Oh, so there's no electricity...anywhere?

Today was the first day in Addis, and it felt like one of the longest days of our lives. Sleeping a combined 9 out of 72 hours is not advisable, under most all circumstances, and certainly not if you're aborting take-offs, stopping in Sudan, and taking ice cold showers with a bucket.

Today was our first day in AFRICA.

*It wasn't the sweet melodies of garbage trucks, sirens, and honking horns that woke us up this morning...the day commenced with the combination of 2 choirs: deafening calls of what seemed to be a army of roosters, and the call to prayer from the nearby Orthodox Christian Church.

*Then we visited Yohannes' children's library in Addis- surprisingly well-stocked with classics such as Goodnight Moon and Anne of Green Gables.

*We've been traveling all over the city via overcrowded "mini-buses" with our trusty guide Micky, a 19 year old Ethiopian kid, who speaks 3 words of English, Yes, No and Come On!! He doesn't try to hide his laughter when we bombard him with such questions as "how do you say goat? in Amharic and "can we sit in the front seat of the mini-bus? (as the driver is blasting Akon)

*Ethiopian food is great..so far, although our stomachs vetoed it.

*In case you were wondering, you CAN feed a starving child in Africa for less than 10 cents a day.