PHO-INALLY we got some pho! (Fun fact, pronounced "fuh") But first!
More language classes today. We are getting to the point of saying actual sentences like "what is your name?" and "very nice to meet you". Another horrible speaking failure for all, but it's getting better!
We also had a guest lecturer on urban planning and development, which was pretty interesting. Vietnam was only supposed to have something like 4 million people in it, but today it has over 9 million, so development is an interesting situation.
Lunch was another day of tasty unknown things to put over rice. I'm not sure why we don't do this in the US because it's awesome.
After lunch we changed into our professional attire and drove to Phu Mi Hung, our first company visit. They are working on making city centers in South Saigon. They are essentially making a little city within Saigon; it's so different from the surrounding city, But everything is so meticulous thought out. And futuristic! For no reason that we could think of, they have these things where you could put your elbows on a specific place and put your hands over your ears and you could hear music! Very cool even if somewhat impractical for actual use hahaha. The thing was, it was so clean and nice that it was almost TOO nice. Like there were no street vendors, things looked pretty western, etc. It was created to be like a little bubble you could stay in (especially for forging investors) and I'll tell you, it is definitely a bubble!
People watching in the city and on the roads is amazing. A personal favorite is the attire of ladies on motorbikes. Everyone wears a helmet, but woman also wear masks to cover their mouths. No idea why men don't, but some of the helmets and masks are so cute! Also, they ear shirts, heels, carry huge boxes, and still have no trouble driving. It's amazing!
When we got back to the hotel, we hung out with Vietnamese students who brought us bubble tea. They took us to dinner at a pho place, finally! SO. GOOD! I got beef in mine and let me just say that if fatty beef, tasty broth, and long rice noodles don't make you happy- you should probably see someone.
We got a little silly and two of us tried eating the pho by holding the spoon with chopsticks. I managed to get the contents into my mouth, but couldn't pull the spoon out so: fail. And we got some charming pictures out of it haha.
After the pho they took us to sit and get street food. Still not sure what most of it was, and no one could eat any more after all the pho, but what we tasted was delicious!
We also went to the Diamond Plaza. As much as I'm not into kidnapping, it was REALLY tempting!
And I'll leave you with the best irony I could have asked for. A fancy restaurant in a communist country named...
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