Today we stall at the hotel as we don't leave for the hotel until 6 PM for a 10:45 flight. Miles slept with us last night, got close to 12 hours, and was less of a bed hog.
Miles is eating everything we set in front of him, has already mastered the sippy cup, and seems to think this is all a good idea. Like the other adopted children we have been around, he is very adept at entertaining himself with mundane objects like a pen or a pillow, and he can stand and look out of our hotel window for long stretches watching the pedestrians and traffic pass by.
Our shopping trip was successful, and a stop at a grocery store was interesting. Most of the packaged goods are of South African origin, and either Ethiopian cooks still prefer to cook from scratch, or frozen and finished food products are too expensive to buy- no Hot Pockets or Lean Cuisine.
Today's brownout was from 7:30- 8 AM, which is not a big deal as our TV is doen to one channel. We have had up to three choices- BBC News, Al Jazeera News and something called MBC, which airs all of the worst of American TV a few days after the fact, along with some US news shows. Somehow "60 Minutes" and "Face the Nation" don't balance out "Moment Of Truth?" and "Days of Our Lives" in my book. I've been impressed with Al Jazeera News from both a technical and editorial standpoint, and they compete well with the BBC. AJ and the BBC are clearly speaking to a more literate and worldly audience than CNN, Fox, or any of the other US networks. Their stories are more than 90 seconds long, they have no celebrity "news", and I haven't seen a single car chase or bear caught in a tree. That's refreshing, but I am missing my baseball highlights.
I will miss Ethiopian food, and will have to expand our recipe base.
We have a 6+ hour layover in Amsterdam Friday, so that will be our next update. Be well.
Peter
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