This could very well be the ultimate experience!

Okay, so do you remember when we met those children on the beach in Phu Quoc Island in June. Well, we have stayed in touch with them via email and IM and they invited us to a fancy "mushroom hot pot" restaurant in Hanoi where they live. I was so excited. I love my 12 year old friend Sally, her 9 year old brother Peter, their 30 year old aunt Amelia (who speaks finer English than we do), the mother Van Anh, and the dad Tuan. It was quite an experience after all these weeks of emailing Sally and her aunt to actually be invited to dinner with them. We were SO MOVED!

Right now, we are feeling pretty darn blessed!

September 4th 2009
Well… after numerous sleepless nights, several really bad lessons, a few tears here and there, one stomach flu, a “gazillion” laughs, and about two dozen smiling, warm, loving, and most importantly - forgiving - Vietnamese students, JOE AND I PASSED OUR CELTA COURSE! We now hold a “Certificate in English Language Teaching for Adults” and are free to befuddle and perplex even the most ta ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

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