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Kathryn wrote an article for CIPFA Spreadsheet magazine describing some of her experiences in Eritrea... More...  Queens birthday celebrations (14-Jun-05)An invitation to celebrate the Queens birthday with the ambassador at the British Embassy in Asmara? An opportunity not to be missed... More... Bens Leaving meal (14-Jun-05) Friday 10th June was my last day working at the University of Asmara... More... Independence Day (25-May-05) May 24th 2005 is the 14th anniversary of the Independence of Eritrea. Needless to say it is a big celebration... More...  Independence parade (21-May-05)As with so many things in Eritrea, we stumbled across this parade somewhat by accident... More...  Independence Day is coming... (17-May-05)Today marks the beginning of a week of celebrations leading up to Independence Day... More...  'Promising Rainfall Intensity Reported Around Nation' (15-May-05)This recent headline from the Eritrea Profile could be used to summarise the weather here recently... More... Back to the UK (10-May-05) Kathryn and I will be back in the UK for summer 2005. More... Orthodox Easter (03-May-05) Easter is celebrated in Eritrean according to the Orthodox calendar. This year Easter Sunday was 1st May. More...  Egyptian Holiday (09-Apr-05)We spent a well deserved week in the land of the pharaohs last week. More... Kathryn makes the front page (31-Mar-05) The Asmara University newsletter is published from time to time by the public relations office at the University... More... Hail and Graves (14-Mar-05) Since mid-October the weather in Asmara has been clear and sunny every day... More...  Steam trains and good food (09-Mar-05)On Tuesday posters appeared around Asmara advertising a railway excursion to Massawa on Saturday... More...  Kathryn's birthday (09 Mar 05)On Friday 4th March it was my 28th birthday. More...  Eritrean Train (21-Feb-05)We heard there was a special steam train excursion from Asmara to Bar Durfo, about 10km outside the city.... More...  Festel (21-Feb-05)I came home on Wednesday and found a leaflet on the ground where I park my bike... More...  Massawa (15-Feb-05)Fifteenth Fenkel Festival More...  Kathryns new bike (08-Feb-05)Twas a sad day on Tuesday 1st February as I said goodbye to my ‘Rocky bike’... More... Bad day and busy days... (07-Feb-05) Last week was tiring. Saturday was a perfect opportunity to stay in bed late and get some badly needed sleep. I finally awoke... More...  A day in Keren (26-Jan-05)The University of Asmara has a long standing project with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Marc... More... Mendefera (21-Jan 05) We ventured south out of Asmara and visited Mendefera. More...  Happy Epiphany! (21-Jan 05)Epiphany is celebrated in Eritrea in big style. More... Long awaited update!! (18-Jan-05) Ben and I cycled to Stifanos’s house where we were fed large amounts of injera with chicken and boiled eggs... More... Happy UK New Year! (05-Jan-05) Ben and I have had a relaxing start to 2005. New Year’s Eve was spent at the rather luxurious Roof Garden restaurant More... Decemhare (20-Dec-04) Kathryn and I made our first trip out of Asmara to a town called Decamhare last weekend. It is about 40km south of Asmara.. More...  Opening of the CBE lab (20-Dec-04)After 3 years of waiting the staff of the College of Business and Economics finally witness the opening of their computer lab. More...  Christmas is coming! (20-Dec-04)A bizarre bazaar, Santa's visit and carols in the cathedral hall. We're all set for Christmas- Eritrean style! More... An Eventful Week (06-Dec-04) Thursday. Ghenet, the Head of the Accounting department, had arranged a staff meeting for 10.15 to decide who would.. More...  Surprise day off (06-Dec-04)Tuesday 30th November was a celebration day for St Mariam Church in Asmara. I first heard about this when leaving work on.. More...  Mesmer, Simon, cinema and Tims family (28-Nov-04)On Friday night I met our good friend Mesmer outside an Internet Cafe after work. His wife Hajer was unable to get back from.. More... Kathryn's Update (24-Nov-04) It’s been a busy time this past fortnight. Here are a few of the things I have been up to. Ben will fill you in on the rest. More...  Hashing (13-Nov-04)Every Saturday at 3pm a group meets by the Alpha supermarket somewhere between the city centre and the Sembel.. More...  update 6th November (06-Nov-04)Hello. Firstly apologies for the delay in updating the website but we have both been really busy. More... My Grandad (05-Nov-04) On 22nd October 2004 my Granddad sadly died. More...  Climate (01-Oct-04)The weather in Asmara is great at the moment, the nights are cold and the days hot. At around 8am is normally dry, sunny but.. More...  First week at work (01-Oct-04)On Tuesday Kathryn and I both started working at the University of Asmara. Kathryn is lecturing in the Department of Accounting.. More...  A week in Asmara (20-Sept-04)Its now over a week since we first arrived in Asmara. During the week we have received fairly intensive Tigrinya lessons.. More... |