Househunting Fun

Since our arrival in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday, we have been busy with school Orientation activities and searching for a place to live! We have visited many townhouses, apartments, penthouses, and villas. This can be a frustrating and exhausting challenge as we try to match our space needs with our budget and preference for location.

But it also has moments when we find ourselves giggling about a urinal in the bathroom, or staring wide eyed at a master bedroom wall mural of a cartoon prince and princess, or outright laughing at how Simon will never fit in a shower.

Perhaps jet lag also makes us a bit amused by other people's choices in decor.

We have learned that there are cultural preferences for layout, colours, and furniture. For example the Vietnamese seem to love Louis XIV style ornate dining room tables.

And their kitchen space is very small by North American standards. Lisa was especially curious that most kitchens do not have an oven -- just a natural gas cooktop.

But we are getting closer to finding a place of our own......