Bidding List

State gave us our bidding list yesterday. We're headed to one of the following eight posts for two years:

• Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire,
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Bridgetown, Barbados
• Conakry, Guinea
• Djibouti, Djibouti
• Helsinki, Finland
• Jakarta, Indonesia
• Santiago, Chile

Patricia (my wife) and I are madly researching these places, as our bids are due next Tuesday at noon.