Kyle’s Journey in Armenia

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  • Kyle? In Armenia?

    My name is Kyle, and I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Noyemberyan, Armenia. I lived here from 2006-2008, and worked as an Information Technology volunteer for the US Peace Corps. In addition to my primary assignment developing my region's WiFi internet, I also taught computer and English classes to area youth. Thank you for visiting!

    This blog remains available for historical purposes, but is no longer actively maintained.

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Nov 2006
Thanksgiving, Pt 2.
Posted in Peace Corps by Kyle at 12:40 pm | 1 Comment »

Well, the Thanksgiving season has finally passed, and it was an amazing time. As you can see from the previous post, the Peace Corps volunteers celebrate in style, and part 2 this weekend was no different. I travelled to Berd and met up with several other volunteers for a more intimate Thanksgiving feast. Most notably, two fellow Columbia natives, Brad and Sara, were there, so it was great to hang out with them and reflect on how it took 23 years for us to meet when we only lived a mile apart in the states. Small world (or “big world” as they say in Armenian).
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Anyway, we cooked up turkey with all the trimmings, and it was one of the best meals I’d had in a long long time. The funnest part of the evening followed dinner, however, when we played the ever popular “pin the pilgrim hat sticker on the turkey”. Translated, this means we got blindfolded, drank homemade vodka, spun around several times and ran into walls. It was a great time, and we spend the rest of the weekend hiking, and relaxing. It was a great end to a great holiday week. Now, it’s back to work saving the world.

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I forgot to mention in the last post: Mrs. Zanger, thanks so much for the turkey napkins. They were wonderful and really made it a real Thanksgiving! 🙂


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One Response:

Kathy said:

You’re welcome for the Napkins. Had I realized my daughter wasn’t going to share the stove top stuffing I would have included more napkins so you each could have a whole napkin. Maybe next year. Glad you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving.
Kathy


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