Visiting an orphanage

This weekend is a long weekend for Vietnam due to 4/30 being liberation day and 5/1 labor day. Many Vietnamese travel during this time, so Dalat is filled with tourists from Saigon. We chose to stay home. Yesterday, Friday, we had some students over in the morning to help them prepare for their Speaking final exam. Then in the afternoon and evening, we had some students over for dinner. We introduced them to spaghetti and garlic bread.
Today, Caleb and I and one of my students walked 50 minutes to a bus stop to take a one-hour bus trip to a small village outside of Dalat to visit a small orphanage. This was our second visit this year. We spent part of the morning and afternoon there playing with the kids and eating lunch with them. I ordered 13 boxes of "bun thit nuong" here and brought them there for lunch. I played soccer with the older boys while Caleb played with the two girls. My student got along well with the younger kids and they loved her. It rained in the afternoon, and we waited for the rain to stop before we headed back. The long walks to and from the bus stops were hard for Caleb and the bumpy bus ride was hard on my back, but we had some good fun. I thought it was time well spent, and hopefully the kids felt the same. Here are a few pictures.