Chau (Goodbye) New York! Sehlam (Hello) Addis Ababa! I am packed and almost ready to go. My flight is around 11 PM tonight, and I will arrive in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, around 1 AM on Tuesday. I have a layover in Istanbul, Turkey, which is lucky because I just found some extra lira in my wallet from my March trip to Istanbul. Maybe I will pick up a doner or simit! Once in Addis, I will spend a few days with the two other JSC Fellows in Ethiopia before heading to Gonder. I am not quite sure about the availability of Internet in Gonder or my schedule yet, but I will do my best to update this blog once I am settled.
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| Girls at my goodbye dinner |
Things I Will Miss:
1. Friends and family
2. Brunch
3. Never having to carry cash
4. Manicures and pedicures
5. Thanksgiving and the holiday season in New York
Things I am Looking Forward to:
1. Visiting Lucy in the Ethiopian National Museum in Addis Ababa
2. Drinking lots of coffee and participating in the coffee ceremony
3. Celebrating Timkat (Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany)
4. Seeing the rock-hewn churches in Lalibela
5. Attempting to learn Amharic
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