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I learned how to play the Gymnopédies in Addis Ababa. I broke the heart of a boy and got in the Land Cruiser There were dark yellow hues around, sunset in Ethiopia Scents of burning corn in the air of the busy African streets There’s a line of old blue Ladas before us,  Soviet cars in the old Italian square of the Horn of Africa, And when I open the window, I smell their smoke, A smoke too nostalgic for me to hate. Merchants are on the streets, we move slowly through markets

Ah, Addis Ababa evenings. If you know how to spend them, life in the Ethiopian capital becomes a delightfully retro movie out of Mad Men...

Addis Ababa has incredible food. Addis Ababa has old, charming restaurants that will teleport you to the 1950s, or older, for that...

Sometimes, it’s the small things in life that make happiness. Discovering a beautiful, cozy boutique hidden in some narrow, historical...