Category Archives: Addis Ababa

Box of wonders

Posted on 22 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

My daughter Alice in the US packed up a box and sent it here. It was mostly stuff I’d asked her to buy for us, but she tossed in a few much-appreciated surprises (mainly of the chocolate variety). In case … Continue reading →

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From our roving reporter

Posted on 19 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

My daughter Alekka reports on her Grade 10 Week Without Walls experience in… Oops, wrong map. Gondar and Lalibela… Every year at ICS each grade level takes a trip. Freshmen always go to the Bale Mountains, juniors to Woliso, and… … Continue reading →

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White man dancing

Posted on 17 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

I have written at length about the culinary nirvana that is Ethiopian food, so I won’t repeat myself here (not today, anyway).  My uninitiated American friends can find out where to find the good stuff if they scroll to the … Continue reading →

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Battle of Adwa

Posted on 5 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

Last night our school commemorated one of the most important events in Ethiopian history: the defeat of General Oreste Baratieri’s Italian army by Emperor Menelik II’s Ethiopian forces at Adwa on March 1, 1896. A little background: By the late … Continue reading →

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New After School Activity

Posted on 1 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

Ukulele Club Tuesdays Grade Levels: 6-12 Location: room 67 Learn some basic chords and strumming patterns; play some songs in a group and individually. Ukuleles are fun, so the idea is we will have some fun and make some good … Continue reading →

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A run for the money

Posted on 27 Feb 2013 by lornaofarabia

ICS held its 4th annual Charity Walk & Run this last Saturday.  The event is a fundraiser for three excellent local charities.  ICS students and teachers volunteer throughout the year with these organizations, but the annual run is special in … Continue reading →

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Where tortoises roam

Posted on 22 Feb 2013 by lornaofarabia

We have some unusual critters on campus.  Up on the field there are wild tortoises.  They like to eat the grass. I guess they don’t get in the way of the games too much; everyone seems to like having them … Continue reading →

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International Day

Posted on 21 Feb 2013 by lornaofarabia

It’s kind of a cliché to say that every day is international day at a school like ours.  Even so, many international schools around the world celebrate their multicultural character at an annual springtime event.  International Day is an opportunity … Continue reading →

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Take two, they’re small

Posted on 12 Feb 2013 by lornaofarabia

There’s a problem with unwanted animals in this city. I’m starting to think there’s a problem with unwanted animals everywhere.  In Damascus it was cats, in Sarajevo, dogs.  Here in Addis, it’s both.  This is a very poor country where … Continue reading →

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The commissary

Posted on 11 Feb 2013 by lornaofarabia

The commissary. The place Americans in Addis love to hate. US embassies around the world run commissaries for their employees.  These places are shops, usually on embassy grounds, offering American consumer goods (food, toiletries, and alcohol) for sale to soldiers, … Continue reading →

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