Sunday, May 26, 2013

Coming In (Expectations)

For a while I've wanted for my first post on this blog to lay out some expectations I have for my experience in Ethiopia going in. My reasoning goes that if I come back later and say "here's what surprised me; here's what didn't," I want to have a credible record of my preconceptions. (I suppose that's the consultant and empiricist in me.)

I'll admit that I'm cheating a little in writing this, though, since not only did I receive a lot of advance guidance on what tends to strike or surprise newcomers, but I'm also actually writing this on the evening of my first day in the country.