Today was our last "official" day of our course on subsistence agriculture in Ethiopia. We were given the opportunity to be on the other side of the chalkboard (or LCD projector rather) as each of us gave a presentation on our own research project back home. Our audience was composed mainly of graduate students doing their M.Sc. at Hawassa University in agricultural research. We were surprised at how many Ethiopian students want to do a Ph.D. in Canada! After exchanging our email addresses with many students, we handed out the USB drives that were donated by Casey Davis from Morris Industries in Saskatoon. Thanks againg for your donation, all the students really appreciated them!
Once the presentations were over, we headed to the market to buy our groceries for our trekking trip in the Bale Mountains. The market was a very fun experience. As we entered the market, there were a few young men trying to convice us to buy a few live chickens to take home and cook up for dinner. We opted for the vegetarian options in the market instead and found so much wonderful food - potatoes, onions, garlic, ginger, carrots, green beans, cabbage, corn, fresh herbs and spices. After about a month of eating restaurant food, we are so excited to cook for each other!
We will be leaving for our trek on Saturday morning, so you may not hear from us for a few days. We are all very excited for our trek and hopefully have some wonderful stories and photos to share with you when we return.
Ameseuganalo (thanks) for reading our blog!
Alexis, Dani, Jenn, Amanda, Melissa, and Michelle
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Enjoy the trek. Looking forward to hearing from you again!
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