I am in Zagreb, a beautiful town, at an internet terminal. Staying in the historical center with lots of great architecture, pedestrian areas, etc. Lots of lessons here for Armenia. Of course, most of the lessons require a lot of $ to implement! Yesterday I went to Slovenia with some friends to visit it on its first day in the EU. There was still some festivity carried over, but the party had been on Friday. Interesting to compare countries with similiar population sizes to Armenia, and with communist pasts, albeit a completely different experience (shorter, milder, and with much stronger western influence).

I did not get a chance to mention in my hectic days before flying out that the government and opposition finally began a seemingly constructive dialogue last week. Hopefully this will mean that those responsible for the beatings will be punished, and things will calm down. There is still a protest scheduled for Tuesday though to the best of my knowlege... but I have not been following things since Thursday...