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12 days...

12/7/2022

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After returning from Saigon to DaNang I took it easy for a few days. I had a fever and a sore throat so I stayed home for the most part and worked on my website for my project. I met with my advisor and got some feedback and I wanted to implement it before I forgot! 

We did manage to get over to Dirty Fingers and get pastrami and to the Turkish place for baklava. Their new chef flew in and brought fresh pistachios. I thought Konstantin was going to take the whole pan at first. It is so good!

Friday I zoomed with the 5th grade back at Scheck Hillel. We talked about challenges and facing fears, like being in the boat on the Mekong Delta and the day my Grab driver was taking me to the wrong place and I had no data to use Google translate and I was so scared, but I managed to work it all out! My weirdest foods, snails. And the things I am doing here that will help them learn more when I come home. 

Saturday we flew into Da Lat (learn more). This is a mountain town where the Temps have been in the 69s and 70s and damp. We have done the city tour and countryside tour and even the night tour to meet one of the ethnic minority groups. Konstantin did a tour the guide said was mainly Vietnamese people taking selfies. He loved it. If you are heading to Da Lat I highly recommend Happy Day Travel. They did all of our tours. Our guides, Tam and Ngoc, were fabulous, knowledgeable, and great at ensuring everyone was comfortable. We saw waterfalls, strawberry farms, bee and cricket farms, temples and pagodas, and so much more. We went to Lang Biang Mountain, rode a cable car, Konstantin even rode a mountain coaster to a waterfall. We packed a ton of fun into a few days. 

We actually came to Da Lat so I could participate in a Fulbright conference. I got to meet Fulbright scholars and researchers working throughout Vietnam on many different projects. I was completely impressed with all of their work and experiences. I want to dive in and work with them all and learn more about pangolin, plastic pollution western vs eastern medicine, and so much more. Our two days together focused on sharing our research focus and ideas, our challenges and accomplishments, and where we go from here. Many times my imposter syndrome flared with how did I even get in this room, I am not worthy. Then I remembered the words of my esteemed colleague Dr Courtney Teague who told me to change imposter to I’m possible and to only compare myself to the Nancy of the past, not to others. Courtney and I met at Nova and she continually pushes me to be my best self and to stay on the path. I appreciate her encouragement and guidance always!

I am ready to share my website, even though it is still in progress. Chck it out and let me know your thoughts! https://www.thoughtfulteachertech.org/home 

We are in the airport getting ready to head back to DaNang now. It is 12 days until our flight back to Miami, I am sad and excited all at the same time! Until next time!


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    Nancy Penchev
    2022-2023 Fulbright DA- Vietnam participant

    The author of this publication/website/blog/etc. is a participant of the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Research Program (Fulbright DA), a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by IREX. The views and information presented are the participant's own and do not represent the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright Program, or IREX. 

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