All Borders Closed
August 9 - A grounding day. Received news that Georgia is battling with Russia over the northeastern Otessia territory. So this rules out traveling by land to any of Armenia's surrounding countries. You can find articles about this conflict on nytimes.com. We are allowed to visit Turkey and Azerbaijan, by airplane and previously driving through Georgia. Hopefully this situation will be reversed quickly. When you're in a country the size of Maryland and can't cross into any of the surrounding countries, it really puts into perspective what's going on in this region and reminds you that you are indeed in a different world (don't want to say third world because Armenia is not destitute). The United States is far removed from the realities of this part of the world.
On a lighter note, I taught Hripsime about saying "Yes M'am" this morning.
I don't know if you can say, but I would be interested in the general feeling of the Russia/ Georgia situation. It's a big topic in our house. Eric and David read a lot of stuff on line but I'm not sure they have a clear understanding of the situation. Maybe no one does.