If you arrived in Addis early morning you will experience the amazing beauty that the city offers. When the sun comes out after arriving at your hotel room ordering your Ethiopian coffee is just a call away or a walk to the hotel’s cafeteria or perhaps, you might want your coffee out in the city maybe to the famous Tomoca coffee around. You can ask any taxi driver to take you to Tomoca where the coffee is roasted in front of you and a variety of coffee to choose from for the enlightenment of the day. Don’t forget the coffee

by Tariku Teshale (Dr.) “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.” said a well-dressed English teacher at freshman once. It was at ” Four kilo university”, in Addis. A naughty student then commented: “That is an indirect way of defining the unpretty” (- and got himself in trouble at midterm!) Well, is beauty always in the eyes of the beholder? How about beauty where the beholder is unimportant, insignificant? Or where words simply cannot suffice and pictures become unrepresentative? Is there such a thing? Can we experience raw, nascent beauty without any goggles or telescopes and beyond the scope

by Piotr Chmielewski It is much more easy to find Ethiopia when you start to search from the bottom than from the top of FIFA World Rankings. In September 2008 Ethiopian national team lost place among 100 best teams in a world and now is occupying faraway 122th position. But it does not mean that black clouds were always above Ethiopian football. There was a time when The Walya Antelopes (because this is a nickname of national team of Ethiopia) were shining on international football scene. Also input of Ethiopian Football Association in developing sport in Africa shouldn’t be underestimate.

by Mewded Yelewossen With more than 70 ethnic groups, Ethiopia is a country that holds many   languages, dress codes, eating habits as well as music. In a land of natural beauties and cultures, religion plays a vital role in the average Ethiopian citizen’s life. One of the most common religions being that of the Orthodox, it is obvious that Ethiopian music has inherited a great deal of materials as well as singing styles from Churches. Church officials (Debtera) study very hard learning musical chats for different ceremonies such as Eastern and Christmas or simple Sunday mornings. Orthodox choirs use drums