Blog 31 July 12 by Tamar Tatoian
Today is our third day off of our
little “ vaca”. We leave our B&B (which finally got
electricity by the end of the night last night) we head off to help
another family not too far away in the town or village of Areni. The
B&B was a real treat; Armenia was very thoughtful and cooked yet
another delicious breakfast. The family that we worked with today was
very kind, cheerful, and welcoming. Our team helped their family
finish off their back deck which consisted of us doing a bucket
brigade. We helped with the cementing process. The process of the
bucket brigade was very intense as we had a line of all of us handing
buckets of cement from lower to higher levels and then to the men of
the family. Melik, Bill, Susan, and, Kristnya took care of shoveling
cement and putting them in buckets to hand to Jirka and Lauren that
eventually handed them to Jill, and Molly so on and so on. Some of
the buckets varied in weight. Having a great and energetic team we
got through the process very fast.
Today for lunch we did traditional with
a splash of Armenian added to it. A very filling lunch that consisted
of Lavash sandwiches, fresh blackberries, watermelon, peaches, and
tasty anoush almonds. Later on once again enjoyed fresh Armenian
coffee with more peaches and some candy!
As we were getting closer to the end of
finishing the back deck, Jirka and Jill started a water war that
eventually got everyone involved! It was a very refreshing water war
that involved many laughs and smiles. After awhile we got more
comfortable with the family and started a water war with their oldest
nephew that was mainly doing the cementing, the youngest boy Haig,
and the father. Bill brought Frisbees which we played with. The
ending was a lot of fun and brought a great filling because it was
our celebration of helping this family accomplishes the rest of their
hard work!
Afterwards we headed to our second B&B.
This B&B is very interesting because some of us are separated
from our group. Jude, Gary, Molly, Jill, Kristnya, and Jirka are
staying in the one main big building where we ate dinner tonight, and
the rest of us are staying right down the road from them in a smaller
B&B. They both are very nice and the workers are very friendly
and welcoming.
Tomorrow is another day, which is our
last day off and we are taking the time to travel back to Yerevan and
are making a few pit stops, which one of them is to Lake Sevan.
Today was very entertaining and long
and I can’t wait to sleep tonight!!!!!!!
Bari Gisher-- Good Night!!!!
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