How about a quick 2013 post with my standard promise to post more in the new year? 2013 was a busy year for me. I moved three times, started a new job, started learning a new language, and did a fair amount of studying. Moving to Vietnam was definitely the biggest event that happened, but…
Tag: Hanoi
Summer in Vietnam: My New Favorite Drink
I have discovered a new favorite-sugarcane juice! Small stalls began appearing around the city sometime in April, and while I first thought the idea of sugarcane juice sounded a bit odd, I decided to go for it while visiting Ho Chi Minh City and I’m glad I did! It’s sweet, but not too sweet, with…
Ooooh look what I made! This fountain is in the middle of a very busy traffic circle near Hoan Kiem Lake.
Temple visits
It’s been awhile since my last post. My apologies! I’ve been rather busy since I last updated, as Tet holiday ended and I started up work again. I also moved! I’ll post pictures as soon as I have everything unpacked and looking nice! The day after Tet, I visited two temples with my friend’s family….
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! Tết 2013
Vietnamese New Year, Tết, is Vietnam’s biggest and most important holiday, and Hanoi is all decked out for the occasion. The one on the left is the symbol of Hanoi. The timing of the holiday is based off of the Lunar Calendar, and as you may know, each year has an animal representing it. This…
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới 2013! (Happy New Year 2013!)
Hoan Kiem Lake
My apartment is approximately a five minute walk from one of Hanoi’s most famous lakes, Hoan Kiem, or The Lake of the Returned Sword. Legend has it that Emperor Le Loi, who was emperor of Vietnam in the mid 1400s, was boating on the lake one day when a turtle emerged from the water, caught…
Street Food: Chè
I can’t say I’ve tried out much street food since I’ve been here, and that’s partly because I’m a vegetarian and much of the street food has meat in it. It’s probably time to be more adventurous though! I have however, been introduced to the world of street food sweets. “Chè” refers to a kind…
Night Markets and Things I Don’t Need
So I first realized that I might have done this a few days ago, but today it’s been confirmed: I left my camera in the U.S. AWESOME. I only moved to another country over 8,000 miles away. Why not leave my camera? Aarg. That just means that you’ll have a few more days (weeks?) of…
I just spent 30 minutes on this post, but Tumblr decided to update itself in the middle of my writing so it didn’t get saved. Annoying. Anyway, it’s been a productive week, only helped by the fact that I’m awoken every morning at 8am(or earlier) by loudspeakers. My biggest accomplishment has definitely been learning to…
