Phew. What a crazy, crazy week. I’ll start with the most interesting
first, I got to meet Hillary Clinton! Twenty volunteers were randomly chosen to
attend a short speech at the US embassy so it was pure luck that I got to go.
I took a marshutni early yesterday morning to Yerevan and went to the embassy, which was beautiful and is one of the biggest (for the US) in the world. Hillary
Clinton gave a short speech and walked around to shake a few hands, I was lucky
and got to shake her hand, but of course I got nervous and the only thing I
could think of to say was “It’s so nice to meet you.” Anyways, it was an
especially great moment because it celebrated my one year anniversary of being
in Armenia. Days like that make me feel
incredibily blessed to be living and working here in Armenia. Here are some pictures at the embassy, including the one of the back of my head next to Hillary Clinton haha:
Then days like today are not great. I took a marshutni back from Yerevan early
this morning and discovered I had forgotten my Dramamine pills. I felt like I was going to be sick for the
entire ride. I had to meet my school
director as soon as I got off the marshutni looking as pale as a ghost. I asked him some last minute questions about
a grant (that was due at midnight tonight!) to repair our gymnasium. Turns out
we were still waiting on a couple of price quotes from different vinyl store
owners so it was a crazy rush to finish everything on time. Thank goodness it is all turned in and
finished. I will find out on Monday if
it has been accepted or not… keep your fingers crossed! I haven’t worked this
much since college and I will be completely crushed if we get rejected.
Random good news: There is a sour cherry tree in my backyard
and I made a pretty awesome cherry crisp last week.
Random bad news: I have rats living in my roof and now I’m
perpetually frightened that they will fall on my head while I sleep.
Here are some pictures of spring in Armenia J
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Armenia? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Armenia in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia,39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez