Mekong River Delta, Vietnam
Hội An, Vietnam
Natalie What? Patriot fans are not as zealous! Untrue!
Marge Brown Your experiences have been phenomenal.I could skip the rats but everything else makes me want to go there. This is surely a trip you will never forget.
Leanne You keep taking me right back. I wonder if you vegetarian meal was in the same cafe/restaurant we frequented there
Hanoi, Vietnam
Sherri Sirotzky Lori, your trip sounds great. I am going to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia this summer. Would you be able to share the name of the tour company that you used for Vietnam? I love reading your stories/adventures and am glad that you are having a great time in Asia.
Leanne We loved Hue and HoiAn. We went to the Hanoi Hilton and it was very interesting. They totally played down how brutal it was and said the name was a friendly joke. Sure, sure. The difference between north and south in attitudes is quite profound. In the south, the museums show all the brutality. Its an horrific history. As confronting and tragic as Cambodia's. I did a street photography photo tour and I learnt the strategy is apparantly to "ask" (mime helps, or learn the word for photo) if you can take the photo. Then after you take the photo, show them and ask "beautiful, yes?" In vietnamese. I'm still too chicken to do if
Pat Lori, I can tell you travel on your stomach, like we do. Food is so fascinating in foreign countries. Maybe next visit you will do away with the tour concept and just take the local bus to... where ever. I am sure good food will be available
Kadoorie Hill, Hong Kong
julie Nash I want to go to that fishing village. It all sounds amazing. Your pics will really bring it all to life - but plenty of time for that when you're back in regular old Medford. Miss you, friend!
stacey handel love the Lucy reference
Science Park, Hong Kong
Stacey You asked.... What's the origin of the phrase 'Willy-Nilly'?..... "There are many spellings in early citations, which relate to the 'with or against your will' meaning of the phrase - 'wille we, nelle we', 'will he, nill he', 'will I, nill I', etc. The expression also appears later as 'nilly willy' or 'willing, nilling', or even, in a later humorous version 'william nilliam'. The early meaning of the word nill is key to this. In early English nill was the opposite of will a contraction of 'ne will'. That is, will meant to want to do something, nill meant to want to avoid it. So, combining the willy - 'I am willing' and nilly - 'I am unwilling' expresses the idea that it doesn't matter to me one way or the other. The Latin phrase 'nolens, volens' means the same thing, although it isn't clear whether the English version is a simple translation of that. The second, 'in an undecided, haphazard manner', meaning of willy-nilly arrives from the first. The changeable 'this way, then that way' imagery of willy-nilly behaviour fits with our current 'haphazard' meaning of the term. There's also a, now archaic, phrase 'hitty missy' that had a similar derivation. That comes from 'hit he, miss he'. The phrase dates back at least a millennium, with the earliest known version being the Old English text, Aelfric's Lives of Saints, circa 1000:" Careful what you ask :-)
Natalie I really feel like I am there!
Lori Oh, hi Linda, maybe? I'll definitely share photos at some point, and if you want to know more details, we can make a plan!
re: Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong River Delta
Linda Can you do a slide presentation of your trip?!!!im serious!
re: Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong River Delta
Leanne You keep taking me right back. I wonder if you vegetarian meal was in the same cafe/restaurant we frequented there
re: All the H’s (Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh City)
Marge Brown Your experiences have been phenomenal.I could skip the rats but everything else makes me want to go there. This is surely a trip you will never forget.
re: All the H’s (Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh City)
Natalie What? Patriot fans are not as zealous! Untrue!
re: All the H’s (Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh City)
Pat Lori, I can tell you travel on your stomach, like we do. Food is so fascinating in foreign countries. Maybe next visit you will do away with the tour concept and just take the local bus to... where ever. I am sure good food will be available
re: Hanoi and Ha Long
Natalie I love that you had a palm reading. It sounded pretty spot on!
re: Hong Kong, Tuesday and Wednesday
Leanne We loved Hue and HoiAn. We went to the Hanoi Hilton and it was very interesting. They totally played down how brutal it was and said the name was a friendly joke. Sure, sure. The difference between north and south in attitudes is quite profound. In the south, the museums show all the brutality. Its an horrific history. As confronting and tragic as Cambodia's. I did a street photography photo tour and I learnt the strategy is apparantly to "ask" (mime helps, or learn the word for photo) if you can take the photo. Then after you take the photo, show them and ask "beautiful, yes?" In vietnamese. I'm still too chicken to do if
re: Hanoi and Ha Long
Sherri Sirotzky Lori, your trip sounds great. I am going to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia this summer. Would you be able to share the name of the tour company that you used for Vietnam? I love reading your stories/adventures and am glad that you are having a great time in Asia.
re: Hanoi and Ha Long
Stacey You asked.... What's the origin of the phrase 'Willy-Nilly'?..... "There are many spellings in early citations, which relate to the 'with or against your will' meaning of the phrase - 'wille we, nelle we', 'will he, nill he', 'will I, nill I', etc. The expression also appears later as 'nilly willy' or 'willing, nilling', or even, in a later humorous version 'william nilliam'. The early meaning of the word nill is key to this. In early English nill was the opposite of will a contraction of 'ne will'. That is, will meant to want to do something, nill meant to want to avoid it. So, combining the willy - 'I am willing' and nilly - 'I am unwilling' expresses the idea that it doesn't matter to me one way or the other. The Latin phrase 'nolens, volens' means the same thing, although it isn't clear whether the English version is a simple translation of that. The second, 'in an undecided, haphazard manner', meaning of willy-nilly arrives from the first. The changeable 'this way, then that way' imagery of willy-nilly behaviour fits with our current 'haphazard' meaning of the term. There's also a, now archaic, phrase 'hitty missy' that had a similar derivation. That comes from 'hit he, miss he'. The phrase dates back at least a millennium, with the earliest known version being the Old English text, Aelfric's Lives of Saints, circa 1000:" Careful what you ask :-)
re: The Peak, the roach and Steve Madden
julie Nash I want to go to that fishing village. It all sounds amazing. Your pics will really bring it all to life - but plenty of time for that when you're back in regular old Medford. Miss you, friend!
re: Weekend adventures in Hong Kong
Lori Oh Leanne no problem Jordan’s a pro at everything already! And the food thing? Yeah.
re: Hong Kong, Tuesday and Wednesday
Leanne Sorry I forgot to tell you about the octopus card. I can totally relate to watching people eat with their mouths open
re: Hong Kong, Tuesday and Wednesday
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Linda Can you do a slide presentation of your trip?!!!im serious!
Lori Oh, hi Linda, maybe? I'll definitely share photos at some point, and if you want to know more details, we can make a plan!