It is the morning of New Years Eve here in Mai Chau, Vietnam and we have just celebrated our second Christmas together under rather unusual circumstances: living abroad, working Christmas day, and not being around the normal group of friends and family. Obviously this is sad in many respects but that is not to say we had a bad christmas this year.
Prior to Christmas we went out to dinner with Becky's TA Mai and Danni, where we had lots of nice duck - vit. Mai has been one of the best things about Vietnam - Becky and Danni have a new friend. After dinner we headed for a party at Danni's house where we both got very drunk.. in the photo you can tell Becky is gone.
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| Photo Credit - Hannah Heffernan |
On Christmas Eve we went for an extravagant but delicious meal at the Green Tangerine - a French restaurant in Hanoi. It was stunning. On Christmas morning we both opened our stockings before Becky headed off to work the morning at Tran Phu where it was time to say goodbye to Becky's grade 2 and 4 classes there and two TAs: the wonderful Yen and Nhung. Grade 2 and 4 enjoyed some singing to get into the festive spirit and all got candy. The reason these are Becky's last Monday classes is because this Monday is New Years - which is a holiday in Vietnam! The following Monday Becky has a day off to go to Halong with Claire and Amy. Robert was in school in the afternoon and spent it with his Grade 3's... he thinks he did a normal lesson. It was actually quite nice working Christmas - there was a good atmosphere although apparently 60 people called in sick on Christmas Day....
Christmas Eve:
Christmas Day:
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| Presents from Mai |
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| Photo credit Hang: Becky and Hang |
In the evening we headed to dinner at Republic with Liv and Aaron - it was very tasty and we had good company. We even invested in a bottle of prosecco. It was then off to bed because Boxing Day was just another normal working day.
The rest of the week was crazy busy. Becky had a full week, going well over the normal periods we work. She also got a new haircut on Tuesday evening - it is a big change (for Becky) - pics will come soon! Rob got really unwell on Thursday and Friday and was off in bed with a bit of a fever and migraine. Luckily he got up Saturday morning feeling much better.
We have headed to Mai Chau, again, for the New Year. We are joined by Emma, Liv and Aaron. So far it has been great fun and we will post after the new year. This is the view Becky has just woken up to (left)....
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| The road to Mai Chau |
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Love to all xxx
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