Playing in the grassy garden

Ready to come home!

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April 30th 2009
Tacoma seems so far away right now. Katrinka, Tigist and I have enjoyed our last full day in Addis Ababa. We accomplished quite a bit for having a relatively simple day. We had a bit of a late start. Our little princess decided that she would wake up at about 2am and call it a night of sleep. Nothing would really console her; I took the first shift. We tried looking out the window and point ... read more

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Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... ... read more