We started our day at the fish market, watching skilled women expertly “de-vein” eels and other sea life. Now this is how you get really fresh fish -- bring them home alive!
During our walking tour, we saw a lot of nice buildings and markets, but the most important thing we saw was the Reunification Palace. It was built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, which had housed the French Governors and, later, Vietnamese Presidents, until it was bombed in 1962. The new building was completed in 1966. It is probably most famous for the tank that crashed through the front gate in April 1975, at the end of the Vietnam war.
Underneath the palace are radio rooms, offices, and even bedrooms, in the safe, but dank and dreary, basement.
Upstairs, it is much more ornate.
But sadly, it was done in the 60s. To give you an idea, here is the game room. Ouch! The 60s will haunt us forever.
The roof has a helicopter pad, of course. That's one of ours, a Huey (UH-1).
And the lovely view from the roof.
Then we paid a visit to Notre Dame.
And finally had lunch late in the afternoon at a local noodle shop.
Thanks to my brother Tommy for the Title. (Is our father the only one that asked, "What does that have to do with the price of rice in Saigon?")
1 comment:
Oh, no. By the look of that decor, the 60's will haunt THEM forever.
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