Monday and Tuesday were spent pottering around the local area, trying not to get lost and sampling local injera. I went on a processions with a girl from my accommodation- she is Ethiopian but has lived in Holland since she was 15 so had a good understanding of Europe and Africa. Everyone wears white for Timkat processions, but I just wore normal clothes and a pink scarf. Apparently everyone in the crowd was telling my friend to buy me a white scarf as mine was wrong! We processed along for a good while and stopped in a bar for a non alcoholic coffee flavoured malt beer – nicer than it sounds! Eventually pottered back and I got some more injera for dinner. My accommodation is up a dust track so I don’t want to get back after dark, however, this results in me having a curfew of 6.30pm! Not ideal really!
Anna’s adventures 