So, it's taken the last week for some of this to sink in, but, we're actually going to Ethiopia in January.
We scheduled our shots; there's like 8 of them over 4 weeks.
We've called the travel agent. Trying to schedule the trip so we're gone as few days as possible, but also recognizing that we'll be flying through Europe, and this may be a one-in-a-lifetime trip for us (the Europe part, I mean). We're also trying to figure out how we can use the 200,000 skymiles my Mom offered (my Mom Rocks!)
It may be a little dicey, but I think we can squeeze in an overnighter in Italy to collect on a bet from my business partner who said he'd buy me a great Italian dinner. And anyone who's been to Ohio knows you can't get one of those here. So why not go right to the source. Turns out it may be cheaper to stop over in Italy on a Saturday night than to flight straight through to Africa. We'll see.
We've filled out, but haven't mailed our Visa applications yet. There's some question as to whether it makes sense to mail our passports to Washington when we can just get them in Addis when we land. We're worried they'll get lost in the mail or in someone's in-box in DC. Don't have much confidence in the DC people.
We still have to update our wills and powers of attorney, but that's scheduled.
We still have a bit of a cash shortfall, but we're certain that'll work its way out before trip 2, which is probably not 'till March.
Yep, lots to do.
It's no longer waiting.
It's doing!!!
I'd be interested to hear how Ethiopian Italian food compares with real Italian food from Italy.
ReplyDeleteWe have friends who live in China who adopted in Ethiopia last year. They said the Chinese food in Addis was the best they'd had outside of China itself!