So, I finished my first book in Vietnamese. Tên của quyển sách này là xách ba lô lên vá đi. It turned out – as I found out later – it was a best-seller in …
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Bát Tràng
We took the kids to Bát Tràng Chợ near Hanoi. It is THE market for pottery. Since the kids love riding the bus, we planned the trip by bus, plus it is quite a bargain …
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Since we are living in a “Japanese” area near its embassy, we had some Japanese lunch. We sat in the no-shoe area and slippers appeared in front of me all of a sudden; couldn’t even …
Continue readingHanoi – narrow streets
Some streets are quite narrow in Hanoi. In the old quarter, they are just wide enough for one adult to walk through, less than 1m in width. In our neighborhood, we found a nice shortcut …
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