Easter is not a huge celebration in Viet Nam. In fact when Bella sent her
friend a Happy Easter text, the reply was 'what's Easter?' There are a few chocolate Easter eggs around in the western food shops but that's about it. With this in mind church services are not abundant, well not in English anyway. Notre Dame, the big Catholic Cathedral in Ho Chi Minh has the only English Service at 930, so that is where we headed this morning. Notre Dame is an elegant Cathedral in the middle of Ho Chi Minh which was built in the 1880's by the French. Though not as beautiful as St Mary's in Sydney it is still a beautiful old building with a lovely Church Service on Sundays. Surprisingly the Cathedral was packed, yes there were Western people but by far the majority of the 1,000 odd congregation were Vietnamese, it does make me wonder why they choose the English service!Anyway after mass we headed off to Au Parc, a Moroccan French Restaurant for a gorgeous brunch. The 36 degree heat had us heading home after a short walk, very full but with a little bit of room for some chocolate eggs. Happy Easter everyone.
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