We made it, almost missed our flight (not our fault, I swear!), and now we're in Ethiopia. It's a cool place so far from what we've seen, very different from Eastern Africa, different people, different climate, different language...no more "Mzungu" for me! We got in around 7:30 pm, got to our hotel, walked around the area looking for some authentic Ethiopian food, and finally found a restaurant where the menu was only in amharic...it boded well for us. Had some tibs (meat) with injera (spongy bread), and we were serenaded by a bunch of different, really good Ethiopian singers accompanied by a guy on a traditional stringed instrument and another guy on an electric keyboard. Today we ran around frantically looking for a working ATM, which we finally found, and now we're arranging flights and trekking and all that good stuff.
That's it for now, shout outs to Uncle Gary/Aunt Judy, Aunt Andi again, and Gail...thanks again for your comments. More to come!
