The next day was my Bazum host mom Layli’s 50th birthday. This summer, she always had trouble reading and I kept suggesting she get reading glasses. The thought of this did not go over well, and she exclaimed she wasn’t 50 yet and would not wear glasses until she was at least an old woman […]
As promised, it’s time for part II of Sara and I’s adventures overseas. Things actually did not start very well in Istanbul; we arrived in Turkey at 2am after a late night flight to an airport an hour outside of Istanbul. Price to pay for using the discount airline and a free stopover in Dubai, […]
After a year of eating cabbage soup, freezing myself to sleep, and still failing to pronounce all three Armenian R’s correctly, it was time for a vacation. A lovely lady from America, Sara, came to visit me from the 9th-22nd here in Armenia. Our trip included a tour of my life in Armenia (Yerevan, my […]