Christmas in Saigon .....

This morning Matteo and I headed to Ho Chi minh by taxi, a usual 3 hour drive turned into almost 4 when the driver delivered us to the Airport!! Now we did want to get on a plane for home but without Matteo's passport that would not be happening...so after a few stops to get directions, a cranky Matteo who had had enough of the bumpy drive, and a worried mommy, we made it to the luxury of the Somerset...after getting him changed and getting a bit of food into Matteo, I called Loan who told me if we felt up to it we could go and get Matteo's passport...I jumped at the chance and as you see below, we now have in our hot little hands, the passport of another Canadian citizen....Matteo, as you'll see in all the photos below was not interested in posing for pictures...instead he was more interested in what was going on behind the Canadian consulate offices, so this blurry photo of me, the passport and the back of Matteo's head is all I could manage...

....and to my pleasure Christmas has come to Saigon....the Somerset Hotel has been transformed from a week ago when we were last here, and there are Christmas decorations all over..will post some of those when I take them but below you will see the Christmas tree that was in the lobby of the Canadian consulate offices and Matteo just could not get enough of that tree and its decorations...for the life of me I could not get him to turn around so you'll have to just enjoy his reaction to seeing his very first Christmas tree in the office building where he got his very first passport....On the drive to and from the consolate, I could see a few decorations already up with some being installed as we drove....when we arrived back at the Somerset, a couple of individuals on motor bike were delivering a Christmas tree and blue and silver decorations to go with the ice theme that was already started....so all this to say getting Matteo's passport, for me means Christmas has come early...I have rebooked our homeward bound tickets for Monday, Dec. 6, and unfortuately Samantha we're still arriving at 11:30 at night unless when I arrive in Toronto, I can get myself on an earlier flight but somehow doubt that westjet does not have many flights to choose from...