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….
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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…
