Here are a couple more photos. Enjoy!
Photo #1: #SomethingILove
To be completely honest, when living in a third world developing country like Ethiopia for an extended period of time, there are a lot of things that you would either just like or tolerate... and even fewer things that you actually will come to love. There are certain aspects of the Ethiopian culture that fall maybe a bit closer to like but are somewhere between that and love. For example, I really do like the concept of a coffee ceremony there. There are also certain kinds of Ethiopian food that I maybe don't quite love, but really like.
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| Peace Corps Ethiopia Volunteers Group 10!! #SomethingILove |
One thing that I have come to love over the two years of my Peace Corps service wasn't really a thing but a group of people. I have come to really love and appreciate the other volunteers that I was fortunate enough to serve with. In many ways, the two years in Ethiopia were extremely difficult and the only people who really understand what that experience is like are other volunteers in Ethiopia. I really appreciate and love my particular group of volunteers in particular. This group of people all arrived to Ethiopia at the same time (February 2014) and we have left Ethiopia around the same time. There is a special place in my heart for this particular group of people because there were things that we experienced as a group (trainings, conferences, etc.) and we all had similar timelines of ups and downs due to the same starting and ending dates. And many of my closest friends have come from this group of people. If there is anything that I have definitely come to love during my experience in Ethiopia, it is definitely love for other Peace Corps Ethiopia volunteers that have helped and support me through the two years that I was there.
Photo #2: #Movement
It's amazing to see how much Ethiopian youth love to stay active and play sports. It's great to see how active they stay and watch how they move as much as they do when it comes to staying active. It is also interesting to see the interest that youth in Ethiopia have in sport. When youth think of "sport," if they aren't thinking of running, they are thinking of actual sport such as soccer (futbol) or handball (volleyball), whereas in the states, we also think of doing things such as biking, hiking, or going to the gym as doing things to stay active.
*Side note: This may or may not surprise you, but gyms can be very hard to come by in Ethiopia.
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| Basketball!! #Movement |
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| Volleyball!! #Movement |
In the first photo, there are a couple of volunteers playing basketball with some kids. Basketball isn't as well of a known sport in Ethiopia, so it was a very cool experience to see that my friend had taught the kids another way to stay active and keep moving. And of course they still like to occasionally go back to handball (volleyball) or futbol (soccer), sports that they are more familiar with. The concept of staying healthy and active is different in Ethiopia than it is in the states, so I love to see it when there are common interests when it comes to movement and staying active.
#OutAndAbout #BloggingAbroad #SomethingILove #Movement
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