Our new home

The lease was up on our old apartment, so we decided to move into Thao's apartment that she has owned for almost 10 years. It is a bit small, but she has great neighbours that always visit. You can always count on them to give you some eggs if you run out, or give you some fruit when they buy something at the market.

Here I look funny because I just woke up... And already the next door baby and grandmom came for a visit! :)




We spent a few days re-arranging furniture to get all the stuff from the old apartment to fit. As you can see, Thao's house is very decorated, and there isn't a bare spot on the wall anywhere to be found!

There are many differences living in Vietnam! For example, here you can sell your recycling for a bit of money, so many people ride around on bikes collecting cardboard. One lady came around, and Thao convinced her to clean the whole house, wash the floors by hand, and then take down big boxes of garbage down 4 floors... just so she can have our old moving boxes to sell! heheh




The walkway outside our front door. If we are home we just always keep the door open, because people like to come and chat chit :)




The next door baby and her big sister.




The baby is only 8 months, but loves to climb on our window like a little monkey!