Well before we head off on our Russian adventure we had better fill you in on our last few days here...
After arriving back from Sevan late on Wednesday night we had our tea in the hostel and took an early night.
The next morning we had our breakfast and then started on the plan of action for the day. Cara and I went shopping for gifts for Gevorg, the hostel manager, and the lovely lady who makes the breakfasts here. Jade and Marie updated the blog and Amy and Kelly counted up the resources we are leaving here in Armenia for next year's team, down to the last paperclip!
For lunch we chowed down on crisps and cookies, then evaluated how our activity days had gone and also what we thought of the project as a whole.
In the afternoon some of us set off for a spot of souvenir and resource shopping, before returning to envoy to get ready for the big evaluation with Amalya and the NUGGGS team. For dinner we went to a funky American diner just down the street where we enjoyed burgers, fries and soft drinks all at a bargain price of 1400 dram per meal!
The official evaluation went well with lots of positive feedback on this year's project and some possible aims for the next 2 years of GOLD in Armenia. After the meeting at the office we were taken out to a pub called 'Wild West', where most of us let our hair down and a great time dancing away to cheesy music along with our Armenian friends and a rather portly chap from the Czech Republic who was keen to show us some dance moves, and even keener to marry Cara!
It was early morning before our heads hit the pillow, but we still awoke very early and headed out to the cascade to watch the sunrise, something Cara had been very keen to do. It was a wonderful experience, which gave us a great view of Mt Ararat. The only downside were the stray dogs, who followed us to and from the cascade like a scene from a Disney film!
When we got back from the cascade we headed back to bed for a bit before lunch at a nice cafe/diner called square one. We then went our separate ways, with Marie and I going to check out the Dali exhibition in the National Gallery in Republic Square and some of the others hitting the shops for last minute souvenirs.
We met back at Envoy at 4pm for a photo shoot to promote the hostel, in which we we had to pose with our rucksacks, grinning widely and in a variety of cheesy poses such as 'looking in the empty locker' and 'leaning against the bunkbeds for an earnest chat'. Thankfully it was not our room that was used, as all the knickers hanging to dry and half empty bottles of fanta made it look a bit messy!
We then headed to Lillit's Mum's apartment, in a taxi ride that made GTA video games look, frankly, quite tame.
Love Caroline and Team Armenia 2011
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