We have arrived!

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Geo: 9.02274, 38.7468

We arrived with minimal effort last night and made our way to our hotel. The Hilton, thanks to reward points.
Spent the day getting organized as we leave tomorrow morning for Lalibela.
Will likely update the blog in about 6 days as we are anticipating little or no access to the web while in Lalibela - but, we might be surprised.
FYI - The Amazing Race was in Lalibela about 6 seasons ago and another travel factoid to ponder - it is 2002 here!! Think about that for awhile and we will fill you in later on the reason. Guesses are welcomed.

UPDATED: Our evening in Addis was very fun. We went to a tradtional restaurant - Fasika where they serve Ethiopian food and have traditional dancing. We have eaten Ethiopian food before so had a little idea about that but we did not know anything about the dancing. Richard had seen it on YouTube but I had not. It was great fun! And, coffee here is served with popcorn! Rich was in heaven😊

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Photos

Traditional dancing
After the performance the dancers get people up to dance. It was great fun!

Ethiopian coffee
With popcorn! Richard thinks he has died and gone to heaven.

Comments

[Claire Cyr]

Happy to hear that you arrived safely- expected you to. Sounds like you areheaded for some great adventure. Wish I was there also. Keep well.Love, Mom

[Cynthia]

Glad to hear you made it without any travel issues! I can't wait to follow along on the blog - great idea. Ethiopia is probably on the Coptic calendar, am i correct? Figuring our that calendar is a real math problem!Enjoy the trip

[Leona]

Good to hear you are there. We think the 2002 has something to do with a different calendar but a wait your explanation.

[Leona]

Remembered it is the coptic calendar!

[Alison]

Yeah! Happy to hear you made it okay! So re: the year - does that mean that you instantly look and feel 7 years younger, just by being there? Cool!I remember when we were in Kathmandu in 1992 it was the year 2059 (or something like that)
... was so weird to see that everywhere! Good idea to show your post on FB - thanks. bon voyage!

[Barbara]

More! More! Can't wait for the adventures.