Breakfast

I know the time...it's the day of the week that I forget

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November 16th 2010
I started the day with a breakfast of pho (pronounced fa) which is chicken soup with rice noodles, cilantro and lime. If I’m going to be in Vietnam, I want my stomach to be here as well as my head. We had a full day of walking around Hanoi – the Military Museum, the History Museum, the Ethnology Museum and the Hanoi Hilton. It was the basic “what you have to see” tour day during which ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more