UF in Ethiopia day 8: BREAKFAST GOALS, OLD STONES AND TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
It was our last day in Ethiopia, and we woke up well rested and ready for breakfast! Except for some people, who woke up to the discovery of some new bed bug friends. These were soon forgotten however, as we headed out into the streets of sunny Gondar. Situated at a height of 2,300 metres, […]
UF in Ethiopia Day 8: TRAVEL DAY AND GENUINE ETHIOPIAN FOOD EXPERIENCE
Sunday the 12th was partly a travel day when we went from Bahir Dar to Gondar, but we did have time to see some sights as well as experience possible the best – as well as a more questionable – food experience during the trip. Staring of at the morning, some of us went to […]
UF in Ethiopia day 7: Lake Tana and traditional dancing
When in Bahir Dar, some of us were not in our best shape due to either the long bus ride, the new bacterial strain or maybe not using hand sanitizers enough. Some of us needed to rest for a while, if we put it that way. Others (Ebba and Julia) also started to feel a […]
UF in Ethiopia day 6: Ten hours of beautiful struggle
I wake up at 3 am on the bathroom floor. There are two plausible candidates why I have had to get my beauty sleep within arm’s reach of these facilities. One is tasty Sambosas on a street corner in the company of a group of friendly old men, the other a bag of caramelized peanuts. […]
UF in Ethiopia Day 5: COFFEE TASTING, MOUNT ENTOTO AND ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN´S SANCTUARY AND DEVELOPMENT
On Thursday we woke up early to visit Seife’s, a coffee distributor run by the Swedish-Ethiopian Seife Tuuloskorpi. Seife’s is not only very passionate about coffee but it also has a conscious approach to coffee production and distribution and works closely with local farmers to enhance an ethical and sustainable coffee distribution. Apart from learning […]
UF in Ethiopia day 4: Ethiopians making efforts to both poor children and Uppsala students
We woke up to a fresh morning on the Wednesday in Addis. This forenoon, we were about to meet with the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), a Panafrican advocacy organisation based in Ethiopia. We were warmly welcomed to fantastic premises. We all agreed that we wouldn’t mind living in their office. It was obvious that […]
UF in Ethiopia day 3: Red terror, AU/EU and a dinner surprise
After starting off our Tuesday with breakfast, we went to the Red Terror Memorial Museum. It was a small but very important and moving place, as it explained the rise and acts by the communist regime between 1974 and 1991, and the killing and torture they exposed to the people. The museum showed pictures of […]
UF in Ethiopia day 2: Intensive meetings and diplomacy
Second day of the trip, a day full of meetings! We had breakfast at our hotel and walk to the first one: the Swedish Embassy in Ethiopia. We were received with a traditional swedish fika by our hosts Helena and Alicia. During the meeting, they gave us a brief background of the work done at […]
UF in Ethiopia Day 1: Stories without boundaries and a taste for injera
Welcome to the UF travel blog! The destination of this spring has been Ethiopia, a country in the horn of Africa that is currently undergoing a lot of political reforms and structural changes. On the fourth of May, 16 travelers set of to a long journey from Uppsala via Istanbul to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia! […]
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September 24 – Peace in the Horn of Africa?
The signing of the Peace and Friendship Agreement on 9 July formally put an end to the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea that has gripped the countries for the past twenty years. The five-point agreement has already led to opening air- and telephone communication as well as diplomatic relations. This dramatic turn of events […]