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To the moon, Alice
Danakil day 2, morning. Alice said she was feeling envious when I told her we were going to Danakil. She researched it on line and said it looked like the moon. Now that I’ve been there, I would agree. Not that … Continue reading
An awfully big adventure
Danakil day 1: getting there Over the four-day Easter weekend, Andreas and I traveled with eight other ICS teachers to an area called the Danakil Depression in the Afar region of northwestern Ethiopia. It’s taken me a few days to … Continue reading
Holiday in hell? Sign me up!
Pursuant to Tuesday’s “don’t go there” post… Some ICS teachers spent last October break in the Danakil Depression in northern Ethiopia, the place National Geographic called the “cruelest environment on earth.” I was sorry to miss that excursion, but we’d … Continue reading
Fun with guests
I love guests! We are fortunate to have had three – count ‘em, three! – adventurous visitors this winter. Our daughter Alice was here for about ten days in December before we all flew off to meet the rest of … Continue reading
Posted in Addis Ababa, Around Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Family, Home life
Tagged Alice, Nik
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Axum
This time we included Axum on our visit to the north. None of us had ever been there before so it was all new territory. Axum was the seat of the Axumite Empire (100-650 CE), a wealthy and powerful kingdom … Continue reading
Lalibela, again
We took a weekend trip with Sukey and Nik up to Lalibela and Axum. Yes, we were just in Lalibela a couple of months ago, but it’s one of Ethiopia’s most interesting historic sites and we felt our guests should … Continue reading
Lalibela – day 2
The next morning we were up and out early to see the second cluster of churches. Although these were carved out at the same time as the churches in the other group, the stone here is a softer type and … Continue reading
Lalibela – day 1
We recently had a Friday off in honor of Meskal, one of the three biggest holidays (along with Christmas and Timket) on the Ethiopian religious calendar. We spent the holiday with four other teachers on an excursion to the northern … Continue reading
Posted in Around Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Tagged Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Lalibela, meskel, rock-hewn churches
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Debre Zeyit
Today it was back to work after the three-day Orthodox Easter weekend. For Ethiopian Christians, this is a holiday spent at home with family, but for faranji like us it presented a good chance for a short crowd-free getaway. Our … Continue reading
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From our roving reporter
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
Posted in Around Ethiopia, Background, Ethiopia, International Community School
Tagged Alekka, Gondar, Lalibela, rock-hewn churches, Week Without Walls
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Lorna of Arabia 