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And we’re back! Yes yes, after a lovely 6 week hiatus spent travelling Europe, seeing the cities of the “old country/countries”, and meeting some rather cool cats along the way, it’s finally time for my second (and sadly final) semester in the lovely city of Dushanbe. So just a quick update on things that will (or possibly won’t) be going on.

First off, I’m working with 7 classes this semester (as opposed to 5 last), one of which is an in-country, in-language research project. On what?, you may be asking (and if you weren't  feel free to start now). Well…still working on that. However, as this is going to have be thesis quality material, and it might have to be carried over into Yerevan (more information later), should be a doozy…

Second, there will be excursions! More importantly, there is no planned excursion to the beautiful (and occasionally turbulent) Gorno-Badakhshan. Never been one to take “No” easily, so I’ll do what I can to get an update from that most distant and mysterious province. Completely legally, of course.

Third, as I mentioned before: Yerevan. For those not in the know, I’ll be (hopefully) spending my summer in Yerevan, Armenia. As such, I plan at the moment on continuing “A Year of Monday” until May, and then either ending it and starting a new, more relevantly titled work for the summer, or just ignoring the title and including Armenia in it. Feedback would be lovely, as always.

Guess that’s it for now, into Dushanbe on Monday morning (Sunday afternoon for most of you), and then…let the games begin.

As always: Ташаккуру Худо ҳафез.