Being Irish

I do love being Irish....at this World IT Forum event here in Addis, a couple of people yesterday mistakenly thought I was someone else.

At lunchtime I got talking to a South African guy at my table (he figured I was Irish because I knew about Ethiopian beer....but I'm sure the accent gave me away too) and he told me his wife was Irish and that she was also here.

Later, an Ethiopian guy thought I was her and when I finally met her, a couple of other people were confused as they said we looked very alike. And what's more, it turned out she is originally from Greystones! We don't look that much alike, she has red hair, I have brown, but we do both have the freckly Irish skin and we must share an Irish look.

Probably the only two Irish people at this thing and people are mixing us up. I love it!