Our Trip to Ethiopia

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

We are HOMESICK!!!  We miss Gunner so much.  We have decided that we do not want to ever go away without him again!  As you can tell we could not bring ourself to even write.  We went to the National Zoo today with Jericho and Tesfu and saw Black Lions!  I did not know there were black lions.  The Hospital here is called the "Black Lion Hospital".  We found out later in the week that Jericho's father was taken to the Black Lion Hospital when he died.  We also went to the Hilton Hotel where we got more money exchanged and confirmed our flight registration for Friday.  We came back to the HOH and ate lunch and went to Mt Entoto where King Menelek and his wife Queen Titu who was like Deborah in the Book of Judges lived in their palace.  Queen Titu was the mind of strategy in Ethiopia's battle against the Italians in the 1800's.  Ethiopia is the only country in Africa that was not under colonial rule by another country.  We learned about Queen Titu from Tsegay because we could not understand our tour guide at Mt. Entoto.   Halie Selassie was the last king of Ethiopia.  On the Top of the Mountain you could see all of Addis and smell the grove of Eucalyptus trees that grew nearby.  The breeze smelled fresh and clean.  Quite a difference from eco-friendly Addis!  We were both suffering from jet lag today and emotionally unstable!  We cried and prayed ourself to sleep!