{"id":339,"date":"2011-04-22T10:48:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T09:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=339"},"modified":"2011-04-22T10:48:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T09:48:29","slug":"ethiopian-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2011\/04\/22\/ethiopian-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian Impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent last week in Ethiopia serving on an accreditation team for a school.\u00a0 I found Ethiopia to be a beautiful country, with a lovely climate (at least in Addis Ababa), and many friendly people.\u00a0 The majority of my time was spent with the accreditation team looking and validating the work of the school.\u00a0 However on the last day there was some time for seeing a bit of the city and the people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_340\" style=\"width: 393px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/AA-compressed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-340 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/AA-compressed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Addis Ababa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_349\" style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/BA-Science-block-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-349 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/BA-Science-block-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of the school buildings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The transport options are so different in this city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_341\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Busy-streets-of-AA-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-341\" class=\"size-full wp-image-341\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Busy-streets-of-AA-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown city traffic<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_342\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Woman-with-donkeys-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342\" class=\"size-full wp-image-342 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Woman-with-donkeys-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These hardworking donkeys are just minutes from the downtown traffic.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_343\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Women-with-incredible-loads-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343\" class=\"size-full wp-image-343 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Women-with-incredible-loads-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I found the work these woman were doing with these loads to be incredible. The road into town had many mnay women with similar loads.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the sights I most enjoyed was travelling to and exploring the Old Cathedral and Emperor&#8217;s\u00a0Palace which overlooks the city.\u00a0 The museum had many interesting items and gave glimpses into the rich heritage of this beautiful country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Old-Orthodox-cathedral-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Old-Orthodox-cathedral-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Emperors-palace-from-early-1900s-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-345\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Emperors-palace-from-early-1900s-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Food is one thing I love &#8211; and Ethiopian food is excellent.\u00a0 I love the spice and flavors that combine together.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_346\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Traditional-food-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346\" class=\"size-full wp-image-346\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Traditional-food-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traditional Ethiopian food which was a treat for the eyes, nose and stomach!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are some unusual sights too &#8230;..they brought a smile to my face.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_347\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/cafe-in-AA-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347\" class=\"size-full wp-image-347\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/cafe-in-AA-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Football fans span the continents.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_348\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Kaldis-coffee-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348\" class=\"size-full wp-image-348   \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/04\/Kaldis-coffee-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Notice the similarity to another coffee house brand? <\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia is just one of those places I would love to explore in more depth!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=339&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent last week in Ethiopia serving on an accreditation team for a school.\u00a0 I found Ethiopia to be a beautiful country, with a lovely climate (at least in Addis Ababa), and many friendly people.\u00a0 The majority of my time &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2011\/04\/22\/ethiopian-impressions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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