I also met Kurt's wife for the first time - Amanda - tonight (top pic). Amanda asked for Linh's telephone number to call & talk - I had some reservations - but obliged.
After the fall of Saigon (in 1975), Amanda's family were persecuted by the communists. She escaped as a "boat person" in 1979. Sometime earlier or afterwards, Amanda's sister & other relatives were killed by Thai pirates attempting to escape communist persecution.
It is indeed a "small world". My hope is that Linh will learn a lot about the "American War" from US Vietnamese (speaking Vietnamese!) who were there and experienced the war/communism first-hand! <-- which I am sure is very "different" (more accurate) than what she learned during her many years in Vietnamese schools.
And - of course - I had my cafe sua da (bottom pic)!
Btw - Linh surprised me with txt msg saying she had made spring rolls - which I picked-up @ her apt after eating them @ Peking House! Linh's spring rolls were delicious even tho the "Hanoi spring rolls" @ Peking House are also great!
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