And never let go.
I've been here over 3 months and I'm falling in love with Hanoi all over again. They were right, Hanoi is like a 17 year-old girl, shy, pretty, energetic, and always changing. I can stroll around on my bike or on foot all day long and never get bored. There are streets that I want to explode, there are small alleys that I want to know where they lead, there are stores that I want to see, food I want to try, coffee shops that I want to visit, moments that i want to capture. There are people I want to see, to hang out with, to go to breakfast very early in the morning with. I want to watch sunrise on Red river, I want to watch sunset on West lake, or simply just watch people pass by from the balcony of a coffee shop. Wanna go to flower market at 4am for once, and pick out the most beautiful flowers to bring home.
Sometimes, I had this sudden feeling about how beautiful hanoi was. It felt so great strolling around, and suddenly saw something that makes you stop and stare, and gasp "Oh pretty". It could be just a small house, a corner, a tree, or the new area with tall and fancy buildings. Me and my friend loved to go to the top floor of Horison hotel, and looked out the tiny window, and pointed "that's my house somewhere over there", "oh look now I know where this alley leads to". Doesn't matter if you're a busy office worker, a student, or an unemployed person like me, you will always fall in love with Hanoi in the same way. Hanoi and memories, wish I never had to leave.
