Letter 2 From Grace

Hi again everyone!

Hi, Grace here! We haven't really posted much since we got to Vietnam so I'll inform you what has happened since we got here. First, when we arrived, our Vietnamese friend (Daddy's student), Chinh, met us at the airport. We went on a taxi ride to our new house. Mommy has already posted all the pictures of our house. Just look at some of the blog posts by Deborah von Meding (My mother). First thing we did was go to a restaurant (It was lunch time at Vietnam). It was a nice restaurant. It was awesome food. Noodles, rice and soup.  Then we went back to our house. We had a rest, but I think I was the only one of the kids who actually fell asleep. Sophia was keeping me awake most of the time though.

Sophia and I share a room. About the rooms, Caleb has his own room, Me and Sophia share, Judah and Eli share, and Mommy and Daddy share (Usually Eli has his own room and Caleb and Judah share. I guess that's changed now). Anyway, after we "rested" Chinh brought over some Vietnamese fruits to try. We tried all of them. I liked rambutan the most. And pomelo. Plus grapefruit because Daddy sometimes got grapefruit instead of pomelo. I like the pink pomelo the most, the grapefruits are only yellow. Rambutan season is over now. I'm not sure about everybody's favorite fruits (In Vietnam anyway).

Performing at Imperial City, Hue

A few weeks after we got here, we signed up for art class. At art class I made friends with the art teachers daughter, plus the art teacher! Me, Somara (That is the art teacher's daughters name) and Sonya (That is the art teacher's name) went swimming. It was a pretty deep swimming pool, but I stayed at the shallow end where I could stand. Nobody could stand at the deep end! But I did go to the deep end and tried to touch the bottom. I only touched it once. The other times I was pretty far away from the bottom. Somara touched it most of the time. Mommy was sitting in the sitting room for all the time we were in the pool (She sat there doing her art work for three hours!!). When we had to leave Somara, Sonya, Me and Mommy went in the same taxi. Somara and Sonya's hotel was first. Then our house. Art class is over now, but I still get to see Sonya and Somara (Though I haven't seen them for a while now...).

With my little sister at the beach, Central Vietnam

We've been here for three months now. Caleb and Daddy went to Danang a few weeks ago, and they saw caves. We've all been to Danang, but Caleb and Daddy went recently (I was kind of jealous, because I wanted to go too). I love Vietnam! It's so exciting and full of new adventures! This is a great place to learn (And see) new things! I do miss my friends in Australia though (Evie in particular)..... But I also made new friends here! Like, as soon as we got here, I made friends with some Vietnamese girls and we play together all the time. Though they ring the doorbell loads of times, they're still great friends (Evie, if you're reading, don't feel replaced. Nobody is a better friend than you).

Caleb and Daddy at Paradise Cave

As for school, we're still doing the thing we always do (Report, IXL, reading, etc etc), except we also now do folders. The first week of the folder was for free, but the next week we have to buy. I like the folders, they have activitys (And science, and math, and english, and P.E., and health, and music, and all the subjects you would have in school.). I do like Vietnam, but I'm still looking forward to going back to Australia. I hope everybody back in Australia is doing okay! Over here we're quite settled in, all unpacked a while ago.

If anybody wants to learn some Vietnamese, these are a few links to a app we have here (This can be for the computer, iPhone or iPad). That is the app we use the most. Also if you don't want to use Doulingo, you can (On iPad or iPhone) search up on the App Store, Vietnamese by Nemo. Tap the one with the green background and the lotus flower in the middle. Lotus flowers are Vietnamese flowers that grow in ponds. Near where we live, there's a big lotus pond. Most of the lotus flowers have died, but in when their alive their beautiful (We came when a few of them were in bloom. Though its Autumn now, so most of the flowers have been harvested already and the leaves have died).

Hope everybody's doing well!
Thanks for reading! From Grace