Even though it was indoors, it was still really hot and exhausting exercising in the Vietnamese heat. After the soccer match, I had lunch with a Vietnamese friend at Lotteria, which is a western style fast food restaurant. Even though I would be back home soon, I couldn't help but be curious about what fast food is like in Vietnam.
It was pretty similar to western food, but they did have a unique dish called fish nuggets, as well as rice options instead of bread. After lunch, we went as a large group to a coffee shop to have Vietnamese coffee and juice one last time. I had the mango yogurt smoothie, which was just as good as all the juices that I've had in Vietnam. Following the coffee shop, we spent one last time going around the city with our new friends. We passed by the Bitexco Financial Tower and spent time at the river front park in District 2 one last time.
After that, we had our farewell dinner with everyone from Pitt, which was one of our last chances to eat in Vietnam. During the dinner, we enjoyed live music as well as other performances like sword balancing. After the dinner, the boat traveled down the Saigon river, which gave us one last look at the city we called home for two weeks.
It was pretty bittersweet, but it was a nice experience to see Vietnam as we went down the river. Although we were leaving really early in the morning, after the dinner, I still went out with a friend. We had our own smaller farewell meal, where we shared different seafood dishes at a street restaurant.
After finishing our meal and saying goodbye, I was dropped off at the hotel. After a few hours, we all left to go to the airport to return back to the United States, where we said goodbye to Vietnam for the last time.
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