The weather in Armenia has been great!!! I think it's mini-summer visiting us at last and this is the time when you just have to get out and enjoy walking around before winter sets in.
Today I met up with Mihran K, the guy that posts news stories on www.groong.org. We sat for coffee, mineral-water and conversation at Cascade+ outdoor cafe at the bottom of the Cascades.
While we were sitting and talking, a couple of young boys who looked to be brothers, came by and sat at the table across from us and ordered a beer, which they split. I was a bit in shock and I'm not sure how this type of thing is viewed here or if there is any law that sets age restrictions on such practices. It can't be good for young children to be consuming alcohol.
I know that at weddings and special occasions, children are allowed to drink a little bit of wine or beer, but these boys who the younger of the 2 could not have been 12 years old, just ordered up a beer and drank it down like a pro. Mind you, the beer they were drinking is 12.5% alcohol and I get a slight buzz from just drinking one of them and am at least 3 times the size as that small boy. I didn't loose the opportunity to take a few pictures of the boys and the waiter that served them so you could see it for yourself.
I ran into Madlene, Arthur and Ozzie in the Cascade Park and later joined them at the museum office for lunch with them and their staff. A great bunch of young, intelligent people are working there and it always gives me hope that there are young people who will at one point if given the chance lead our country. We talked about our future and their views for the most part, reflected the views of everyone else here in Armenia.
BTW, the Shahan Natalie Family Foundation, Inc., has joined the "Protect Our Forests Coalition" and will hopefully be representing the coalition in Artsakh, where as you have read on this site, we have a very big problem in terms of foreign owned companies chopping down endangered trees.
Today I met up with Mihran K, the guy that posts news stories on www.groong.org. We sat for coffee, mineral-water and conversation at Cascade+ outdoor cafe at the bottom of the Cascades.
While we were sitting and talking, a couple of young boys who looked to be brothers, came by and sat at the table across from us and ordered a beer, which they split. I was a bit in shock and I'm not sure how this type of thing is viewed here or if there is any law that sets age restrictions on such practices. It can't be good for young children to be consuming alcohol.
I know that at weddings and special occasions, children are allowed to drink a little bit of wine or beer, but these boys who the younger of the 2 could not have been 12 years old, just ordered up a beer and drank it down like a pro. Mind you, the beer they were drinking is 12.5% alcohol and I get a slight buzz from just drinking one of them and am at least 3 times the size as that small boy. I didn't loose the opportunity to take a few pictures of the boys and the waiter that served them so you could see it for yourself.
I ran into Madlene, Arthur and Ozzie in the Cascade Park and later joined them at the museum office for lunch with them and their staff. A great bunch of young, intelligent people are working there and it always gives me hope that there are young people who will at one point if given the chance lead our country. We talked about our future and their views for the most part, reflected the views of everyone else here in Armenia.
BTW, the Shahan Natalie Family Foundation, Inc., has joined the "Protect Our Forests Coalition" and will hopefully be representing the coalition in Artsakh, where as you have read on this site, we have a very big problem in terms of foreign owned companies chopping down endangered trees.
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