More Ethiopian Sights

The sunset over Addis Ababa. I was able to experience a lot of this country's beauty in the past two weeks.

Animals, sheep, goats, cows, chickens, are everywhere. This goat looked especially skeptical of me.

Addis Ababa has very few stoplights. Instead, most intersection are roundabouts (and are crazy). This one features a monument to the martyrs of the Italian fascist massacre of 1937.

This weekend I went camping in a national forest that claims to be the oldest park in Africa.

Cool tree.

We, the Evangelical Theological Faculty, went on a retreat to Lake Babogaya. It is located on one of the areas many crater lakes and is 38 meters deep.

Many, many stars.

While camping we went to look for the waterfall. This was the best we found.

During the celebration of Meskel thousands of Ethiopians gather in the center of Addis Ababa and carry these lighted candles.

The main feature of the Meskel celebration is the lighting of the demera. It commemorates the fire that St. Helena used to find the true cross.

Ethiopian Sights

The sunrise over Addis Ababa as seen from my window. As a whole, the city is not very pretty, but it has its moments of beauty.

This is a traditional Ethiopian dish of injera and kitfo. The meat, kitfo, is traditionally served raw. I was not that brave, so I asked for it lightly cooked.

I love the way that Coca-Cola looks in Amharic.

My Amharic tutor took me to his church league soccer game. The sport is taken very seriously here.

This is one of the classrooms at the Evangelical Theological College where I am teaching.

One student misspelled my name on a paper they turned in.

Thanks, warning sign! I almost really hurt myself.