My last two days in Southern California are upon me, and the weather is getting decidedly warmer. Today I may brave the beach, at least I hope to. The past few days have been nice. Got some things taken care of, saw some people, returned to some old haunts. Real Estate prices seem to be on everyones minds and I wonder what is going to happen as soon as the interest rate goes up the first time. I am looking forward to being back in Yerevan, in my own home. The visit here was nice, but I don't know that I will be back anytime soon. I am rather tired of long plane flights and crashing all over the place. At least for now :-) Hopefully I will be able to do more regional travel from Armenia these next couple of years, like Georgia, Iran, Western Armenia, Syria, Russia and E. Europe. They are all so close, offer so much, and I have not seen any of them yet. Also, knowing that I am going to be gone for at least 2 years, I am finally selling my car which has been maintained here all this time. That is my last real property and solid tie to California. All I will have left now is a few boxes in storage and a California Drivers license.

In Yerevan I expect to have a hundred emails waiting for me at work from people I met on this trip... so I will have to get right back into the swing of things. No time for jet lag...