a mysterious old lady here at the hotel in Aleppo (i didnt think there were any other guests?), just said a whole bunch of things to me, in what i think was Armenian, and i thought at first she was scolding me or something, for wearing a revealing shirt (because she was so loud and staring at me intensely)...but then she proceeded to come over to where i was sitting, crouch down, hug me and give me 2 very big wet kisses on the cheek.

i love Syria.