Essentially, I’m jobless. Well, nearly. I do have a Sunday morning job with some little kids, but my ‘main job’, my main source of income, has ended. The term is over. I may still be able to pick up work here and there (I hope, I hope!), but, yeah….jobless. Feels weird. For the rest of this month, I’ll be trying to get around Ha Noi … Continue reading School’s out!
Mike and I went to Ba Vi National Park for New Year’s. It was great to get out of the city. We had a really lovely and wonderful time. I have a bajillion pictures to post, so here goes: We arrived after dark on December 30th. It was about a two hour ride from Ha Noi. This picture was taken on the morning of the … Continue reading Happy New Year from Viet Nam
I’m nearly speechless……nearly. Last night I attended a performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at the Ha Noi Opera House. Words fail…. but I can show you some pictures… It’s quite a large building. I’d have had to … Continue reading A Night at the Opera …….House
We went to the Viet Nam Women’s Museum the other day. Wow……. very nice. Really interesting. I’ll be posting quite a few pictures so I won’t comment on every one, but let’s go on a tour together…… This impressive display went up and up and up. It’s made from painted non la (those conical hats). I didn’t even realize it … Continue reading Viet Nam Women’s Museum
Ha Noi has a very cool movie theatre……and I’m becoming an addict….. They show all sorts of English speaking movies or movies with English subtitles, new and old. Tonight I went to see an old Hitchcock film. I’ve always been a big Hitchcock fan ~ he’s in my top three of favorite movie directors. The inside of the theatre itself is new, comfortable, clean and, … Continue reading Ha Noi Cinématheque
……sounds like the beginning of a song. Anyway, yesterday was very foggy. Winter is approaching. I went up to the rooftop to hang some laundry (which somehow didn’t get quite dry…hmmm….) and here’s what I saw: Mike and I are pretending we’re in Seattle…. nice picture of the Space Needle, eh? After hanging the laundry I went for a walk….. …..and … Continue reading ♫ A foggy day in Ha Noi….. ♪
Yesterday Mike and I went to visit what we Americans commonly (albeit sarcastically) call the Ha Noi Hilton and what the Vietnamese call Hoa Lo Prison. It was originally built by the French in the late 1880’s during their colonization of Viet Nam and was used at that time primarily for political prisoners, i.e. dissenters of French rule. Once the French were gone, it was … Continue reading Ha Noi Hilton
Turkey is a specialty food in Viet Nam. They call it ga Tay ~ Western chicken. Or, more specifically, ga Tay My ~ American Western chicken…..and it’s not cheap! But, honestly, most all other foods here are cheap, so spending a little more for a taste of home cooking on this special day was worth it……if only we could figure out where to buy it…..and … Continue reading Thanksgiving Dinner, VN Style
I’ve been feeling a bit flaky about not writing lately. I just haven’t done anything! Been staying at home ~ staying off my foot. Ordering food ~ gaining weight. Oh well, I lost a lot of weight in Thai Binh ~ I guess it’s okay to gain some of it back…..some of it. So, since I don’t have any new stories to tell you, I … Continue reading ♪ The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round… ♫
….”Give me convenience or give me death”……spoken like a true American. Okay, so having a sprained ankle is a pain in the, well, yeah ,…foot. Doing any shopping for food or going out to eat can be a real hassle. Plus….and this may sound weird, but……sometimes you just get tired of being stared at wherever you go (which is compounded when you’re hobbling around with … Continue reading As Mike says…….
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