Entoto Mountains

Last week we took a trip to the Enoto Mountains. They are the backdrop of Addis. There we found a large, colorful church. It is the first Ethiopian Orthodox chuch. In front of the church is a museum documenting the history of the monarchy residing there. To the East is a palace that I will mention later. I saw an early hymn book from the eighteenth century. The words were in Geese (a language that was a predecessor of Amharic and Hebrew) I swear that under the lines were chord progrssions. The Guide mentioned that they were directions on how to sing the words above.


We then went to the palace. At that point the clouds settled in and instantly it was like being in an asian movie.

Later that day we had luch at this place called Kaldi's. It is a replica of our Starbuck's. I guess the story behind it is that the owner wanted to start a chain of Starbuck's in Ethiopia and was not given permission. So she opened a kaldi's that looks just like it.


I ordered a cheeseburger. I guess they make all their burgers with eggs. Talk about a heartattack waiting to happen!