my oh my where to begin? there has been alot that has happend this past weekend.
Friday, we met with the deputy minister of justice and went out to lunch. I forget the name of the food, but it resembled something like bread and salty grass..not bad tho. Alexis and I proceeded to spend the entire time adventuring around Yerevan, ending up in a hair salon with an armenian model, and getting our hair done (its amazing how well miming actually works!). After we got our makeovers, we met up with the others at a US embassy party at the mariott in republic square...
there we met up with armenian party planners and american marines, who proceeded to cart us all around in their suv's as we hit up some of the best clubs in yerevan. It was salsa night at club 12, and then we made our way to the diasporan favorite- aftershock. I made friends with the DJ, among others, and at around 4:30 in the morning we decided to call it a night.
Saturday rolls around and after a 3 hour nap we all wake up to go to the village and work on our professor, Vahan's vineyard. It was in the middle of nowhere, and we tied up the grapevines, bailed hay, pick cherries, and got to chill with the enthusiastic locals (americans are rare among these parts). the local boys took us all down to a river where they set up a horvatz, or barbecue, for us! they were local musicians and artists, and played traditional armenian music. The food was awesome, and the guys were hilarious...at least i think they were hilarious, i couldnt really understand what they were saying. In fact, I'm pretty sure i accidently got married to Gevorg...
So sunday comes around and it was a holiday called vardevar. This is a pagan holiday that Armenians still celebrate, and its purpose is sort of like a courting ritual. Traditionally, guys would give a rose to a girl they liked, and women would return the favor and give the men water to drink. however, today, everyone just runs around the street throwing water on everyone. We were invited to a celebration at a village resort called latar, and within 5 minutes of being there i was already soaked. we had water wars with the local guys (of course the american girls were a favorite target) and i ended up getting thrown in the pool/ slightly waterboarded frequently. the rest of the day was peppered with random splashes, and at night we went out to some cafes to get drinks and celebrate Mariam's 21st birthday!!!
sooo exhausted.
loves it.
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