Monday, July 23rd

We had another good day today. It started out a little rough because Logan was up at 3:50am but he took a bottle and went right back to sleep. We got up and after getting ready, we went downstairs to the hotel's fantastic buffet breakfast. They have all kinds of food from different parts of the world, including the US! Our hotel is the official hotel of the Asia Cup so we were at breakfast with the Australian and Japanese "Football" (soccer) Teams. I hear that tomorrow, the Saudi Arabian team will be here. It really is a great hotel. The grounds are beautiful and the room, while just a little crowded with the crib is very nice.

Around 1:00pm we left for the interview with the US Embassy. We got there and they took us in immediately. We paid the $380 Visa fee and then each family went into the interview room separately. Logan and I went second, after Jeff and Karen. The whole "interview" took maybe 4 minutes. The lady just basically looked through the paperwork, asked if I had any problems while being here and that was it. We're supposed to get his Visa tomorrow afternoon. So, that's the last hurdle before we can head home.

We went swimming in the hotel's pool after getting back from the Embassy. The water was warmer than bathwater but it didn't matter. Logan is still loving the water and his floaty raft. He had a great time splashing around.

We may take a tour of the city tomorrow or just go and visit a couple places we've read about. Hanoi is a nice city. The streets don't really seem to be teeming with people and scooters and cars the way Ho Chi Minh City is. It's still very busy, but just not as much. We ate at a great mainly-Italian restaurant tonight. The whole group went and had a nice time just talking and eating and sampling various wines. Of course it's still very hot here but we're kind of used to it by now.

That's about it for today. We're all really looking forward to going home but we're going to try to make the most of the time that we're here. We'll have lots of pictures! Oh, speaking of pictures, hope you like the one posted here. Logan loves to stick out his tongue and give the raspberry. :-)

Good night everyone.