It's been a while...

To quote a letter from home "at first you will find you take pictures of everything but after a while it is hard to find anything to take a picture of'."  That is a little of how I am feeling now.  Sights, sounds and smells that at first caught my attention I don't even notice now.  These things are now just the "norm". Here is a little of what has happened lately.

We said goodbye to Jao.  He left for Seychelles, then went on to Kenya and finally will end up back in Madagascar.  We will really miss him.  Andy left a few days later for Kenya but we are so glad that he will be back in December.

Gary and Barb Lewis from Alberta were here on a stop over on their way to Tanzania.  We really enjoyed their company!

Once a year in Addis is the Diplomatic Bazaar.  Participating Embassy's and organizations set up tables where they sell things from their countries.  Proceeds go to charity.  Guess what Canada was selling?  That's right!!! Maple syrup, maple syrup fudge, maple syrup suckers, maple butter....The ambassador gave Cameron some free stuff because he spoke to him in french :)  Warren was hoping the U.S. Embassy would be selling Big Macs....Nope just homemade baking :(

Enjoying homemade tortilla chips and guacamole from the Mexican Embassy

Took this one for Jao in case those are some of his relatives :)

This adorable girl was sitting under a table while her mother took care of selling hand made wares.

I bought this table mat from her.  I found these beautiful carnations and roses at a store close by and couldn't resist!

Last but certainly not least! Warren could hear Cameron talking in Amharic and decided to check out what was going on. Andy had left his book titled "Amharic for Visitors"