I Have Family

So I found out that I have cousins. I always wanted cousins. The really cool thing is the middle one (28) looks kinda like me. The oldest one met me on the street near my house on my way home of being lost from the subway. She took me to her apartment where the family was waiting to greet me. Five people live in their beautiful, small two bedroom apartment. As I walked through the door, each person was waiting to kiss me. Questions came flying at me as well as hugs and warmth. It turns out I look like a typical Armenian woman and they were in awe how I had their grandfather's smile and nose. The smells, the food, I was treated as a queen. They piled on grilled egplant and tomatoes, kebab and another meat dish I have no clue what it was. Different salads. I swear to god, with each bite I felt so sorry for you in America who weren't experiencing what was going on in my mouth. I mean that is sadness. True sadness. Many times already I am almost brought to tears by the tastes and how badly I want for you to have them. Countless toasts of kognac and vodka blessing that I find a husband so I can be an obedient wife. yes yes yes, that is what I just wrote. Plums and peaches. big and baby baby grapes. Torts and Armenian coffee and tea as well as ice cream cake to welcome me. We danced, I showed pictures. Then we talked about my hair problem and they will see to it that it is taken care of. :) At the end of night they insisted I live with them instead of my host family. You can't imagine how difficult it was to get the word "no" across without being mean.


Friends... sooooo much to say. so much to say. I hope you will stay tuned, check in every once in a while.

Know this for now:
Cars here have the right away, not the pedestrians. That means that people are very likely to die any second when crossing the street.

I am communicating in Russian.

The price of living is comparitive to the U.S. but the monthly wage of a judge for example, is $200 per month. Fucking unbelievable. That dinner they made was... who knows how much of their income.

The stray dogs are told to only bite at night.

I am doing okay. There are some things that are up, but its too early write about them. (dont worry)

I love you all.
Viktoria
P.S. My fear happend and that is the computer is not letting me download my pics. Not making a USB connection. I'm gonna work on this and get back to you.