Some pictures from March 2010

A few highlights in March:

1. We and Hong Anh visited Dung's home. She lives with her mom and sister in a small little room in her grandmother's house. We met her mom and grandmother and had nice long chats with them. Her grandmother talked about the hard old days during the war when a bomb dropped right in front of her house. Then after the war was over, there was no food to eat. Brought back some of my own personal memories. It was humbling to see where and how they are living, with squatty toilets outside the house and no hot water. Dung's mom made delicious "bun rieu" for dinner in spite of the tiny little corner they called "the kitchen."

2. Nho, Meo, and Hanh came over to visit and we decided to play some games. One of the games was Tumbling Tower (or Jenga). The loser had to pump 10 times, Vietnamese style.

3. Hanh came over with her car and took all of us on an outing around Dalat. We visited a place with lots of nice flowers and another place with lots of nice embroideries. After that, she drove us to a restaurant for some nice "mien ga," a recommendation by Nho. For desserts, they took us to a "che" place downtown. Then Hanh actually drove into campus and dropped us off right in front of our door. We felt like VIPs!

Visiting Dung's humble little dwelling and meeting her mom.

Oh no, the Tumbling Tower is about to ...

Flowers everywhere!

Very nice flowers in the background

Which ones are real?

Welcome to our beautiful living room and our comfortable couch!

Nice pose!