I would highly recommend seeing this if you are in Addis and have extra time. We drove to what felt like the middle of nowhere. Up a mountain along a very rough road. Still there were people and children everywhere you looked. When we arrived to the top of the mountain, we got out of the van and our driver led us up a small path to where the church was. The church was amazing, carved out of rock. The roof had been bombed and collapsed in, but still very beautiful and wonderful to see. A random tour guide, who spoke good english, showed up out of no where and guided us through the church. He then took us on a short hike through the woods which came out on a beautiful mountain top view of Addis Ababa.
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| A view of Addis |
Then, some of the most beautiful little girls showed up on the mountaintop and enjoyed having their picture taken and then looking at themselves. When we arrived back at the van, there were a group of young kids waiting on "snacks."
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| The kiddos waiting on us |
After the church tour, we went to a Bazaar that was something special they were having that weekend. It was so funny as pop American music was playing in the background. There were many of Americans there shopping and selling various crafts and items. I did some good shopping there, although the prices were a bit more expensive.
In the afternoon, we went back to the care center to see Bejigo again and met with the pediatrician.
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| Here he is drinking his smoothie from a cup! |
That evening, we went out to dinner with some of the other families at a restaurant called "Island Breezes" which had a beach type theme and good "American food."
It was great to have some potato skins and chicken fingers in the middle of Ethiopia!!!
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