Some Pictures

I haven't had a chance to update you all because I have been sick with food poisoning or some other food borne illness for about two weeks now...it feels like forever. Vietnam is preparing for the second biggest festival of the year with incense burning, money throwing, banh baking and lots of shopping. Random bursts of excitement occur as we walk the streets that are lit with what the Western world calls Christmas lights.
But we won't be walking the streets for long. Cao Hai just brought us a motorbike that Adam is learning to drive and I will be learning soon. I probably won't drive often given that my mind has a tendency to wander (nice way of putting "spacy") and to drive here you have to be incredibly...alert (nice way of putting "crazy").

Our new roommate is great and resourceful. She has been here for 6 months so she speaks basic Vietnamese and gives us tips such as "don't leave the heater switch on when you take a shower, a friend of a friend of a friend was electrocuted". Good to know.

We made spaghetti dinner with some appetizer trays for Adam's family and some friends. It was fun to switch roles for a night and see their faces when we brought out bacon, cheeses, and bread and olive oil. Their expressions held the exact look that they see on our faces when they bring us congealed blood, beef muscle or anything with eyes. But we showed them how to eat everything and they seemed to enjoy it. Think cheese & crackers with chopsticks and that pretty much sums up the night.

The pictures are of the dinner night. And of our fish...did I mention we have a fish?

The guy that looks really happy holding the chopsticks is Adam's cousin and acts EXACTLY like Joe...it is eerie.