Before coming to Viet Nam I had heard a ton of people say, "The people there are SO nice!!" Until tonight I agreed that everyone was great (minus one bad cab ride)..... but I wasn't mind blown. Tonight totally changed that!
After a successful parent night I was nowhere near ready to sit around my apartment at 7:00 so my friend Michelle and I went to our friend Amber's apartment because it sounded like there was a lot of stuff going on. We got there and had a glass of wine then went to see what the commotion was.Within thirty seconds of leaving her building we had been invited to join a table of Vietnamese locals and have a drink. Two of them spoke broken English so we joined and we were able to communicate a bit. They were constantly offering us food and drinks and trying to get us to karaoke (which we did and it was my FIRST time EVER!!) They then proceeded to tell us how beautiful we were because we had hair on our arms. To cut a long story short they were super nice and extremely welcoming. We had a ton of fun and got to try some new food. When we were getting ready to leave we asked how much we owed them. They proceeded to tell us that we owed nothing even though we each had three beers. They said that since we were forefingers they wanted to welcome and wish us safe travels!
I'm so glad to be here and experiencing the culture. It also really made me think of how I treat people. I can only hope to be as nice to forefingers, especially those who don't speak the same language, as they were to us!
In short, everyone was right... Viet Nam is home to some awesome people!!
Yours turly,
Michelle
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