Ah, Saturday morning. I am quite tired, getting to bed late every night, and waking up naturally at my usual 6am. So where have I been? Well as you know, I was in Karabakh from Sunday to Tuesday for work. Then Wed/Thursday was again out of town to Vayots Dzor for work, and this Mon/Tues we will be in Lori. That is 8 days out of town for one day at the office. It is quite nice seeing all the projects that the US government sponsors, a lot of them are really making an impact on the economy and on the people. It would just be nice to have a bit of a breather in between trips is all. In any case I have a strong case for not logging these past few days :-) So much happened though during this time, I'll only be able to cover a little of it.
So the weather is quite hot, with occasional quick, strong rains. The usual late July weather. Going anywhere in Yerevan on the streets, it is hard not to bump into a few people you know. I have written about this before, and it is usually quite nice, but if you are already late for somewhere, or have forgotten the persons name, it is not so good :-) On my trip to Karabakh though, the same thing happened across Armenia. At the first stop, the row of food stalls near Yeghegnadzor, I ran into a group of folks from work, who were on an inner tubing trip. At the second stop, at the water fountain above Goris, we ran into the Armenian Assembly interns, who were returning from Karabakh. At our final stop, at a little kebab joint under the monoliths of Goris, I strike up a conversation with a mixed group of locals/tourists and find out that one of them is Shushan Avagyan's cousin (not Shushan who logs, but the one who did LCO with me), and they have been trying to call me to meet up with me. What a crazy coincidence! I had never met them and just happened to start talking.
I have had some success with some of the plants I brought, but no time to look for a dacha, or land of any sort. So in my kitchen I have giant white lima beans, sweet potatoes, purple potatoes, and at Davit's dacha in Garni I have a bunch more plants which I need to pick up sometime.
Tomorrow we will again go to the Turkish border to see some churches, and take some photos. It should be interesting. That's all I've got for you today... no energy to write more.
So the weather is quite hot, with occasional quick, strong rains. The usual late July weather. Going anywhere in Yerevan on the streets, it is hard not to bump into a few people you know. I have written about this before, and it is usually quite nice, but if you are already late for somewhere, or have forgotten the persons name, it is not so good :-) On my trip to Karabakh though, the same thing happened across Armenia. At the first stop, the row of food stalls near Yeghegnadzor, I ran into a group of folks from work, who were on an inner tubing trip. At the second stop, at the water fountain above Goris, we ran into the Armenian Assembly interns, who were returning from Karabakh. At our final stop, at a little kebab joint under the monoliths of Goris, I strike up a conversation with a mixed group of locals/tourists and find out that one of them is Shushan Avagyan's cousin (not Shushan who logs, but the one who did LCO with me), and they have been trying to call me to meet up with me. What a crazy coincidence! I had never met them and just happened to start talking.
I have had some success with some of the plants I brought, but no time to look for a dacha, or land of any sort. So in my kitchen I have giant white lima beans, sweet potatoes, purple potatoes, and at Davit's dacha in Garni I have a bunch more plants which I need to pick up sometime.
Tomorrow we will again go to the Turkish border to see some churches, and take some photos. It should be interesting. That's all I've got for you today... no energy to write more.
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