Hanoi

Here’s a bit of “normal ” stuff as we settle into Hanoi.

Here’s the rooftop bar at our hotel, but the important thing is that the road around the lake is closed to traffic on weekends. Because we arrived on Saturday morning it’s been lovely and quiet.

Now it’s Monday and we’re heading a bit further afield to sightsee, we’re beginning to understand Hanoi traffic – it’s crazy. Crossing roads is interesting …

Anyway, the highlight of Sunday was a walking tour of the Old Quarter, which was great. Melody is only 22 and runs her own business.

And being young and tech savvy (her not me) there was lots of stuff from her on WhatsApp. Main point of the tour was learning how to say cheers in Vietnamese and having a real-life practice at the end.

And then took her advice on a restaurant which, uniquely in our experience, only has one thing on the menu – essentially a fish stir-fry with a side of spring rolls. Again, fun.