05/09/2021
My amazing Father and our family in Ethiopia in 2007.
Here we all are 14 years ago in Ethiopia for dad‘s 70th birthday party. The Joe Filshie family had decided to go and live in Ethiopia for a year and at the time we didn’t realise we would miss my dad 70th birthday so he had a wonderful idea - as we couldn’t be with him for the 70th he would fly over to join us with all the rest of the Filshie family. Needless to say we had the most incredible time showing them around and going on a 12 day tour of the country to see some incredible sites and have a ball with the locals. We took this photo in a beautiful village of Wondo Genet, A hot springs, jungle, resort get away which is in the rift Valley in Southern Ethiopia. It translates to man’s paradise and this photograph is testament to what an awesome gesture it was to bring the whole family together and celebrate in this special part of the world. The second photograph has been taken outside the special room in the government hotel that the last Emperor Haile Selassie used to stay in when he went on holidays to Wondo Genet. Mum and dad were lucky enough to stay in this room and sleep in his bed!
The whole year living in Ethiopia was life changing and to have the whole family come over topped it off and made it so memorable. For my kids to play with their cousins – to be able to hang out with my siblings and Mum and Dad… Loads of fond memories and funny little stories as you can imagine….