On Saturday, Jen and did a tour with NTO tours. Our guide was
awesome!! We got driven around in a white SUV, very fancy, like the
UN. Our guide really encouraged us to take pictures which is great
since we feel awkward taking pictures of people. We first went to
Melka Quntture, a place that was partially excavated and had an open air museum. Next was Adadi Marium, or St. Mary's church, which is a rockhewn cave church, similar to the style at Lalibela. Finally we
went to this place that had grave markers that looked like stonehedge. But the best part of the trip was that he drove us out of Addis and into the countryside where we got to see huts and mud houses and goat herders. We saw tons of donkeys with yellow plastic waterjugs on their backs. Lots of kids came up to our windows, that is difficult. He took us to a market in one of the small towns and showed us raw Teff and spices. It was great to be at the market and have him shoo away the throngs of people who began following us asking for money. Now, I
absolutely understand offering a Birr to someone if you'd like their
picture, but come on for taking pictures of your spices!!! Everything is right out in the open, piles of grains, fruits, vegetables, shoes, etc. We went to lunch at the Lemmon Hotel for muton and eggs. I tried one piece of mutton, aka roasted goat and that was enough for me. But they did have crusty rolls with the injera that was very tasty and a coffee ceremony afterward.I loved seeing kids wave to us from their huts or playing soccer or this strange form of volleyball in the yards of their little walled in communities. All in all, a splendid day!!!
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