Hey, just so you aren't too confused....
I set the time zone on our blog to be Addis time...so it looks like the most recent post was at 8:31 am on Wednesday when in fact, here in Callifornia it is 10:31pm Tuesday.....so...that means that Addis is 10 hours ahead of West Coast time. Another interesting fact for all of you keeping track, Ethiopia uses a different calendar than we do.
They have a 13 month calendar year, which is why the travel posters say "Come to Ethiopia for 13 months of sunshine!" They also are currently in the year 1999 so another travel poster says, "Come to Ethiopia and be 7 years younger!" Their New Year's Day is celebrated in September so the country is currently wrestling with the challenges and potential disruption that the Millenium will bring...anybody here remember Y2K?
Oh, and they use a different "clock" too so that their day begins at 6am but their watches will say 1am.
Glad I could clear all that up for you! And you thought all we had to worry about was jet-lag!
