It's 2017 Again!

Quite a change in cultures today. We left Kigali and arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this afternoon and experienced considerable local confusion at the airport. Where's our luggage? Who knows? It finally surfaced, but then they found a pair of binoculars in Kevin's suitcase, a big no no. So he had to wait while 7 people (not counting the lady sleeping at her desk) looked for carbon paper to fill out a receipt for him to pick them up when we leave the country, and on and on. But we're here and just learned that it's now the year 2017, according to the Ethiopian calendar. They have 12 months of 30 days followed by one month with 5 days, and New Year's is September 17th...of course!
Lovely hotel downtown, and we start our Ethiopian tour tomorrow! Should be interesting so tune in tomorrow.Read more