Welcome to this exciting new series of (hopefully) near daily updates on our very recent move to Hanoi (like, last Friday)!
Between living in a compact little hotel room in an area without walkable sidewalks (but with a fine cacophany of scooters roaring at all hours) and having Thwack full time and having two separate but time consuming paid writing gigs going on, I have been kind of at a loss for proper blogging.
You know, my usual 1000+ word epic posts. Â My brain just can’t cope with those right now.
Somewhat in the grand tradition of my surprisingly successful 100 Happy Days, here is a photo synopsis of a very small moment in time that feels like it sums a few things up.
Thwack snoring away in my arms, scooter traffic roaring past in the narrow street at night as we have a few lovely cold bia hoi (fresh beers, 10,000 dong a glass- or 50 cents) on stools out on the sidewalk the evening after we arrived. I think I may have been the first person to ever nurse a baby in that particular establishment (hence the out cold Thwack giving us an hour’s peace). Hell, I think I was the only woman there.
Nice beer. Nice snoozing baby. Nice company. Nice chaotic Asian ambiance.
So far, so good, Hanoi.
Babies make great coasters.
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Should I say welcome back? You were certainly MIA for a long enough time. I missed you a lot but the promise of (near) daily posts makes up for that!
Happy to be of service and very very sorry for the long gap. Hanging head in shame until karma is sorted out. 😉