I'm off to Vietnam!

and here's the kicker - it's with my parents - and it is their first trip back since emigrating.

So my question is how do you prepare for a trip bound to be so intense? Or maybe I don't - it might just be a HUGE shopping spree, a non-stop dinner, sensory overload, claustrophobic, sun intoxication, an "i want to strangle my family" kind of trip. So, because of these things running through my head I have stopped trying to "prepare" myself for the trip of a lifetime.

It has left me to reminisce about a past I know nothing about :) I am hoping that the factory where my parents met will still be standing - although my dad assures me "factory or no factory, we are walking through it and I'll give you a tour of the place even if I have to make it up." My parents met in a sewing factory. "She was one of a million other girls I could've chosen from" - is how my dad describes the experience. My mom was sitting in one of the many rows of girls sewing. My dad was the mechanic that fixed the machines.

Armed with stories like these my trip will delve deeper than any past travel I have taken - and I will share it with you. So check back regularly for random stories of the Cheung's and find out with me as I uncover my family history.