We started our morning walking to a nearby pho shop to get breakfast pho. Then we headed into the main area of the city to find a tailor to make ao dai, traditional Vietnamese dresses, for Yvonne, Dan, and her mom (all for the wedding). We then went to one of the largest markets in the city to find the specific fabrics for the ao dai. Thank goodness we had Yvonne's family there to haggle a great deal, we never could have done it ourselves. We took a quick break to eat some che, dessert. Luckily when Yvonne's aunt ordered she omitted the durian, the che was delicious.

We then ate lunch filled with requests from Yvonne's dad, including canh chua, rau muong, tom rim ram, ca kho. Dan had never eaten any of it before but enjoyed all of it.

We spent some time at the War Remnants Museum showing the after effects of the American impact of the war. A somber experience, and very interesting propaganda.

Dan revealing the secrets of DreamWorks.

We returned home to rest as Yvonne still has a cough, but Yvonne's uncle Chu Hao requested Dan speak to a couple high school aged classes about working at Dreamworks and the American education system. He was a hit in both of the classes, even though he couldn't tell if they could understand his English. A little boy asked for his autograph, and three teenage girls requested to be Facebook friends. We think it's because they were impressed by his work on How To Train Your Dragon and not because of his charming good looks.

While eating dinner past 9pm, we received news that Yvonne's cousin Hiep just got his American visa approved and he will be attending Cal State Fullerton next month! We are very excited for him and can't wait to show him around SoCal.

Rainy day on the town

Dan Golembeski