Day 1 -- gifts and school visits, bun cha and pho

After a restful first night in Hanoi and a Western-style breakfast at the hotel across the street, Pete and his family came over to present some gifts from America -- food the kids had requested:

Arnold Palmer iced tea for Noah:

Cheddar cheese and Skyline:

Fritos for Lib:

Kraft Mac-N-Cheese for the kids:

Sour Patch Kids and Life Saver gummies for Carter and Ellie:

Next we took Peter, Kristin, Wyatt, and Jack for their first walk through the alleys around our house ended up at our favorite bun cha place for lunch:

After lunch we explored the markets around Libby's school before the kids went off to help Libby teach art and Peter, Kristin, and I stopped by the English classes to help teach English:

Carter denying Noah access to the basket while Vietnamese kids looked on:

Starbucks in Hanoi!

We ended the day at the pho stand near our apartment: