Hue Stories


Hue Visit and Festival Perspective

This has been a most amazing visit. And while I'm quite worn out from all the meeting and greeting and visiting, I'm feeling very much like i just scratched the surface of what this town is all about. I realized today that in the whirlwind of activity, we never actually received a tour of the city so I don't have a good feel for the overall layout and...


Visits to Hue University, artist Le Duc Thanh

An official visit was scheduled this morning for me to meet with the Vice President of Hue University. We were escorted into another very formal meeting room with the ceremonial chairs placed purposefully around the perimeter of the room. These were big square wooden intricately carved chairs, with side tables strategically positioned between each two...


A leisurely afternoon and evening at the Festival

Thu and Vien took us in the city car out into the "countryside" which is only about 6km from the town center to visit a traditional village marketplace. The landscape changed rapidly from small urban to rural country. It never ceases to amaze me when you visit countries outside the United States how well they manage to utilize geographic space without...


Official Visits to Hue City Hall & Friendship Office

The Hue Friendship Office sent a car to the hotel at 8:15 this morning to pick Kelly and me up for the short ride to their office for our much anticipated "official" meeting. Le Van Ahn and three members of his staff presided over a conference table in their very stifling hot offices. The windows were flung wide open to try to make up for the lack of ...