Here is Maggie enjoying our second breakfast in Vietnam. Yesterday we ate some delicious pastries with hot milk for breakfast but forgot our camera to document the auspicous occasion. The food has been excellent and we have not been missing cooking for ourselves in the least. The main challenge so far, unsuprisingly, has been the language. We really don't know any Vietnamese! While we feel quite conspicuous and a little vulnerable in our English speaking Americaness, we have been met with nothing but gracious hospitality here (well, there have also been some rather long and obvious stares).
We have been set up at the guest house at the university which is set up like a hotel. We have two rooms right next to each other. One with a double bed and small seating area for us and the other with three single beds for the kids (plenty of room for visitors). I love the dark wood and cast iron grates on the windows.
While I'm writing this now the kids are playing a board game. Bryce is looking for something that has been lost in the unpacking process, and Enzo is sleeping soundly in the arms of the Vietamese receptionist at the guest house. We went out this morning for a great explore but gave up after about half an hour in the downpour. I feel like I can handle a good rain, having grown up in the Pacific Northwest, but this is something else. Our umbrellas started leaking, our hems were totally soaked, and we kept getting yelled at by the kindly ladies in the market for having Enzo out without proper clothing. It's still raining now but we have to head out to meet someone for lunch. I hope to blog again soon.
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