Days of The Dragon

We are home! I got Parker’s visa on Friday, May 25. I was able to arrange flights back leaving on Sunday, instead of Wednesday as originally planned. I am so glad to be home, but miss Vietnam as well. I do not miss traveling and living out of a suitcase, that’s for sure! Parker was [...]

Parker is napping, so I thought I’d do a quick blog entry. Monday we arrived in Hanoi. We’ve done quite a bit of walking around the city, seen a few of the sites. The Temple Of Learning is my favorite here so far. This city is notably different from Da Nang and Sai Gon (Ho [...]

Thanks to everyone who has written me. I haven’t been able to respond, but I do appreciate your comments and well wishes! Today (Saturday the 19th), we went to the zoo. It’s about a mile or so from the hotel, a nice walk past many shops, street merchants, and construction. The zoo itself is pretty [...]

Our fourth day together comes to an end! Parker is sleeping soundly in his crib, has been for about 30 minutes. He’ll probably get up around 9 for a small bottle, and then sleep till 6 or 6:30. We had our first CIS interview on Wednesday, and a quick medical exam for the visa. Today, [...]

Monday was the G & R ceremony. It was very nice, and went smoothly. The drive back from the G & R to the hotel was about 1½ hours. Parker was good for most of it, but cried off and on for the last 15 minutes or so. He is a wonderful little guy. I [...]