After a work week in DC and in transit, I am now in the San Francisco Bay area. I have never imagined so many meeting being possible in three days. Starting on Wednesday we will begin the cycle anew with back to back meetings with the Diaspora here, then in Fresno, then in LA. The Ambassador will be joining me and the head of USAID/Armenia on this tour of the Californian-American Diaspora. If you are in California, a number of public events will be held, so keep your ears open.

I really love the parts of Washington DC we were in. It is my third time there and it is such a clean city, so easy to get around, lots of interesting stuff going on. I wish I had some more time there to enjoy the museums and hang out with my old friends.

At least I have some free time in the San Francisco Bay area, and I will spend a couple nights with my friend I have known since the first grade, and with my sister. Plus the weather here is much better than it was in DC. In LA I will have 4 days off so I reaaaally hope to have one good hot day to go to Newport Beach, which I have not been to in the summer since 1998! Uff, I miss it.

So anyways, I could go into loads of detail, but I won't. Thats the important stuff going on.