Hanoi (Day 2)

Day 2 in Hanoi is in the books. We started out our day with the breakfast of champions - pho!  They serve it differently in the north, no fresh herbs on the side, just lime and those little red peppers. Good for flavor, but I was very careful not to eat one.

Grace enjoying her morning coffee.

"I'm going to have pho for breakfast every day."

Yes, it was de-lish!

After we ate, Grace was ready to hit the town. We headed out toward the lake, to the bank to exchange money. She was so excited that we became millionaires!! She converted some of her money and was ready to start shopping. She made some nice purchases - a backpack, 2 wallets, and a pearl headband. We picked up a few gifts and had a great lunch at Aubergine Café. We rushed through visited the Museum of Fine Arts and took a cyclo ride back to the hotel. Along the way, Grace suddenly realized that she had lost her flip flop. My thought was "don't panic, I have 100 pair back at the hotel". Anyway, here comes this man running up behind us waiving her flip flop. So funny.

Our friends, the Austrins, arrived today at 5:00. Grace was very excited to have some friends to hang out with. They were joined by Joanne and her son, Jeremi. Once they were settled in, we headed out to dinner at the New Day. I ordered my favorite Hanoi catfish, Chả Cá. It was prepared at my table and it was delicious and cheap, but I still love Little Saigon better.

 

After dinner, the ladies decided we needed a little retail therapy exercise, so we walked up to the lake and looked around at some of the shops. I bought some little donuts from a street vendor and we all tried them. We couldn't decide if they were not fresh or were supposed to be on the tough side. They were good either way.

We rode cyclos back to the hotel and turned in for the night. Tomorrow morning is an early start.


More tomorrow!


Thanks for reading. Love, Kathy