Weather cools a bit as we greet this new day. It's the usual
crazy, insane commute to NBK - totally indescribable mayhem of cars, motor
scooters, bikes, plus all the sidewalk merchant distractions. We are assigned to Miss Vananh's classes
today - talking about body parts, numbers (1-10) and the concepts of
"in," "under" and "over" etc. Plus the children created cards to celebrate
International Women's Day which is today.
I was treated like a queen receiving roses from several classes.
After lunch we headed to the Vietnamese Museum
of Ethnology - with Thu, our friendly NBK colleague. It is a fascinating place - wonderful
artifacts representing the talents and lifestyles of Vietnamese minority people
- of which there are 90 groups! I
especially enjoyed walking through the very interesting "homes" and
community buildings of various peoples on the museum grounds - bamboo floors,
towering ceilings!
Also there was an amazing "long" junk boat - more
than 100 feet long. It was used in
several junk races, then retired to the museum.
After enjoying coffee in the museum cafe with Robin from the U.K. - pleasant
fellow - we headed back to school.
- Barb
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