We have found our home for the next two years! After much looking and debating we have moved in to a three storey villa with four bedrooms, six bathrooms, two office areas, and a large open kitchen, dining, living area. Not the Vietnam we imagined?!
The house is in a very quiet neighbourhood and the streets are closed off in the evening to prevent traffic through the night. The walk to school is 12 minutes and follows Canal Street -- which literally has a canal in the median complete with walkway, bridges, and fish!
We have spent this week cleaning and organizing the spaces inside and out. We have met our housekeeper, Ngung, and our gardener, Mr Zhang. We have hired a handyman, JoJo, to do a few repairs, and a laundress, Ms. Lan, to clean all of the draperies. We expect our shipment
from Doha to arrive next week and we should be ready by then!
We have also inherited a quiet ginger cat named Bella!
