Tsmeroog Fresh here I come!
In just a few more days I'll be on my way to "The Stan", (as my friends and I have so lovingly dubbed Armenia) and even though I've never been a scout just like a good kayleeg is "meeshd bahdrast" I feel prepared! I went to Costco the morning the new Harry Potter book was released and bought my copy and it has been sitting on my nightstand taunting me. So far I have resisted every temptation and urge to just begin reading. NO! I'm saving it for my layover in Moscow! I'm going to spend my hours in Russia indulging in the pages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!
I can't wait to see the renovations at Zvartnots. I'm looking forward to seeing if the Mayrig that used to sing by the Hrabarag metro stop is still around or if the musical trio with the accordion still plays at night near the corner of Moscovian and Mashtots! Speaking of Moscovian I'll share a funny story with you guys so you can laugh at me. So, about 3-4 years ago Shoosh and I were riding in a Taxi and the dork that I am, I proceed to say to the cab driver "Mashtots hasgtsank, Deryan hasgtsank, Khanjyan hasgtsank payc Moscovian-uh ov eh?" I'm surprised the man was able to answer with a straight face....wow did I feel dumb!
I always look forward to encounters with interesting kids in Armenia. I wonder if we'll run into Yuri (shoosh have you seen him around?) Yuri is a child entrepreneur, every time I'm in Armenia I see him and he's selling something different. I told him I didn't like his name and told him I was going to call him by a more Armenian name and he suggested Tavit after Sassountsi Tavit! I wonder if we'll see the kid on Mashtots that jumps out of a box then insists you pay him for entertaining you!
One of my fondest memories of Armenia is of the afternoon I spent at Goshavank. We just hung out on the grounds of the vank for hours and kicked it with the local kids. We played, we laughed we even chatted with their folks and grandfolks. They were all so sweet, so friendly, so loving and warm. I felt so comfortable and welcomed not like an outsider at all, I felt like I could have stayed there forever! Now that I really think about it THAT'S the magic of Armenia! for when any two Armenians meet anywhere in the world... even if that may be in Armenia... they create a "new Armenia"! I get it on a whole new level now Saroyan.... I get it!
I can't wait to see the renovations at Zvartnots. I'm looking forward to seeing if the Mayrig that used to sing by the Hrabarag metro stop is still around or if the musical trio with the accordion still plays at night near the corner of Moscovian and Mashtots! Speaking of Moscovian I'll share a funny story with you guys so you can laugh at me. So, about 3-4 years ago Shoosh and I were riding in a Taxi and the dork that I am, I proceed to say to the cab driver "Mashtots hasgtsank, Deryan hasgtsank, Khanjyan hasgtsank payc Moscovian-uh ov eh?" I'm surprised the man was able to answer with a straight face....wow did I feel dumb!
I always look forward to encounters with interesting kids in Armenia. I wonder if we'll run into Yuri (shoosh have you seen him around?) Yuri is a child entrepreneur, every time I'm in Armenia I see him and he's selling something different. I told him I didn't like his name and told him I was going to call him by a more Armenian name and he suggested Tavit after Sassountsi Tavit! I wonder if we'll see the kid on Mashtots that jumps out of a box then insists you pay him for entertaining you!
One of my fondest memories of Armenia is of the afternoon I spent at Goshavank. We just hung out on the grounds of the vank for hours and kicked it with the local kids. We played, we laughed we even chatted with their folks and grandfolks. They were all so sweet, so friendly, so loving and warm. I felt so comfortable and welcomed not like an outsider at all, I felt like I could have stayed there forever! Now that I really think about it THAT'S the magic of Armenia! for when any two Armenians meet anywhere in the world... even if that may be in Armenia... they create a "new Armenia"! I get it on a whole new level now Saroyan.... I get it!
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