All of the "H" Cities

oh the places you'll go. oh the tombs you'll see!

Ok, I admit it. Time marches on and blogging falls by the wayside in favor of living life. Juliet and I spent some great days back in Hanoi, Hue and Hoi An (why always "h" cities???). Many tombs were visited, dresses were made and purchased and food was eaten. One of my favorite parts of travel is the warm gooey feeling you have inside when you have a really great time somewhere. Like, you try to explain why you liked a place so much (and you can't) and you try to remember all of the names of the bloody tombs that you visited (and you can't) and you try to describe the taste of the delicious delicacies (and you can't even remember if it was chicken or pork but you just remember it was good). Details blur but the feeling stays.

I loved the feeling of Vietnam.

when a normal room is unavailable obviously one checks into the honeymoon suite



read an article about these urns on the airplane on the way to hue. so we took photos with every one we saw! it became a bit of a "where's waldo?"....... oh look, an urn!
love the red and gold


view from the honeymoon suite


tomb
tomb
never have I seen Juliet more happy than when she was eating this persimmon

delicioustomb
the resemblance is uncanny (face only)
this is the Japanese Bridge
this is not the Japanese Bridge
Possibly our best meal in Vietnam. Our driver took us to his favorite Vietnamese pancake and crispy pork place.

I give Vietnam a high recommendation for the historical sites, delicious food and friendly people.... but mostly, I recommend the feeling.