Australia is telling me to go... two days of cool, rainy weather are my farewell. Tomorrow I head for... The Big Apple! Yes, who would have guessed? Not me, I'll tell you that much. Don't y'all think we should dub Yerevan "The Big Apricot", (Medz Dziran') since dziran (Prunus Armeniaca) is the pride of the Armenia?

It has been a great trip, I don't know when I will ever be able to spend so much quality time with my cousins here again. Its funny how everything before Australia seems like ancient history. Armenia, California, everything. These two months have been so full, staying with this cousin, then the other, going for trips on the weekends, camping... It did help put Armenia in perspective as well. The internet went out here for four days, something that in Armenia I would always think is impossible in "the west". The contractors my cousins deal with are just as irresponsible and tardy, only they eventually have to pay for their mistakes. Well really I haven't got much else to say, so I will get back to you from the USA next.