Derek needed trail shoes for the field trip to Hoi An that he is chaperoning this coming week. The trouble is that he wears a size 12, and shoes that big are pretty much impossible to find here--especially if you are looking for quality, comfortable shoes. He started by going to Crescent Mall with both the boys. No luck. Then he went to Viacom. No luck. And those two excursions took nearly the entire day on Saturday.
On Sunday we went to the Binh Thanh Market area to locate the infamous "Shoe Street." You see, here in Vietnam (and most of Asia, I'm told) all of the competitors are located on the same street. So if you want shoes, you go to Shoe Street. If you want a drill, you go to Drill Street (near the pagoda we saw last weekend). If you want dishes, you go to dish street (near the train station). And so on. It doesn't make any sense to me, but that's how its done.
Shoe Street is exactly what it sounds like: a street where people sell shoes. There were also hand bags, backpacks, and some heavy winter jackets (???). And LOTS of people trying to sell you who-knows-what.
Derek got lucky and found some pretty nice trail shoes in a size 12. They are "Northface" and fit perfectly. He also found some new work shoes. Apparently Clarks (and Northface) shoes are made here, and occasionally a few pairs "fall off the truck" so to speak. Those are his favorite kind of work shoes, so he was pretty pleased. They might be real, they probably aren't, but they look pretty darn good.
(We also went to one of the boys' friend's birthday party on Saturday afternoon. I never thought a late September kid could have a pool party for their birthday! Ah, living in a tropical climate...)
Oh, and here's a super cute picture of Ollie riding a bike with one of the little kids in our apartment complex.
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