Lucy
Door: Marit
07 Augustus 2013 | Ethiopië, Addis Abeba
Dear people,
At the moment I am still in Addis. I was hoping to be picked up by my future colleagues on Monday. I don't precisely know why the plans changed, but I think it is a combination of miscommunication and practical issues. I just hope it is a bumpy start of a good placement.
At this moment patience is best. I am taking it easy now, The VSO office is working on it, and they will get me there one way or the other. I will have a whole year to start working, so nothing is lost with a few days more in Addis.
In the meantime I am doing my tourist things. Walking around navigating mud puddles and roadworks, trying to buy bananas in amharic and saying hello to Lucy.
In the National museum the oldest known human remains are on display. Starting from an amazing 5 million years old,. Lucy, which I thought was the oldest girl around, is “only” 3.2 million years old... It makes you wonder where “being human” started.. All these remains are found in Ethiopia. I am now visiting the place where we all came from. Isn't that amazing!
Hopefully at the end of the week I can tell you all about my new house and colleagues!
Marit
At the moment I am still in Addis. I was hoping to be picked up by my future colleagues on Monday. I don't precisely know why the plans changed, but I think it is a combination of miscommunication and practical issues. I just hope it is a bumpy start of a good placement.
At this moment patience is best. I am taking it easy now, The VSO office is working on it, and they will get me there one way or the other. I will have a whole year to start working, so nothing is lost with a few days more in Addis.
In the meantime I am doing my tourist things. Walking around navigating mud puddles and roadworks, trying to buy bananas in amharic and saying hello to Lucy.
In the National museum the oldest known human remains are on display. Starting from an amazing 5 million years old,. Lucy, which I thought was the oldest girl around, is “only” 3.2 million years old... It makes you wonder where “being human” started.. All these remains are found in Ethiopia. I am now visiting the place where we all came from. Isn't that amazing!
Hopefully at the end of the week I can tell you all about my new house and colleagues!
Marit
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07 Augustus 2013 - 10:48
Nienke:
Hi marit,
Leuk verhaaltje, goed om te lezen op een koele dag in Nederland wanneer het rustig is op de vk.
Ik hoop voor je dat je snel kunt beginnen, veel plezier!!!
groetjes je NTC collega nienke -
12 Augustus 2013 - 09:00
Hanne And Vince:
Hey Marit! Vincent recommends the Elysee direction airport for great ethiopian life-jazz concerts and cocktails and for sport: a hashhouse run where you can meet a lot of people. Best indian food in the Jewel of India restaurant, just to prevent an early injera overdose. And if its cold and rainy theres a sauna in the Sheraton Hotel, special price after 9 o'clock, where you meet strange rich foreigners (spies and MSF people, hehe) .... :)
have a nice time in Adis and keep on writing for us at home!!!!
hug, Vincent and Hanne
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