In last Thursday’s post I hinted that I had some good news to share.  Actually, I included a very subtle hint in that post that no one picked up on.  After over 200 posts where I’ve only written in black text with the occasional highlight in purple, my “random” choice of color text may not have been so random.  OK – the hint may have been waaay out there, but I wanted to see if anyone was paying attention.  I chose to write last week’s post in RED, BLUE and ORANGE. Do you know what else is RED, BLUE and ORANGE?

The matching clue

The flag of Armenia. Yep! The good news is that I’m going to Armenia! And that’s only part of the good news. The other part of the good news is that I am going because this blog was selected as a contest winner and I will be a guest of the Armenian Tourism Board. I will be taken on an all expenses paid trip to Armenia to visit their country and blog about my experiences for one week this summer.  I am so excited to visit a country I’ve only ever heard about and I am honored that the blog I’ve been working on for nearly 2 years has been selected for this trip.

The Armenian Capital, Yerevan

How exactly did I win?  I entered a contest called the Silk Road Ch@llenge that was looking for bloggers who had written about food and drink from one of the countries along the Silk Road which includes Armenia, Lebanon, China and Azerbaijan, just to name a few. I had recently written two posts about Lebanese and Armenian food from my experience in Beirut, and one of them, about making the Lebanese dish Moghrabieh, ended up being selected.

I am still waiting on the exact details of the trip, but I’ll be travelling there for 5 – 7 days in August.  Keep an eye out here on the blog as I’ll post more about my upcoming trip, where I’ll be going and what I’ll be doing.  And for anyone who’s ever been to Armenia, please drop me suggestions in the comments section below or on my blog’s Facebook Page for great landmarks to visit and food and drink to try.