After a much needed deep sleep headed back to the Foreign Trade University today, it was still hot and humid, but the teaching assignments seemed a bit more manageable. Focused on having the students talk more and ask questions. They are quite curious and eager to learn. They practiced some presentations again, interestingly enough, one group chose Techniques to Deal with Stress(so another universal I guess!) One of the students noted her stress reduction method was.......yup, SHOPPING! HA HA, I felt right at home.
After return to the hotel and a quick shower, Roberta and I headed out to Craftlink, a coop that handles crafts from many regions of Vietnam, we did some great power shopping before meeting up with the rest of the group at KOTO, a fascinating restaurant, started by an Australian man, who helped homeless Vietnamese kids with training in cooking and hospitality, a great success. The passion fruit mousse, accompanied by iced Vietnamese coffee was definitely my favorite!
After dinner a long stoll home amidst more scooters, honking horns, people everyone enjoying the sights that are part of the 1000th year celebration of Hanoi, including a fabulous laser light show over the lake. It is very hard to describe the overwhelming nature of this experience. This is a city like no other we've been in.
Time for some sleep before more teaching tomorrow,
Shopped out,
Barbara
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