This place is indescribable, but I will try to attempt it. It is like two worlds have collided here. The rural roots of the country villages mixed with a modern western façade. It is a bit like an overgrown farming village. The very first thing I laid my eyes on as we pulled out of our house the first day was a man herding his goats down the interstate in the middle of town. We almost got rammed by two cattle crossing near a big intersection on our way to the Hilton hotel where we exchanged out money. Outside the Hilton was a Hummer, several Mercedes along with men and women dressed in suits and evening gowns. What a sight to see all of this in one place.
So I found out that I am officially a college English professor, yikes! I went to my school today, Africa Baza College and met some of the administration because classes start Monday. The building this college is in looks like the one at the fireman training place out by the airport in Lubbock. It is six stories tall and maybe 100ft x 100ft around. I will be teaching two classes there a MWF and TTH every afternoon for about 2 hours. Then I will teach one class of English at a different place called the ERC. It is a place business and market people come to improve there English skills.
Tonight we had our first Ethiopian meal. Again I will try to attempt to describe it, but it is difficult. I will start with the injeta. It is a large flat gray pancake/crape that tastes like old sourdough bread. This is the base. On top of it they put wat, it can be many different things in little piles. O yeah the like there stuff spicy! For example wat can be ground beef, spinch, spicy bean gravy, chicken sauce, hot spicy meat and some stuff that is like fajita beef. Everyone eats with there hands. You grab some injeta and pick up the wat and eat it with your fingers. It is fun and messy.
Hopefully pictures will come… a pictures says a 1000 words, so all of this will make more sense with them. The internet is just slow so uploading pictures takes a long time.
Crista
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3 comments:
I am so glad all of you arrived safely. I hope this will be a "up lifting" time for all envolved. I can tell eating is a real event. Haha! Greg & I are "thinking" of all of you, and often.
brenda & greg cartwright...
keep taking thoes photos.
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