Rachel Valliere

This blog is to keep up with my year teaching at Bingham Academy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. -RACHEL VALLIERE

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

It has begun!


I arrived safely here in Addis Ababa last night. So far it is great to be here. I recognized the smell right as I stepped outside of the airport. Monica (my roommate who is teaching 4th grade) and I arrived together and were taken to Bingham. We moved into our apartment, which we think is the best one!, and slept very well! There is a river that runs on the other side of the wall behind our apartment which looks like watered down milk. We feel very welcomed and met many other staff this morning during tea time.

The school is actually on the edge of the city, which I am thankful for, as there is so much traffic and smog. We had a tour of the campus this morning.