November 3 2014

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get to go to PARIS! WOOOOO!!!! That is SO COOL!!!! That is going to be SWEET. So excited. 

Here's the itinerary:

Hey, 

So transfers will be on Friday, and they usually take us out to do something before we leave. Then the missionaries who are leaving leave on Saturday morning. At least, that's how it's been lately. So that means that we can meet up on April 4th, which, interestingly enough, is general conference. Well, we'll watch that when we get home. Armenia isn't going to be doing general conference on that weekend because of the time difference.

I've got a long list of stuff that we can do in my areas so far, and some people that we can visit. However, you're going to have to look up shows if you want to go to any. I hear that the traditional Armenian dances are AWESOME. 

So you should come in on Thursday or Friday so that you can sleep and get all that jet lag out. (You will literally be coming in to a time when it's daylight here but nighttime at home, and vice versa. You're going to need to sleep and get rested before we go out and have fun.) Then we can meet up on Saturday sometime, and go through Armenia.

We'll want to have a day in Artashat and the south of Armenia for Saturday. Then on to Vanadzor in the north. There isn't that much to do in Vanadzor, but the ward is AWESOME. So it would be ideal if we went to church here, visited the members, and then came back or whatnot. Then we'll go to the city on Monday, and hit up Arabkir, and go to the surrounding sights. After that, we'll probably have a Kentron day where we can go to the really nice parts of Yerevan, do some shopping, and go to shows. Then we'll probably have a day of walking around and doing things that seem fun. There are some awesome museums that we could go to. Then maybe take off on Thursday at some time. 

This all depends too if I get transferred to another area.

The Marriott is one of the nicer hotels in the city. You can figure out the hotels, I'm sure.

There aren't really any places to stay in Artashat, I don't think. But it's just an hour away from Yerevan. So we'll just zip down there in a taxi. It's 10 dollars there and back in a taxi. There are places to stay in Vanadzor. So we can drive up on Saturday night to Vanadzor and stay the night. Then the next day we won't have to worry about getting there to church on time. We can probably just drive to Yerevan on Sunday night (about two hours away). Then we'll be in Yerevan, occasionally traveling to outlying sites, but for the most part staying in the city. 

So to sum it all up: Come in on Thursday or Friday to sleep. Pick me up on Saturday, drop things off in the hotel, and head to Artashat/the south. On sunday, we'll be in Vanadzor/the north. On monday, we'll go to Arabkir. On Tuesday, we'll be in Kentron (Center). On wednesday, we'll do anything that's left to do, or just have a relaxing day. On Thursday, we'll take off. Or we can take off on Wednesday too. Both are fine. You decide.

Then, depending on when we'll leave, we'll get there on just about the same day as when we left. ;) If we take off wednesday morning, then we'll get there on wednesday night. If we take off on Thursday morning, then we'll get there on Thursday night. Because we'll be gaining time coming back. 

Don't forget to take care of credit cards things, so that they know you're coming here. And be ready to get a local phone card thing/chip so that you can use your phone here.

Anything else? Restaurants will be easy. They're pretty cheap, and we'll go to the good places. 

Avoid Hash at all costs. It's soup where they boiled a cow's foot in it, Except for rare occasions, it's usually pretty disgusting. 

Sharmas are pretty good. You can trust those.

I thought that I'd spare you the headache. ;) Save it somewhere where you won't lose it/print it out.

Love you lots!

Amberlie