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    • Old Shuka at Night

    • Old Shuka at Night

    • Volunteers; site;

    • Meag, a Peace Corps Volunteer in Armenia walks past the outdoor market in Yeghegnador, Armenia. Several months after this photo was taken, the Soviet era building was torn down to make room for modern shops.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bah Vonts Store

    • Bah Vonts Store

    • Markets; host community

    • Armen owns the store we foreigners like to call "Bah Vonts." Bah vonts in Armenian means "of course," and we call his store as such because anytime you ask if he has something in stock, he says "bah vonts," or something like "of course we have what...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Peace Corps Home

    • My Peace Corps Home

    • Housing; Terrain

    • My house sits right in the part of town that the sun hits just before it tucks itself under the mountain for the evening. This time of year, as the light spills across my once abundant garden, over the yellow crunchy leaves and right through my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Danny and Lydia

    • Danny and Lydia

    • Host families; housing; Volunteers

    • Danny Lovell lived with Lydia for his entire two year service in Armenia. In the beginning, Lydia's family lived in the home as well, but they eventually moved to Germany. Danny and Lydia lived alone together for the majority of the two years....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lydia

    • Lydia

    • Host families; housing; traditional dress

    • Lydia is the host mother of Armenia Peace Corps Volunteer, Danny Lovell. Lydia is originally from Ukraine, but moved to Armenia when she married and Armenian man in Russia. She learned to speak Armenian in Armenia when she moved there days after...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Armenian Traffic Jam

    • Armenian Traffic Jam

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress; Animals

    • A typical scene just around sunset in Armenia, the village cows come back to their barns from a day out in the pasture.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wine Sellers

    • Wine Sellers

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress

    • Tsorik helps her daughter-in-law sell wine at their roadside stand in Areni, Armenia.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Armenian Hospitality

    • Armenian Hospitality

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress; Food and meals

    • Armenians are known for being incredibly hospitable. You can always expect to be invited in for a coffee and candy.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tatiks Know Best

    • Tatiks Know Best

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • Two older women, called Tatik in Armenian, would be sitting along the road I took into town everyday. Without fail, I could expect a comment on what I was wearing, what I had bought from the store, or where I was headed so quickly. These women were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Samvel, Always Up To Something

    • Samvel, Always Up To Something

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • This hand gesture, accompanied with the sound "eeeeyaah," is one of the many things I have picked up in Armenia. I even find myself doing it to the ATM when it refuses to give me cash. I'm sure when I come back to America, this, along with many...
    • Volunteer Photos

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