So quiet here since the soccer game. Well today I sent in a massive packet of forms I had to fill out. Putting it together was no small matter, and it feels like a great weight has been lifted off of my chest with it gone, and a tracking number in my hand. Next? Taxes.

While I was in Manhattan, I stopped at a Burger King and tried the new BK Veggie Burger or something like that. It was pretty weak, but at least I had onion rings and root beer, I won't be having much of those in Armenia (although there is a ribs joint with onion rings now). Another novelty was that the meal came with 20 minutes of high speed internet access, there was a looong line of computers on one wall. I noticed a huge gap in the buildings/constructiony looking area one block past the burger king and realised it must be the World Trade Center site. Having never been there, I decided I should. It was interesting. It was a large chunk of land, but it seemed so small to hold two such massive and significant towers. There were lots of people and tourists there, watching whatever it is the workers at the site were doing. I realized also that the whole time I have been here, I have not even had a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty...

That is about all the excitement in my life, except for the "Baby Kiwi/Hardy Kiwi" basket I got at the grocery store yesterday. They are rather tasty, and I read up on them online and I can just plant the seeds which should grow quite well in Armenia. So I squashed the centers out of a bunch of them for planting at my dacha (summer house), and to share with others who I think would enjoy growing kiwis in Armenia and Karabakh.