My evening with Professor Harutyunyan was an interesting one. He is the Director of the E-Library at Gladzor Managmement University in Yerevan. He has developed such sites as armenocide and kifar has worked extensively with one of my professors from Tufts, Lucy Der Manuelian. I went to his home for dinner and we watched the film “The Armenian Americans.” We also watched “Lost Treasures of Christianity” which was particularly interesting because Professor Manuelian is the narrator for the majority of the film.

Armenian Brandy Tour

Today we went on a tour of the Brandy Factory at 9:30 A.M. The Armenian Brandy Company has been around since the late 19th century and continued to produce throughout the Soviet Period. It was a fun experience, made more so by the fact that we tried three different types of Brandy. Brandy is apparently now an after-breakfast drink. It was interesting to see the different tastes that the brandy acquires from aging. Unfortunately, the factory was sold to the French company Pernod in the late 90's which I was unaware of.

Tonight I will be meeting the friend of one of my professors from Tufts, and having dinner with him at his home in Yerevan.

I've also been playing basketball on Tuesday nights. I'm a power forward in Armenia, and the competition is a bit lacking, but it is fun just the same.