Some friends and I went dancing at the Fashion Cafe in Hanoi tonight. It was fun. I hadn’t danced in a long time and they were just learning, but it’s safe to say that we like it a lot. One of my friends dances Ballroom, but she knows the steps for Salsa which makes it fun.

The newbies have caught the fever and now want to take lessons. I could use some lessons and refresher courses as well. Just like anything else- if you don’t use it, you lose it.

It’d be nice to have rueda here.

Who do the students love?

I don’t know… could it be us? Perhaps.

It’s been an interesting first term and half-year at HANU. My partner and I feel that we are truly blessed to be at this university. The staff is wonderful; the students are amazing; the city is only a bus ride away; and we get Vietnamese lessons weekly. Not every post has all of these things. It seems like we lucked out.

We’re afforded the opportunity to work with the students outside of the classroom as well which has led Tiffany to sometimes meet with them after lessons or show a movie. I have met with classes for karaoke and a Christmas party. I have something on the horizons that I would like to share with my students and hope to do so early in the coming year.

Christine is wise in placing me at HANU. Now that I’m acclimated, it’s time to get to work. =)

[Note: "American" appears to be a synonym used here, and other parts of the world, to refer to people from the United States. Whenever we can, we do try to expand their definition of the word to reflects both North America and South America. The lesson continues.]