Some of you may know that 50 years ago I lived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

I inhabited a nice, ground-floor apartment in the middle of the old commercial heart of the city and lived there happily for two years, thriving on the teeming city life around me, the friends I had in town and my job at Haile Selassie University.

I visited Addis Ababa last November for the first time since then.

The three-story apartment building I used to live in is still standing, so far at least spared from the demolition of most of its nearby neighbors for the building of a park.

The bottom floor, where my apartment was,  has become a beer store.  Appropriate I guess, given the amount of beer consumed there during my tenure.

To read about my visit to Ethiopia with my daughter Jennifer and look at the photos, go here.

Around my old neighborhood in the Piazza area. This is the liquor store that now occupies what used to be my ground-floor apartment.

Around my old neighborhood in the Piazza area. Here I am, standing in front of the beer store that is now where my kitchen and living room used to be in this 3-story apartment building.

Around my old neighborhood in the Piazza area. Another view of my apartment building. House to the left of it was the landlady’s.

If you would like to see more photos from my visit go here.