Hello. I am back in Boston from Armenia and Karabagh and have some pretty funny stories to pass along about my brief trip. In the meantime, it was good to see the "posse" of Raffi Koj, Lena, Jack, Aram, etc this week. Yerevan has changed a lot and Karabagh is still a really incedible experience. Our recording came out great in Shushi and look for a CD release date of December 7 on that. It is the first recording ever done in Shushi. Luckily, I was able to be in Karabagh in September 2, Independence Day where there were over 10,000 people in the streets celebrating to live music brought in from Russian and Armenia. Our project was sponsored by the Tufenkian Charitable Foundation.

Also, Austrian Airlines was a downer in terms of service and the lenght of layover, etc. The Tufenkian Hotel in Yerevan was a nice stay for one night. And, my most pleasant surprise was my stay at the Shoushi Hotel in Shushi. Rooms are like $35 a night and the food is the best I've had in Armenia yet. $6 gets you a made to order, fresh, authenic Armenian feast. www.shoushihotel.com

More to tell later...