Would we call that a weekend?

While the weekends are always fantastic, this week ours was a little different from our normal. Not that it was better or worse, just a little shorter. We were presented the opportunity to proctor SAT exams on Saturday, which in the end we ended up doing. While not a 100% ideal way to spend a Saturday, we were able to make a little extra cash money. Adam suggested that we take the money, change it into very small Vietnamese Dong denominations, fill our bathtub with it like Scrooge McDuck, and dive into our money.  Heidi thought a little more practical and voted for savings.  We will see who wins this argument!

For having to work on Saturday, we made up for it with a very nice Sunday. We ate some pho, went to the market, and headed to the gym. Our nice workout finished with a bizarre ending as someone at the gym decided that they liked Heidi's water bottle so much that they would steal it from beside her treadmill. Really!?!? an old, used water bottle!?!? Who does that???  (She is still secretly hoping that the stomach bug she had this week is all over the mouth of that water bottle!!)

After the water bottle incident we hopped on Flowanda (our motorbike) and headed down to a restaurant that we had not been to yet. This restaurant is kind of a deli/cafeteria that has been around a super long time down in District 1 of Saigon. If anything could have helped the stolen water bottle blues it was our fantastic lunch. In a city where eating is always an adventure (for better or worse) it is always super great to go to a new place to eat and have it be great.

Heidi in deep thought. "Will this BBQ banh mi be as good as I hope it will?" Answer: "Hell Yeah!"

We at lunch directly across the street of the biggest skyscraper in the city, the Bitexco Tower. Next time we eat here maybe we will take out helicopter to the helipad on the building and walk across the street. Or maybe just ride our motorbike

 Later, after meeting some friends for coffee, Heidi went for a facial and Adam headed to a nearby park to read and walk a little. Even though the weekend was a bit shorter thanks to a standardized test, it was great as always.

A rare green space in Saigon. Great for reading and walking