What a place!

Vibrant, intoxicating, exotic.  All these words could be used to describe Hanoi, yet none of them seems completely adequate.  The place is rich and alive in ways that are difficult to capture.  We've had several intense days of meetings, walking about the city, great experiences with our fellow students, the sites (and sights) of the city, and the people that we've travelled to meet.  And as of mid-day Wednesday, we're just half through.  Among the cultural sites we've seen are the Ho Chi Minh Museum, the Temple of Literature (a monument of Confucian teaching), and the exterior of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

The photo is of the Stellae of the Doctors at the Temple of Literature.  More to come as we have time...

--John K