We just finished a whirlwind trip through Vietnam and Cambodia. Road trip is what comes to mind to describe it. Upon landing at 12:30 AM, we were met by Minh, her brother, and dad. (Minh is an Vietnamese student attending St. Francis University that we met through our niece.) What gracious hosts they were to be willing to pick us up at the airport at such an hour! It's a 2.5 hour drive to her house, which goes by quickly when you fall asleep. When we arrived, her mother was already up and cooking special dishes for us before she left for work at the hospital. We ate them for lunch and they were excellent. We had steamed rice with seafood, a seafood and egg dish, and snails. Surprisingly, I really liked the snails. We also got to enjoy some great fruit! We only had one day to visit so we crammed in as much as possible! We took a walking tour of the town, including an outdoor market, ordered iced coffee, toured the hospital were her parents work, had some more iced coffee (yum!) and got to go to her brother's birthday party. We enjoyed their favorite foods at the party: mice (ok, a little chewy), frogs (good, Skip loved), fish, and crane. We topped off our day with a trip to the night market, always a highlight for Skip & I. We love finding the deals! It was a quick trip so we only spent around 250,000. Ok, that was in Dong, which is much more impressive sounding than dollars. It was only about 13 dollars. We went back to her house to get a little rest before we left at 12:30 AM. Very short trip but worth it!
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