Here's a recap of the last few days: Emma and Auntie Debbie picked us up on monday night and drove us to the airport (thanks) we got in a pretty long line and waited and then some guy FINALLY checked our luggage in, most of it was too big so we had to go and put it in oversized/fragile. Even though some of our luggage was overweight the guy let it slide.
When we got on the airplane at 12:00ish and I fell asleep and when I woke up I didn't know if it was day or night! I watched zillions of movies and TV shows 'cause it was a 14 hour flight. The first class was really nice and they had BEDS!!!! The food was really good but mom threw up because she was tired and stressed. We got to Hong Kong which Hana says reminds her of a gorilla (I wonder where that came from) and guess what! there was a Starbucks Coffee
and it had WATERMELON JUICE!!!!!!!! The most exciting Starbucks moment of my life (I always have wanted watermelon juice). After I had my wonderful watermelon juice (which I didn't like) we got on a less modern plane and had a 2 hour flight to Ho Chi Minh City. We got through customs and took so long the guy from the hotel who was going to pick us up left! We hired a van and the guy talked and talked. When we got to the hotel it was about 1 pm vietnam time. The hotel not too fancy but nice and clean. That night we went to a Thai restaurant and I almost fell asleep at the table. There is a K Circle Mart next the hotel and we got some stuff there like Gatorade!
Today we woke up at 3:00 am and we ate a breakfast of fresh crispy baguette with jam and butter. Then at about 7:00 am we all went for a walk to the Rex Hotel. Ok everyone do not take Canada and Prague for granted because in Vietnam you just walk across the street and people have to try to avoid you on the mopeds, you almost get hit by random bikes 'cause there are hardly any stoplights at all!!!!! Its really warm out, about 30 degrees. Lots of people on mopeds wear H1N1 masks because of the dirty air from the cars. Right now I am on the rooftop of the Rex by the swimming pool. It says I posted this at 5:30 am but its really pm. These are the last
few days. Thanks for reading this!
Maeve
Hi Guys,
ReplyDeleteSo glad you arrived safely and not too wrung out. Maybe that strong coffee with condensed milk will perk up the adults. Girls - go for the ice cream!
30+ weather sounds nice just now (splurge on new t-shirts Nance!). You know that we have snow, ice and slush around here.
Take care crossing the streets!
xo Aunt Johann ps great narration Maeve!
Hi Everyone,
ReplyDeleteWe are so glad to hear that you arrived safely. We certainly have been thinking about you and miss you very much already. Emma had a few tears on the way home from the airport. We are also very envious of the warm weather. Nancy hope you have been able to catch up on some sleep although I am sure that having your children skyping people and expecting you to be coherent at 5:00 in the am is not condusive to rest.
Maeve what a great start to your blog, that was a great account of the events so far, really enjoyed reading it, can't wait for your next update.
We did get your skype and were able to hear you clearly but there seems to be a problem with the microphone on our computor. I am sure that there is a simple solution to the problem like turning the microphone on! Maeve where are you when I need you! Please continue to call as we love to hear your voices.
lots of love to you all, watch those mopeds!
deb, emma and dawson
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