August 18
A story, something about Hanoi, was on the radio. I don’t remember anything about the story, because I immediately began re-living my few days in Hanoi and wanting to recommend to all – it’s a great city.
Like Lonely Planet says “The capital of Vietnam is a city of timeless grace, a grand old dame of Asia who is aging better than most of her contemporaries… Hanoi’s center today is a quixotic blend of Parisian grace and Asian pace, an architectural museum piece evolving in harmony with its history, rather than bulldozing through it like many of the region’s capitals.”