Today in class went better

Not good, but better. We did go out on the road today—we now have two students eligible to drive over here and three who can’t so I’m modifying curriculum like crazy. The embassy suggested we check out an abandoned airfield for the training and we went out there this afternoon but it couldn’t be used. It did send us deep into the center of Ethiopia’s largest army base onto an “abandoned” airfield and we probably saw some things we shouldn’t have seen—I know I did. Then we got a radio message the base executive officer wanted to talk to me (I guess I stick out here) and we returned to the base headquarters and I went in and talked to him. He was real pleasant and is leaving next month for a year study at the War College in Washington. Still, I’ve got to admit images of the movie “Midnight Express” were going through my mind. This was definitely not a place to be carrying a camera around. Speaking of which, I am going to take my camera on-road tomorrow and try to get some local shots around the city. This week and this job are winding down. I have Friday afternoon off and may try to do some limited sightseeing.