What's up in Addis

Dear All,

I am starting this topic to exchange information on current events (new developments!!!)in Addis Ababa: recreation, art & culture, relocation, housing & accommodation, medical services, financial services, etc. related to the daily life of expats in Addis Ababa.

Liya Kebede, the Ethiopian Super Model, is named to be one of Time Magazine's 'The 100 Most Influential People in The World". The Magazine's May 10,2010 issue described the Ethiopian model as Ethiopian voice for maternal health. Tom Ford, a fashion designer and film director who wrote about Liya's extraordinary physical beauty, indicated that "she projects an aura of goodness and calm that outshines even her extraordinary beauty" and that "her beauty is much more than skin deep"

Another proof for the claim of many people that Ethiopian girls are extraordinarily beautiful.

Urban and rural,
Modern and traditional,
Bustling in tranquility,
Savvy amidst naivety,
Land of the pretty-faced,
Kind-hearted,
Long,long way from sophisticated,
Addis Ababa is quite different.

My original, brand new poem to the newly coming expats to Addis

Hi Suave

your poem sounds Great but too small.any way it's nice.

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