አዲስ አበባ I know its overly cliché to say so about a city in a developing nation – but Addis Ababa really is a city of contrasts.   I don’t intend to give the perception that I really understand the city – having only spent a few weeks there – but it definitely is…

When Susan’s parents were here in June we took a drive up to Annecy for a day. Annecy is a picturesque little city on the shores of Lac Annecy, with mountains rising up all around it, not far from the Swiss border.  It has canals, plane-tree lined streets, a huge green parc right next to…