Dilijan National Forest

Baryev Dzes! Well, on Thursday all of the EEs got out of language class early (yay!) and piled into a marshootney (van) for the hour long ride to my permenant site, Dilijan. There we met with Robert, a very nice botanist, and heard more about the background of the park and it's future plans. This was very interesting for me since Dilijan will be my home for the next 2 years. Then we all (+ Robert) piled back into the marshootney and drove up a mountain till we arrived at parz leig. Parz leig means 'clear lake' in Armenian, but take it from me, the lake is not parz anymore! We ate some kelas (cherries), tsearan (apricot), and cookies and then went on a hike. Well, unfortunatly for us it turned into more of a walk then a hike, although our boots got nice and muddy since it had rained the day before! The forest was absolutly beautiful! Well...just found out our program is starting early so I best head back to the school. Bari Or (Have a good day!) Miss you all and love you...