As I was saying, yesterday Mom and I went to the museum of fine arts-they even have a Picasso!- and it was in the most beautiful old French colonial building. There was an elevator from the 20's and it still works great. There are a lot of "knock off" artists here. You can get a beautiful Monet or a portrait of yourself done in perfect oils. There are also Chanel, Prada, Chloe, North Face, Nike, and many other knock offs. We were offered a cute Prada bag in the market-real leather- for 15$ US. Speaking of money- 15,000 Dong to the US dollar. I exchanged some money, and the teller congratulated me on being a millionaire. And it was only 60 bucks!!! Tomorrow we are off to Nha Trang on the plane- a nice beach side
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