13th September 2008

Delicious breakfast. Mekdes has taken to making me yogurt.

Unfortunately I can’t vouch for the preparation but the taste is excellent. Mixed with my organic muesli from Bumble Bee and a local banana, it is the gastronic delight otherwise missing from living in Ethiopia.

If that wasn’t enough, I also ate the remains of a piece of bread/cake given me on New Year’s Day when I visited Mekdes. The little neighbour from next door had reached the grand old age of 5 and the family celebrated with baking a large loaf – a cross between a scone and loaf in texture and containing cinnamon.

I toasted the remains this morning in my new mini oven toaster, spread it with the Dutch margarine that lasts forever despite no fridge, and a layer of blackcurrant jam. This consumed on my sunny veranda whilst offering crumbs to the multi-coloured birds that inhabit the garden.

The garden is full of yellow, red and burgundy flowers sprawling everywhere following the rains.