From Daniel

                                                10/1/15

 Lately I have been doing swimming lessons on the coast of Vietnam. I don't like it very much because of the salt water, the waves and the swim teacher. But I will say, my swimming has improved a ton. I do it three days a week along with Anna and Michael. I am always tired when we bike home.

A while back Vietnam had the full moon festival. Some people would say, "Wow Daniel! You got to eat cool foods and see lots of sights. Wasn't it fun to shop and buy symbolic kittens?" And people who knew me better would say, "Sorry you had to soak yourself in sweat and stand around while your sister shopped for scarves." 

Only most of the festival was boring. I liked being on a boat and sail through a sea of candles. On that holiday people would light a candle, put it in a paper bucket and put it in the river. (Talk about pollution) It was really cool,though, Especially on a boat.

Shopping, Ugh.  What's with the weird mannequin head?

It seemed like we walked for hours just to reach this popular sandwich stand.

                                                10/8/15

Yesterday was my last day of swimming practice. As always I hated it. luckily this time it was in the pool not the ocean. I'm pretty glad it's over. But I have improved with swimming a lot. What I'm trying to say is that I don't have much to talk about...

http://youtu.be/MskvAM-ZnVo<--- Me swimming! :o)

Tomorrow we are going to go on a road trip. It does not feel a road trip at all. We already are on a trip in a way. Are house does not feel like home to me so why would leaving it be like a road trip? That's why I miss America so much. It all seems like a way to long road trip. Not like moving houses. 

I'm starting to get really used to Vietnam. The neighborhood boys have finally gotten over me being surprisingly white. I've made some friends. And I got thousands of dollars!!! ...In Vietnamese money. OK fine, that translates to about ten bucks.

10/11/15

Yesterday was awesome! Maybe I should back up. On my last blog I said that we were going to go on a road trip. The thing is that it was my first time going on a road trip as a tourist. And honestly, I'm not much of the tourist type. I like going to gram parents house or going to an amusement park. I don't really like seeing things. So obviously I did not enjoy most of it.

But my misery all changed on our ride home. To get to the town we took a bus. That was boring enough. But on the way back we took a train! It was my first time on a train. It was better than riding 3rd class on an airplane. We had four beds and mom packed awesome snacks. Watching out the window of the train is the sight seeing I like.

So in conclusion, looking at temples and pagodas and shopping in the heat for hours all turned out good on the train ride. I want to do it again an other day.

Bye!