Vanadzor, Armenia Travel Blogs

My host mother and my birthday!!
Jul 28, 2005

... a good thing because people around me could see me. Not my family though. I swam in the water. Everyone was impressed! The women in Armenia generally don't know how to swim. I love to swim and was on a swim team for several years. So, I was a better ...

About to become a volunteer again
Aug 12, 2005

... I will be writing in this again. I hear there is internet in Dilijan but, I don't know how reliable it is. But, Vanadzor is only about 1 hour away so... Take care everyone!! Laura PS: Real letters would be fantastic!! If you need my address, email ...

My Birthday
Jul 22, 2005

... by one of my roommates that I should go to bed before the roof falls in on me. This year was quiet. I went into Vanadzor with all the other trainees and listened to the administrative babble. OH! My host Mom (Amma) gave me an egg shaped jewerly box in ...

Only UZ-18 in Armenia
Jun 27, 2005

... the driver on the shoulder when I wanna stop. OH! And as a parting gift, Zack showed me where the fast internet place is in Vanadzor. So, it is a little easier to stay in touch now. I am definately not alone in not being able to stay. I had heard from ...

My Second PST DONE
Aug 9, 2005 (1 photos)

... had the exact picture I had seen in Lublin. She said she bought the box of chocolate in America. I found the chocolate in Vanadzor. I bought it and shared the chocolate with everyone saying that I was celebrating still being here and they should help me ...

Till the cows come home
Aug 13, 2005

You know the expression: Till the cows come home? Well, when I came here, I heard that the cows are just let out into the street and left to wander in the streets and hills and mountains. And then I was told that the cows would walk themselves home. I ...

4th of July and Site Announcement
Jul 7, 2005

... my village person) was diving to stop a goal and was kicked in the side of the face!!! He had to go to the hospital in Vanadzor. And then, the doctors decided to send him to the PC Office to see our doctors. Well, he was med-a-vac'ed to Washington DC. ...

Sigh! Communication issues!!
Jun 22, 2005

Hello Everyone! Well, There are some serious internet communication issues. I can not get to my yahoo account! Sigh! Something about this country and Yahoo. I was able to sign in today but I can't actually get to my emails. This is frustrating. ...

Maybe I can keep doing this
Jun 28, 2005

Well, after crying a bit, talking with other trainees a bit, and simply not going to class today OH and calling my parents, I think I have decided to stay a little longer. What an awful time this has been. I wonder if it is because of missing the UZ-18 ...

Site Visit and Homesickness
Jul 17, 2005

... a while. (Karen is pronounce Kar- in it is a man's name. He is my technical trainer and a doctor who teaches at the Vanadzor Medical College which is also a nursing college. So, he will be my collegue. He is also "related" to me. My Vandazor sister-in ...

I'm Still Here!!
Jul 2, 2005

... me right now. I also received notes from other trainees. It was amazing!! THEN!! Leina (the director of Pre-service training in Armenia) came over to me and told me that my mother in the states had called PC Washington DC to find out my host parents ...

Trainee, AGAIN!!
Jun 8, 2005

... hour layover where we drank German beer!! Then we flew back to Armenia. We were on the very first flight from Munich to Armenia. We got flowers when we landed. WE also got visas when we landed. Gee, this government didn't have to ask their president ...

Mispronounciation
Jul 11, 2005

I am scared to death to say the word for garlic in Armenian!! Why? Because I always mispronounce it and unfortunately, when it is mispronounced I end up saying the word f*ck!! Of course, this makes my host mother laugh!! The other fun thing to say today ...

Why I Don't Swim
Nov 17, 2008

... to spend money on a taxi. It would have been a fun evening, but alas, all my things were lying in Vanadzor. However, I immensly enjoyed using their toilet, and outhouse precariously perched above the rushing river below. Normally I don't like the idea of ...