Our last day in Chiang Mai was also our last day traveling with Sara and Scott. In Minnesota, it was an even bigger day, Match Day. For those who don't know, Match Day is the day all med students nationwide find out which program they will be residents at for the next several years.
Even though we were all exhausted from the trek, we decided to go all out that night. We spent the afternoon trying to nap (only Trevor got shut-eye), getting laundry done (wahoo to fresh clothes), and cleaning ourselves. Once we were all ready, we found a cute restaurant to get some good Thai food. Since it was such a big day, we purchased one more Haagen Dazs bar for the road. Through the night, we stopped by multiple street side cafes for beers and drinks. Beers are easy to order, mixed drinks require effort. We never quite knew what we were going to get. There was a lot of pointing and shaking of heads, but we were often pleasantly surprised. The only thing we did realize was that a lime is called a lemon to Thai bartenders. On our way to the last joint, Scott got THE phone call. We were all surprised since it was an hour before expected. Sara got into her top choice, Northwestern! The street vendors around us watched in amazement as we all jumped up and down in excitement. We had a couple more drinks to round off the night and toast to the great trip together.
4 comments:
That's so exciting--yeah for Sara!!! I'm so happy that she'll be close by for you, Rebecca :-). Your trip just sounds like it keeps getting better and better--looking forward to some authentic Thai food cooked by Trevor. Bill and I had Vietnamese food two nights in a row in your honor!
Love,
Katie
Thanks for keeping us up-to-date. I still can't believe how beautiful Vietnam and SE Asia is. All I know of the names of the places you are visiting are where lots of people died during the Vietnam war. Times do change! Keep us posted and take care of each other.
Love,
Dad
Katie - We actually broke down on our last day in Chiang Mai and had Subway, the first American food in two weeks! It sounded good for some rumbling bellies.
Dad - Just wait until you see all our pictures. Right now we're in the Bangkok airport using free internet. We'll post another blog here, but can't add pictures.
Thanks for blogging with us!
Hi Guys-
We just got back from a weekend in Florida visiting Josh, Amanda, Logan and Avery. We had a great time and it sounds like you are too. We were able to catch up on your blog while we were there. Just wanted to say Congrats to Sara!!!! Thats awesome!!!!
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