French Influence - Vietnam
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The French ruled here from the mid 1800's until 1954.  By far the most people we met were touring from France.  There were also lots of French choices on menus.  Everywhere you turned the French/European touch was seen in architecture as well.

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Fresh fruit, French crepes, and Vietnamese coffee. It's as good as it looks...

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This French family was very nice. They shared lots of good info about travelling to India someday.

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Interesting art in a French cafe.

  

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French architecture. It may be narrow, because city taxes were based on street front width.

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Yannick and Virginie. We really hope our paths cross again.

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We stayed at the top of these 5 flights of circling stairs for most of our nights in Hanoi.

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Paris street or Hanoi street?

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Wall of the same French cafe.