Church and Traditional Dinner

Yesterday, we toured an Ethiopian Orthodox Church. It was built in the 30s and 40s during the Italian invasion. There were several events going on there, since it was one of their major fasting weeks and there was a large funeral. Due to all of the people that showed up after we had gone in to tour, our cars were blocked in when it was time to leave. And I don't mean like one car parked behind us. I mean like 60.
We decided to walk to a taxi to take us to lunch. The taxi driver was pretty pumped to see a bunch of lost Americans, and he charged us 10 birr each to get to the restaurant. Average fair is between 70c and 2 birr, so he made his days wage off of our group alone.
We went to the lion zoo, or lion cages, after lunch. It was pretty entertaining, because there wasn't a giant pit between us an the lions, and the locals would hit on the fence to get the lions to growl at them.
Last night was the traditional dinner. The food was interesting. I ate a lot more than Erin. I was a little disappointed because they didn't ask anyone from our group to dance. I guess they could tell that we had some moves and didn't want to be embarrassed.
Today, we go to the older kids orphanage and play a little futbol. Addis is still the bomb. He sleeps like a champ, 12 hours at night without waking up. He goes to everyone, though he clings to his mom and dad when he is tired. He crawls all over the place, entertaining himself with water bottles and magazines. We couldn't have asked for a better baby.
Keep praying for a safe flight home. 4.5 days and counting…