Day 1

May 5, 2014

We arrived in Vietnam last night!
Today we went to UEF(The University of Economics and Finance). We met the Vietnamese students we will be interacting with throughout the trip and had our first language class. All of the students were extremely welcoming and excited to meet us. The language class was difficult to learn because of the different tones that are used in the Vietnamese language. There are 6 different tones that they use and each tone can change the entire meaning of the word. They also have a different word to greet people depending on who you are talking to so it was a little confusing to learn. Hopefully it gets a little easier once we get used to the language. We also went to the US Consulate and heard speakers from foreign services. Today was a very eventful day. I can't wait to continue exploring and learning about Vietnam.