Showing posts with label Addis Ababa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Addis Ababa. Show all posts

ETHIOPIA: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia's 'New Flower'

“Ameseginalehu”, I say as another bright eyed Abyssinian goddess hands me my third ice cold ‘St Georges’ beer in the warm midday sun.  She smiles a laugh, not mocking my mispronounced and accented version of the Amharic for ‘thank-you’, but in a humble kindness that I have become so accustomed to in Ethiopia. I turn to leave with