The best part of our 2 hour trip to the army base was sharing in the close knit family bonds. When we got to the base we picked up the nephew who was still on base and brought him over to another relative's home for the favorite event on the Armenian social calendar: Hooravats......the barbeque. The fact that it was raining did not dampen the spirits at all as we found cover ......and the cooking began!! Before we left from the family home, the "papeek" from upstairs came down to say hello and invited me up to his flat. I enjoyed the traditional cup of coffee and the joy that radiated from his 5 grandchildren. The fact that he had lost full use of one leg and he had use his crutch up the two flights seemed to matter little compared to the joy of sharing his family and providing a guest the favorite gift in Armenia: "hospitality."