Top things we will miss...
Direct from the home office in Saigon...the top things we will miss about Vietnam:
10. Hanoi's Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake.
9. Warm or cold facecloths to start every meal.
8. Fresh fruit juices - all day long (with no ice, please).
7. Three words: Ana Mandara Resort (in Nha Trang).
6. Authentic Vietnamese food - even pho in America won't taste quite as good now that we've had the real thing. And the ice cream is incredible (of course, it ought to taste good when it's so hot here!). Food bought from street stalls: fresh baguettes with cheese, pain au chocolat, nem sai gon and bun cha. Beef cooked on Roof Tile at the Ben Thanh market.
5. The tailor shops in Hoi An - high quality workmanship and so, so , so inexpensive to have clothes made
4. The exchange rate in our favor: pho for 50 cents. Heineken for 75 cents. Pain au chocolat for 30 cents. Baguette w/cheese for 35 cents.
3. Lucious and delicious fruit for breakfast that we knew (mango, melon, papaya, pineapple, longan) and that we never knew before (jackfruit, dragon fruit, ramboutan, chinese apples).
2. Our Hanoi "Breakfast of Champions": pho from a sidewalk stall early in the morning, seated in tiny plastic chairs next to schoolchildren
1. The people: their quiet dignity & friendliness toward foreigners. From Michelle's family whom we met for the first time to complete strangers - everyone has a story about America to tell...we never heard a negative word, except in the official propaganda films at some of the sites. The people are truly gracious.
10. Hanoi's Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake.
9. Warm or cold facecloths to start every meal.
8. Fresh fruit juices - all day long (with no ice, please).
7. Three words: Ana Mandara Resort (in Nha Trang).
6. Authentic Vietnamese food - even pho in America won't taste quite as good now that we've had the real thing. And the ice cream is incredible (of course, it ought to taste good when it's so hot here!). Food bought from street stalls: fresh baguettes with cheese, pain au chocolat, nem sai gon and bun cha. Beef cooked on Roof Tile at the Ben Thanh market.
5. The tailor shops in Hoi An - high quality workmanship and so, so , so inexpensive to have clothes made
4. The exchange rate in our favor: pho for 50 cents. Heineken for 75 cents. Pain au chocolat for 30 cents. Baguette w/cheese for 35 cents.
3. Lucious and delicious fruit for breakfast that we knew (mango, melon, papaya, pineapple, longan) and that we never knew before (jackfruit, dragon fruit, ramboutan, chinese apples).
2. Our Hanoi "Breakfast of Champions": pho from a sidewalk stall early in the morning, seated in tiny plastic chairs next to schoolchildren
1. The people: their quiet dignity & friendliness toward foreigners. From Michelle's family whom we met for the first time to complete strangers - everyone has a story about America to tell...we never heard a negative word, except in the official propaganda films at some of the sites. The people are truly gracious.
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