I guess it has been a while since I last posted! It's been a busy week, and I haven't had too much time to record what I've been up to. Let's see... I spent Tuesday in Yerevan knocking around. I went to the National Museum of History and saw some interesting khatchkars, architectural objects, and costumes (even Sepastatsi ones - woo woo!). I ( Read more... )

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Hi everyone! I hope you're all doing alright. Well, I've officially been on this journey for about 9 days now. Things are starting to get pretty busy, and on top of it I had the genius timing to get a cold. I felt it coming in the last week or so of school and new it would hit me as soon as I finished. Sure enough, it has. My nose and ears ( Read more... )

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Hi everyone! This the first entry of my 2007 trip to Armenia. This time I'm here on my own doing some research, or I guess the "soul-searching" phase as our professors call it, for my masters thesis. I am looking at Armenian religious architecture in general, but restoration and preservation in particular. Basically I'll be traveling all over ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I last posted, but that's only since I've been so busy packing up, saying goodbyes, and COMING HOME! The last week in Yerevan was quite a whirlwind, but it was so nice to come back to the States. I've been back about 4 days now and have really enjoyed getting back into my normal life ( Read more... )

Well, after one day of worrying that the internet wouldn't be fixed until I left Armenia, it's back! It's still not quite up to par - a bit slow, but alas, it has returned ( Read more... )

Well, hopefully this will get through to all of you! We had a great time in Karabagh this weekend, but I guess while we were gone the main internet line to Armenia in the Black Sea was cut accidentally near Georgia... So, my internet is horribly slow and barely works - I'll be lucky if this gets through! Anyways, since it's so slow I can't get ( Read more... )

Well! It's already Wednesday in a new week - this trip is flying by! The last few days have been really nice. On Saturday it poured rained (weird!), yet Pifer and I still accompanied his mom on her excursion. We went to Kecharis Monastery in Dzaghadzor, visited a summer camp for orphans and needy children, went to Sevan to see the churches on ( Read more... )

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