Even here in Africa, they celebrate this Muslim holiday. It's great but also a downfall for me. Because yet again, I have another free day. This morning after my breakfast of toast with strawberry jam and breakfast potatoes, Hannah and I walked to Sululta to see if Dr. Tadelle and Dr. Olivier were there yet. We sat at our desk and paddidled around waiting for them for about 15 minutes.
Both of them arrived around 9:15. Dr. Tadelle greeted both of us with a handshake and a hug. Dr. Olivier arrived shortly after Tadelle and both of them met in their offices. I presumed they were talking about our projects. Olivier told Hannah and I that he had a skype meeting at 10 but afterwards he would meet with us.
Once he finished up, he pulled Hannah, another graduate student working on chickens, and I into his office. Olivier, as I said before is such an intelligent man. He told us about the history of African chickens and the project that is currently being conducted here in Ethiopia. He shared with Hannah that she would be measuring/observing the growth of one of the newest and 'fanciest' chicken breeds around. This breed is a highly crossed breed of chicken of just about all historic chicken breeds. The wanted result is an elite chicken in production, disease resistance, etc.
Olivier also shared with me that I would be doing a similar project but with cattle in terms of overall production, whether it be in milk or beef production. There is a research facility/farm that ILRI works with in Debre Zeit where there are cattle and chickens. He said that we would visit this farm almost daily to monitor and record our findings in our designated areas.
Hannah and I stopped in Dr. Tadelle's office before we took off for lunch. We asked if there would be a schedule for us so we would know how to plan for the next few days. He said yes but tomorrow. That's when he informed us about Eid al-Fitr being a 'Bank Holiday' and few people here choose to work on those days.
Around 12:30, Hannah and I went to lunch. I ordered the vegetable sandwich and actually got the right thing this time. It wasn't as good as I expected unfortunately. Too many carrots and broccoli for my taste. The fries are always good though!
We came back to Sululta to fill up our water bottles and feel as if we are doing something productive at our desks. We hope later on this evening someone can take us out to coffee. That is all Hannah has wanted all day! I suppose that we'll enjoy yet another free-day though. Probably go to the gym later, take in another Netflix movie, and start formulating plans for other activities outside our projects.
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