May 8th

On the second day of travel we flew over the Nubian desert as well as the southern coast of Greenland. The mountains were beautiful and jagged and appeared from huge plains of snow in Greenland. We flew over just as dawn was breaking, it was breathtaking. The desert in Sudan was beautiful too, it was 41 degrees celsius when we touched down in Karthoum. Ethiopia is nice around 21 degrees celsius when we touched down, The air is really fresh because we're so high above sea level here in Addis Ababa. We were met at the airport by two familiar faces Dr. Nancy Pitts, and Dr. Tess Astatkie from NSAC, which was really nice. We had some delicious Ethiopian food last night, tibs and injera. Tibs are small pieces of beef cooked with red onion, garlic and pepper. Injera is a traditional flatbread which is sort of like a very thin pancake. It comes rolled up, and to eat you pull a piece of injera off with your right hand and sort of "pinch" the food into a bite sized portion. Also: Happy 57th Birthday Dad :) Today's photo is of a mountain in Southern Greenland.