Being my first log ever, it seems appropriate that I provide a brief introduction. My name is Arina and I'm a "barsgahye" born in London and raised in Iran. My family immigrated to Boston when I was quite young and I lived there until moving to Montreal for University. Upon graduating I moved to Madrid where I worked with an advertising agency.

I returned to Boston again in 2002 when I entered corporate america for the first time. (Not a pleasant experience to say the least). So... I applied to become a volunteer with the Armenian Volunteer Corps and moved to Armenia in June 2002. (Good luck Briony and Julia in Artsagh!) To make an extremely long story short, I ended up marring a "hayastanci" this past June and am now living here indefinitely. I have also been working with the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) here in Armenia since June 2003.

That's it for now.

Oh, and I have a dog that everyone seems to be afraid of... but he truly is an angel :-).