OUR FAMILY IS HERE!!!!!!!!!! Monday was THE LOOOOOOOONGEST day ever lived by anybody ever, as we were waiting for the arrival of both of our parents and Kelly! We FINALLY finished school and caught a taxi to the airport to pick them up. Once the bags had been dropped off and everybody had taken a deep breath of Vietnam air, we headed out to a nearby restaurant to get some dinner. The place where we took Cam and Lisa on their first night has recently been revamped, and we decided to go there for an authentic experience. It didn't disappoint, and it wasn't long before the waiting staff were laughing at how clueless we were, trying to eat the traditional dish put in front of us. (They didn't exactly jump to help us either!!)
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| Just some of our awesome treats from home! |
On Tuesday we decided to do the compulsory touristy things around HCMC, and it was a good opportunity for us to try and acclimatise our visitors to the chaos that is Saigon. We took the day off work, and woke up early to begin the adventures. Just like with Cam and Lisa, it feels really refreshing to see daily life through new eyes. It's nice to get excited again, over the things which we don't even notice anymore because they have become expected/aren't novel anymore.
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| Waiting for our Banh Mi's. |
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| At the Reunification palace. |
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| A bride in Dunkin Donuts. Everyone takes their wedding photos before their wedding so that they can display them for the family. This bride was getting her make-up touched up and having a few pics in Dunkin Donuts, as one does. |
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| The names of the streets are often hard to remember so instead, we make up our own names for them. We call this Kelly street thanks to the Kelly hotel. |
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| An amazing sunset from our rooftop. |
All-in-all, these birdies are doing flick-flacks with excitement, and are SUUUUPER happy to have our loved ones around for Christmas! We wish Granny, Craig and Lyndall could be here too, to make it the complete package.
what an awesome holiday!! missing you guys LOTS, ma
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