all the volunteers travelling out to Giumri and Spitak and hosting Christmas parties for disadvantaged children in the regions. The parties were all a huge success, bringing a lot of excitement and joy to the children (five parties in 1.5 days, involving 450 children), and additionally providing the AVC volunteers with a few laughs, with respect to our journeys out to the regions. It took five hrs to get to Spitak in a clapped out minivan, and then the other, slightly more dangerous, version is the trip back from Giumri to Yerevan in the falling snow. Normally the journey takes 2.5 hrs, it took us 8.5 hrs due to: all the cars being stuck in snowdrifts, the road being closed, having to wait for the snow plough and then having to wait for all the excellent Armenian drivers to resurrect their cars, due to trying to overtake on a icy and snowy road in the middle of the night. Suffice to say, we all made in back in one piece and all of the AVC volunteers are still alive�.
The holidays have begun and are nearing the end and after weeks of food preparation, it is being eaten. The tables are absolutely laden with food�..and millions of visits are completely obligatory, which is great fun, but I feel slightly stuffed after everything (dolma, blinchiks and khingali in abundance! - excluding the vodka).
My brother has sampled the village life in Spitak, where we stayed with Keri (AVC volunteer out there) and were so very well looked after. He has also sampled the delights of Gor�s music, drunk vodka before 12 noon in an effort to try and warm up on the way to Garni, been skiing in Tsakhgadzor today (it was foggy and snowing, but highly amusing). This excludes all the visits we�ve made, and still have to make�.that all makes up for his luggage consisting mainly of my belongings
Once again, Shnorhavor Nor Dari yev Surp Dsnund bolore
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