April 25 (4am - 5:15am)

The afternoon crowds on April 24, and people throwing flowers from afar (since it was very difficult to get beside the flame), was something I wanted to avoid. So, with a friend, we ended up walking from my place (close to Republic Square) at 3 in the morning, hung around there until 5:15am, and then walked back to my place.

There were some police here and there, and once in a while some drunk guys would walk in, press their faces deep into the tower of "mekhak" flowers, kiss them, then walk off.

Euronews, Turkish news, Russian news and CNN showed lots of footage from the awesome torch walk that took place on the eve of April 24, as well as our President's visit to the Memorial the next day. Oh yes, and the interviews on CNN with the Armenian and Turkish Ambassadors of the USA.





I won't say how tall I am :-), but...


All around the area close to Memorial Park looks like China Town...