We’ve been home from Ethiopia about four months now. I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on our experiences there. I miss the people very much. I miss the food. I miss the slower pace of life. I miss the temperate climate.<\/p>\n
Next week our girls have multicultural day at school. Despite the fact that it will probably be only about 16\u00baC, they will be wearing their Ethiopian clothes (and freezing, I guess…). I think they’re really looking forward to proudly showing off something of Ethiopian culture.<\/p>\n
On multicultural day, they all have to take some food (nut-free, and labelled with all ingredients!) that is supposed to represent some sort of cultural food, to share with their class. Knowing what to take is ALWAYS difficult. I was talking with the school principal the other day about food allergies and what the kids can bring to school to eat, and how nut-free can make it really difficult for the kids who have dairy allergies and can find some of the missing nutrients in nuts… I also mentioned that none of us parents would be upset if we didn’t have to take food for multicultural day – we hate having to think up what to make\/take.<\/p>\n
Yesterday my younger daughter reminded me that next week it will be multicultural day on Wednesday. She suggested that she could take injera, which is the Ethiopian sourdough flatbread\/pancake that forms part of every Ethiopian meal. What a great idea! I’ve found a recipe and will have to give it a go.<\/p>\n
It was an interesting suggestion from her, as I don’t think she really liked injera much when we were there. And this is the child who said of Ethiopia when we came back, “I never ever want to go there again!” Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and time softens difficult memories.<\/p>\n
All four of us are quite desperate for some real Ethiopian food. There is apparently no Ethiopian restaurant here in Sydney, though we know of two in Canberra, one of which we visited before going to Ethiopia. (Its just a little bit far for a casual meal though, being about 3.5 hours away…) We recently heard of a restaurant in Bankstown, which is a suburb of Sydney, that has Ethiopian food. We looked it up on the internet and had planned to go there last Saturday night for dinner. I rang to make a booking, and the only phone number that we had for it was disconnected. Maybe the restaurant was only open for a short time and has now closed? <\/p>\n
We were quite disappointed, so now are looking forward to visiting friends in Canberra later in the year – for the sake of seeing our friends again, but also taking them out to dinner at Fekerte’s Ethiopian Restaurant.<\/p>\n
I’d love to go back again to Ethiopia, and the opportunity certainly is there. I really enjoyed our time in Addis. I really loved what I learned about myself, my family and my dependable God. It will be interesting to see what the future holds, whether that is here, in Ethiopia, or another learning experience in another culture or country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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