Today is officially moving day and I am so excited to get settle down and out of this hotel! Although, I will miss the free breakfast every morning, I am ready to have a home! I am living with two other teachers Krystal, who I came to Ho Chi Minh with, and Darren, a math teacher at the high school. Our apartment is a gorgeous three bedroom, three bath room with the most incredible view of the city!
The view from our balcony!
Apparently I missed out on the 'wear green' memo!
Yesterday we signed our lease and did a little shopping for things like bedding and towels. I was pretty excited when I bought my sheets and saw that none of the sets came with a top sheet. I know a few other people who would appreciate that too! ;) We have a lot more shopping to do but we are going to wait until we get there and make some lists. It's a little intimidating going shopping, especially since we don't really know any Vietnamese. Figuring out prices also takes a little extra time, however my oh so kind math roommate taught me an easy way to convert prices; you move the decimal point over four spaces and divide by two. That gets you the approximate price in US dollars.
Besides apartment hunting I've just been having fun getting to know the other teachers and walking around the city a bit. I am loving the food, I have yet to be disappointed! I am happy to say I haven't seen 'Dog' on a menu yet, but I am sure that day will come soon enough. I'm up for trying most things, but I will be skipping the dog! A couple nights ago we went out and had some drinks in the backpackers area. Drinks were very cheap! We only paid about a dollar per beer and when you walk down the street everyone is sitting in really short chairs facing the street. There are also food vendors who walk up and down with carts of dried squid. It's a little different from going out back home, but we had a lot of fun! I have learned that there a lot of people who try to sell things to you on the street or while you are eating and they are very aggressive and never really listen the first four times you say no and shake your head. Yesterday a man on the street who was selling coconuts kept talking to us and eventually just opened two coconuts without giving us a second to say no. We were definitely ripped off, but we all wanted to try one so it wasn't so bad.
Until next time,
Michelle
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