well i left Ethiopia 43 hours ago and am now in Sydney airport (not so) patiently waiting for my flight home to my Australian family. It was really hard leaving the kids and all my friends and now colleagues behind.. our caregiver Sabi (or laza, her nickname) made me the full coffee ceremony the day before i left and was up all night long cooking for me, she made the most wonderful bag of goodies to take on my journey as a present- a bag of popcorn (my fave) and some intricate little biscuits.. amazing considering we only have a hotplate in our kitchen! she even sealed them properly in plastic like it was store bought- amazing because i have no idea where she managed to find plastic like that! she also made me this pasta i like and had it ready to eat for breakfast at 5am! so sweet and thoughtful, i'll miss her alot! our guard ayaltil bought me a couple of large bottles of water for my trip as a parting girft as well.. they are all so sweet and thoughtful, but i didn't like them spending their money on me. another friend ayusef gave me an old haille selassie coin as a parting gift! ethiopians are so incredibly kind.
i probably should update this properly when i'm not half delirious with lack of sleep.. will update more later and with photos!
xx
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