Hey everyone! Welcome to our blog. We are truly rookies at this "blogging" thing; however, we are going to give it a try. In case you haven't heard, we have settled in here in Hanoi. Our house is more than we could have ever imagined. I'm not sure what we were expecting. We have three bedrooms, kitchen, living room, balcony (commonly known as a clothes dryer), a separate office and two bathrooms (both have sit down apparatices rather than squatty potties). We also have a beautiful courtyard with a pal-mello tree, star fruit tree, perriwinkles, lantanas and other plants that are green and living for now. We also have an abundance of geckos! We live off of a major street, but to get to our house you have to walk down an alley that is often times filled with motor bikes, bicycles or people - sometimes all three at the same time! The alley way is only about 5-6 ft wide. We hope to attach some pics in the next few days.