Walking around Plovdiv, we were struck by the obvious investment in making the town centre and the old town really attractive. Gone were the pot holes, cracked pavements and crumbling buildings, to be replaced by new paving and spruced up … Continue reading
Category Archives: Peter Gay’s Letters
I got the opportunity to revisit Bulgaria again this May. Some years ago, Peter Bolton and I managed a 5 year project in municipal and regional development and to do this we had to build a team of Bulgarian consultants. … Continue reading
Farewell to Armenia This is my last letter from Armenia. I am in the last week of the project and return home at the weekend. I am writing it on the terrace of my apartment in the centre of … Continue reading
On economics and politics I found that the country is dealing with the aftermath of the Presidential election. When I was here in January, the hustings were on and everywhere we went in Syunik province the President was also there … Continue reading
I arrived yesterday evening to a warm balmy Yerevan – 24°, definitely Spring, if not Summer by our standards. The trees are green and people are wandering around the city in shirt sleeves, t shirts and short skits in evidence. … Continue reading
Au revoir until April Readers may be relieved to know that this is the last letter in this series. We arrived back in Yerevan and met the Ministry to present our findings. There were 8 senior people including a Deputy … Continue reading
On Armenian Bread and how to make sustainable change This morning we started out from Kapan. Its surrounded by high mountains and it has a special feature, there is the shape of a heart in the mountain. It took me … Continue reading
Corrections and Anticipations I told my Armenian colleagues that I was writing these letters for publication at home and they pestered me to share them with them. I am happy that they like the letters but offered some corrections. Apparently Mount … Continue reading
On why good organisations fail This morning we took the mountain road from Goris to Kapan the regional capital, further south towards Iran. We had over-nighted at a nice B&B, really a great example of what can be done. Clear … Continue reading
Today we drove south to the region where our pilot is to take place. We set off in the UNICEF Landcruiser, with the UNICEF driver and we were glad not to be driving because the first part of the journey … Continue reading
