Hiding From the Rain in the Castles of Gondar

Gondar has been the mellowest of all of our destinations so far. We spent the first day updating blogs and just plain relaxing. We left the hotel for dinner at The Four Sisters, an adorable traditional Ethiopian restaurant owned and run by, well, four sisters. When we arrived the servers and customers were involved in traditional dance. we sat down and decided to order a beaker of tej. I wonder if I will be able to make it when I get home...???? We ordered authentic food, although Hailey really wanted pasta.
We set out on a tour of the Royal Enclosure. We chose to explore instead of getting a guide. I'm pretty sure our facts were not correct, but only we know that. We had to pay 200 Birr to enter because we were foreign; Etiopians only had to pay 10 Birr...
Gonder was founded by King Fasiledes in 1636, it was the capital of Ethiopia for nearly 200 years, reflected by its castle compound, that include number of palace. The most famous buildings in Gonder, lie in the seventeenth century Royal Enclosure including: Fasilides Castle, Mentewabs Castle, Iyasus Palace and Dawits Hall Palace.
During our exploration, it started poring rain, we took shelter in one of the classes and palyed Heads Up on Hailey's phone as we waited for the storm to pass.

 We sit now, in the hotel bar watching the USA-Germany match with all the Americans!