Nagorno-Karabats

I don't exactly know how the bats got into our homestay in Stepanakert, but we had three of them flying around last night. While one of my associates, T., was trying to fend them off with a pillow, I, out of enlightened self interest, guarded the door to my room so they wouldn't get in there. Finally M., a former "Peace" Corps volunteer in Armenia, swatted two of them with a broom, killing at least one (there were multiple pieces...) and likely maiming the second. The third managed to escape unscathed. I am back in Yerevan after a not entirely pleasant taxi ride from Stepanakert.