Ethiopia. This is where it all starts, they say. The cradle of humanity, where the oldest known human ancestors have been found. Well, I didn’t start my life here, but I started a lot of other things. This is where I started drinking coffee – black, strong coffee, with no chocolate or sugar (although I must admit that I stick with the macchiato if I have the choice!). It’s where I started dancing salsa (that is, trying to learn how to dance). And it’s where I started my first full-time job! And for the first time I’m living completely on my own! So for me, Addis Ababa, new flower, really represent its name in a good way. Although Addis cannot exactly be said to be as beautiful as a flower, or looking new or modern in any way, it still has this special touch to it which makes it so fascinating. Coming here has given me a lot of new input, new perspectives and experiences, most of them good, and I find myself in new, weird, funny and challenging situations. So this will be the place where I try to relate to you all what I experience while staying here in Addis! Putting myself out here like this feels very weird, and when it comes to the actual act of making the blog this will be a “learning-by-doing”-experience. So don’t expect too much! At least I know how to post pictures, which is nice! Attaching them to e-mails is next to impossible in this country, so this is a nice possibility for me to show you a few pieces of my life here in Ethiopia. Any feedback and response will be heartily welcomed, so feel free to speak out!