Can I learn more from a Sunday in Saigon than an entire semester at Iowa State? I woke up Sunday morning and walked out the cramped alley our guesthouse is jammed inside and saw streets bustling with activity. Maybe not bustling; Saigon is always bustling. Maybe... overflowing with riotous activity. The whole neighborhood turned into a giant market, and everyone showed up. Eating breakfast, chatting up acquaintances, hawking goods, buying from friends. I sat down with Rachel and a clutch of locals at the pho stand just out our alley for breakfast. Pho is a noodle soup, the noodle soup as far as Vietnam is concerned. Pho is the national dish, and it has as many varieties as can be imagined. Beef, chicken, fish, squid, pork, tofu, chili or no, would you like cilantro with that?
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