Hi There! My name is Kristin Deutsch, and I am a senior at Augustana College. I am originally from Northbrook, Illinois, which is a suburb of Chicago. My majors at Augie are sociology and political science. I decided to travel to Vietnam this winter because it presented an interesting experience. I don’t think that there is another time when I would have this opportunity, so I am very much looking forward to this trip. I hope that you all enjoy reading about it!
Leavin’ on a Jet Plane…
So it is the first day of Spring Term, and it has been an odd feeling to be back in the U.S. and on campus. I find myself missing Vietnam at weird times. It has been nice to be home in a place that I am more familiar with, but over the past month, Vietnam [...]
Posted on March 9th, 2009 by kristin-deutsch
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Hanoi
This week, lets see. We are in Hanoi, and it is a really crowded city. We got here on Thursdaywe saw the Hanoi Hilton, which is the POW camp that john McCain was at for 4 to 5 years. On Friday we took a trip to the perfume pagoda. It is a Buddhist Temple that [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by kristin-deutsch
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Hue
Hi Everybody! So, we are officially in Hue now! Hue is located in central Vietnam, and the temperature is much more moderate here. That is, its about 80 degrees here instead of in the 90′s. But we got to the city around 5:00 this evening. Driving through it, it seemed much more relaxed than Saigon. [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2009 by kristin-deutsch
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The First Week
Our first week here in Saigon is coming to an end so quickly. But it has been such a good time. Though there has been a lot that we have done, I will try not to ramble about it all! Probably our most interesting day was when we visited the Cao Dai Temples and the [...]
Posted on February 6th, 2009 by kristin-deutsch
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Tales from Saigon
So, we have officially had our first day in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon. The trip here was quite frustrating, complete with with a 7 hour delay in the O’Hare Airport, a missed connecting flight in Hong Kong, and pretty bad airplane food. But we finally made it here at 5 AM on [...]
Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by kristin-deutsch
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So Long U.S.A.
So take off is less than two days away, and I have never thought it was possible to have this many emotions at once. I am nervous, anxious, and excited all at the same time… but I am thinking that this may be a pretty normal reaction to international travel. I have never flown internationally [...]
Posted on January 29th, 2009 by kristin-deutsch
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