Happy Easter to the States

It's the day after here, but as I sit here in Ha Noi, my family is sitting around the dinner table consuming all sorts of delicious favorites of mine: ham, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, fresh veggies, mashed potatoes. Good stuff. I almost bought a canned ham yesterday, just because, but knew that it's $10 price tag wouldn't be justifed. So we had ribs and nachos for Easter dinner.

It's our first real holiday away from family and while it isn't terrible, there are things to miss. Audrey wants to have an Easter egg hunt in Thanh Hoa, so I'll be trying to make that happen.. just a couple of days late.

I miss those Whopper egg candies. Y'know.. the ones that tear up the roof of your mouth. Yeah, those. I love 'em.

Back to work today, after (hopefully) getting my bank card (the bank wasn't open Saturday morning as planned) and heading back on the hard seats in the train. No comfort there, but what can we expect for 40,000VND (less than $3). Crazy thing is.. I paid as much for that 3-hour train ride as I did for the taxi to get to the train station.