For various reasons the week got off to a shaky start. However, there's always eating out.
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| tasting platter at Tib Express on Nguyen Dinh Chieu - deluxe |
Teaching wise, it was a busy week for me. Worked Monday and a double shift on Tuesday. Then had a demo lesson on Wednesday and was deemed to have 'passed' and was promised I'd be contacted in due course about some work. Hurrah! Of course, the day before I did the demo another teacher I met was full of doom and gloom about the place. But I finally got some cash - you get 'transportation money' for doing a demo, so I earned myself 250,000VND (about $11.40). Whoo - hoo!
This morning we went out for coffee at a local trader who parks her cart in the grounds of an old ruin - very atmospheric for a street stall!
An afternoon appointment with a possible job contact for M didn't quite go to plan. So we went to have a look at Fahasa, a huge bookshop at 60 Le Loi District 1, which is one of a chain. The shop in District 1 has Foreign (English) books, but not sure if any others in the chain do. If you're looking for a Fahasa, the one which was at 185 Dong Khoi District 1 is no longer there - it's a construction site! Anyhow, we made a couple of purchases - including the government approved Vietnam Tourist Guidebook - and then went for a beer.
Tonight, pho for dinner at a well-known spot we've been wanting to try on Pasteur Street. Excellent food, including the chinese bread sticks which are kind of like Spanish churros - you can dunk them in your soup. Tasty.
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and..my favourite stall on Nguyen Dinh Chieu |
