On February 28 Republic Square was home to one of the first protests of the year. Thousands (some news agencies are reporting up to 100,000) of government officials, students, and adults gathered to protest about the current anti-Armenian policies of Azerbaijan and to pay tribute to those who perished in Sumgait.

As I'm not able to attend these sorts of rallies, all I noticed were the crowds. During my five minute walk to work I literally had to fight my way through the streets of Abovian and Tumanian. I was amazed first by how many youth were involved and second by how organized the march/protest was in general.

Around Yerevan thousands of posters line the walls calling for further attention to the massacre of 88... one of these days I'll try to get a picture.

In other news Yerevan has become a city of mud. With all of the snow slowly melting, it is impossible to walk anywhere without encountering obnoxious amounts of mud! Pushkin - near North Ave construction - is by far one of the worst streets. I won't even mention the three open manholes that are terorrizing the poor jigoolies who dare drive by.