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[Nha Trang, Vietnam] Today I almost crashed my bike into a black SUV parked on the side of the road. I was trying to believe my eyes while gazing through the glass of street stall vendor’s stand at a large plump loaf of dark pumpernickle bread and simultaneously inform Simone to look at the heavenly heap of beauty. It was too much multi-tasking. She screamed “look out” just in time for me to squeeze my brakes, squeal and watch the back end of my bike spin around at the instant stop. Simone veared, no collisions, but sadly she didn’t even see the bread. We were on our way to run an errand but we’re going back in a few minutes to puchase the lump of gold. But don’t worry, there’s not much brown bread in this country, and without it, I do a good job keeping my eyes on the road…