Trick or treat?

Halloween again, and tonight we went "trick or treat"-ing down the little alleys of To Ngoc Van, all packed with scary monsters and little princesses. Almost all our friends were there, and loads of people had opened their houses for a visit, some so scary even brave Hana refused to go inside. Lots of fun and lots of treats.

Best costume: Hosea. Daddy Ben, baby brother Tobias and unknown girl admiring the outfit.

My little artist

Focus is to 99.99% on princesses, adding an odd flower or a cat, but still. You can see how incredibly talented she is, cant you! ;-)

Princesses, princesses. Princesses everywhere.
And, in the left corner, me with a cat*.
(Kai added some explanatory notes)

This one looks more like a scary underground manga character. But it is a princess.

* About the cat:
"Mum, its Teto" (the little kitten that moved into our terrace last Tet)
"Ok"
"But he moved. To another family" (he now lives in Ciputra)
"Yes"
"But he is still OUR cat!"

Lazy weekend

This weekend we're not leaving town, but enjoying very typical activities. Saturday soccer, Sunday karate, a playdate, a birthday party, breakfast and lunch in the garden, just hanging out at home. Autumn is here and weather is lovely.

Hanoi in slow motion

As I havent really seen much of Hanoi lately, this clip gave me a reminder of how aestetic it actually can be. Especially in slow motion. And with background music instead of background motorbike noise.

Hanoi - Vietnam (Slow Motion)

Home sweet home II

Finally I am back. After a really hectic week passing Beijing, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City I will now stay in Hanoi for three whole weeks! Yepeeee!

My schedule was so tight, I hardly took a picutre. This one, inside Peking University's enormous campus.

I came back Friday evening and jumped straight into the weekend activities. Saturday soccer and excursion with a bunch of new friends to a river not-so-far away and Sunday a big UN picnic. Lovely to be home.
Jungle boy.

By the river with newly found Thai-German friend Maxie.

Hana and her Venezuelan-Japanese friend Lucia, chasing princesses.

Getting caught by the Venezuelan traffic police.

UN picnic with Unicef friends.

Greening the One UN. What Keisuke has been working with lately.

Home sweet home

After a ten days tour to Europe it was nice to get back to an all sunny and autumn fresh Hanoi again, if only for a few days.
I went to Antwerp

and Lund

and Borås.

On the train, on my way somewhere.
And I actually had time to squeeze in a weekend in Varberg and Göteborg. And it didn't rain all the time.
But it was nice to be back home again.