Ethiopian Night and Adopted Babies

Last night was the traditional Ethiopian night at the conference. We had the chance to eat the best Ethiopian food we ever had and also had great music and dancing the whole night. The food is based around a bread called Injera. This is a soft pancake like bread that is made from Tef an Ethiopian grain. The bread is then used to scoop up all of the delicious meat, bean and lentil dishes. Lots of spices and tastiness. The traditional Ethiopian dance has a lot of shoulder movement and quick sharp head twitching that looks really cool. The place was packed and we all got up on stage to join the dancers at the end of the night. Another observation is the number of people we have seen here that we are assuming are adoptive parents. The guest house we are staying at has a lot of Spaniards here with Ethiopian babies. We have also seen many around the hotels and such. We were told that families have to stay in country for 10 days while adopting so a guest house likely works best for them. Interesting to see this given my own families adoption history as well as my boss going through it currently as well (hope Korea went well if you are reading Sheryl).