Monthly Archives: September 2016

I have pretty much given up on getting the boys to wear button down shirts. We have a full on rebellion and don’t like ‘fancy’ shirts. Well we headed off to get dressed before a little party our friend invited us to in the building and Randy out of normal said if you were aContinue reading “Bribes- they'll get you everywhere”

For our last day in Hanoi we decided to drive out to Ninh Binh and do some sightseeing.  Our tour guide picked us up and we started out.  The drive was over two hours but thankfully we were equipped with our kindles.  As we drove out of Hanoi it started to rain. We were hopefulContinue reading “Long car rides and steak”

We had big plans to spend a night on the Dragon Boat in Halong Bay but a storm rolling through Vietnam meant we stayed put in Hanoi the whole time. Luckily there was tons to keep up busy.  First up we took a dip in the beautiful pool.  Next up we headed to this greatContinue reading “Basically locals or very good tourists!”

Oh my goodness, busy work days and an exciting new Season of Homeland (well, new for us!) means I never finished telling you all about our trip to Vietnam!  Sometimes you can sight-see with kids and everything goes perfectly. Then there are the other times when it is humid, muggy and there is a lotContinue reading “Ho Chi Minh”

We decided to take Grandma Gertch to Vietnam! We were excited to go back and there is now a direct flight to Hanoi, except it leaves at 10 pm.  Unfortunately Randy had to go to Mongolia so couldn’t take more time off to come with us. But he had just returned after two week awayContinue reading “Back to Vietnam”