Frank has been nursing a bad cold/flu and so a friend of mine convinced me to go out Friday night. The bookstore was closed so we then had our dinner in a small alley sitting on small metal stools surrounded by all the locals enjoying their food. We shared a large paper thin crepe filled with egg, pork,shrimp greens and bean sprouts. On the side was a platter of large lettuce leaves. You put a helping of the mix on the leaf and roll it up and dip in the sauce. Quite tasty. After sitting in a park for a bit with an ice cream we headed to a bar that was featuring a Vietnamese teacher that we work with who is also in a band.
The warm up band - Punk Rock Vietnamese style.
It was a small venue and smoking is allowed. The table next to us had a regular sized bottle of Scotch as their beverage for the evening. The music was incredible loud - actually ear splitting. I cannot believe that this is actually fun. My companion for the evening is of my generation and so I guess it cannot be my age that resulted in my not really enjoying this.
Anyway it was a good night anyway.
Next morning we Scootered to district 2 - Frank feeling better - to view a charity bazaar. It was in a very wealthy compound by the river. The Crafts were high quality and the scenery very nice.
I went to the hospital Friday afternoon to have my Achilles tendon examined. It has been swollen and at times painful. The doctor recommended an MRI. I began to tell him that I would be leaving in 5 weeks and so I may have to have it done when I return. He looked blankly at me as if my story was of little concern and asked if I was available later that afternoon for the MRI. OK, I guess they do things quickly here.
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