Hi all,
Today we went to a village outside of Hanoi that is known for making silk. If you like buying silk, then this is the place for you. We hunted around until we found someone who makes silk, he showed us his process and in return we bought some items from him. As far as places that we have seen, this village was just all right.
While we were there, we bought some bananas from a lady on the street. (I bet you're wondering if the silk or the bananas was the souvenier to which I refered to in the title. You will just have to keep waiting.) The kids were hungry so we stopped at a bench in a park to feed them some bananas and set our camera down (now you've guessed it). In the chaos that sometimes seems to mark this trip, we went on our way and left the camera sitting there. We realized it 15 minutes later, but by then it was too late. We heard that someone had come and taken it. Bummer. The good thing is that Doug had been downloading our pictures every couple of days, so we just lost a few days worth. The bad news is that the last few days pictures were of Halong Bay. Fortunately, Mom, Dad and Heather also went to Halong Bay and took lots of pictures so all is not lost. And so Doug and I went camera shopping this evening here in Hanoi. It could have been much worse...
No visa news. Speculation is that they let people know of approvals on Mondays. So we wait out this weekend to see what Monday brings.
Thanks for checking in. We appreciate it.
Barbie
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I know what you're thinking, guys--and no, I was not in that part of Hanoi at the time in question.
They got some pretty sweet camera selection over there?
We finally have the snow that everyone has been promising would come to us living at 8,000 ft. in the mountains. It truly is beautiful... but keeps coming and coming and coming. Jeff and Ali are at the museum in Denver... hopefully they can make it back up the mountain tonight!
Thank you for the updates on Julia and all your adventures. I'm sure you are so ready to be home... hopefully it's soon.
Thank you for sending the pictures. They are so darling. What a good idea to have the national garb. We are anxiously awaitintg Monday to hear what the news is, if any, on the Visa. Mary printed the pictures and was taking them to Grandma K. today. Our love and prayers.
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