Day 8: Another good day

Today was another good day.  We spent the morning at the Lion Zoo in Addis.  It literally has about 20 lions from the countryside of Ethiopia and a few monkeys and some birds, and that is it. I must admit though the lions are nothing like the ones you see in our zoo's at least for me they weren't. They were huge and you could get within 1 foot of their cage.  The older lions each had a male and female in them and the older ones where anywhere from 10-15 years old.  Their cage bars were you're normal cage bars and then their was a chain linked fence about 1 foot from that.  When they feed these lions they throw the meat in between the cage and the fence and the lions use their paws(huge paws) to drag it into the cage.  As you can imagine we kept the kids a few feet away and made sure they weren't feeding while we were there. Beautiful animals and very big. 

 

We had a traditional Ethiopian lunch and Coffee Ceremony at our agency's house in the middle of the day.  The food was good and the coffee was good too(I am not a coffee drinker). It was good for the girls as it is probably the last time they will see their former nannies and friends. 

 

After lunch we went to the orphanage. Wow, what an emotional hour for us.  We met their mother, uncle, and 2 great aunts.  We asked a lot of questions but did not get a lot of answer's.  It was  very awkward at times but we made it through it.    

 

So, we are very tired this evening and have to pack up our stuff because we have to move in the morning to another guest house for the last 2 nights.  Tomorrow is a shopping and going to Mt. Entoto the highest point in Addis Ababa which has a lot of historical significance for Addis Ababa and it also has a lot of sadness which I will write about tomorrow.  It is a beautiful view of the city which is basically in a valley. 

 

3 more days to go...