Lundi 30 mars.
La première journée à Hanoï commence. Réveil à 7 H puis déjeuner à l’hôtel. D’abord nous partons en taxi pour notre première visite de la journée : le musée des Beaux-Arts. Petit tour d’horizon à la découverte des peintures, des gravures et des sculptures en complétant le carnet de voyage. Deux groupes nous ont présenté leurs exposés sur le bouddhisme et le taoïsme.
Ensuite nous nous sommes rendus au temple de la littérature, qui se situe juste à côté. Nous commençons la visite à l’aide de William et Noah, nos guides qui nous expliquent la signification de chacune des portes de l’édifice.
Les différentes cours sont comme des étapes dans l’apprentissage du savoir littéraire. Pourvu que cela nous porte chance dans la réussite de notre Brevet! Enfin nous partons manger dans un restaurant proche du temple. Apres ce délicieux repas vietnamien compose de rouleaux de printemps, de canard grille, de gâteaux à la crème, Adoundeth et Melvin nous ont présenté leur exposé sur Confucius. Quelle belle façon de commencer notre séjour a Hanoï!
Marius et Yvan.
The first day of our trip is starting. We woke up at 7am and had our delicious breakfast. First of all, Mr Gilles gave us money to pay for the taxis and then we arrived at the first monument { museum of Fine Arts } While we were in the museum, we had to complete our logbook with information. Then we walked to the Temple of Literature, it was near the museum. We had a guided tour by Noah and William who had to do a presentation about this temple. We were still filling our book with the information they were giving us.
At lunch time, we went to a beautiful restaurant that wasn’t far from the temple and we ate a lot to have a full stomach for the afternoon.And after our lunch, Adoundeth and Melvine did their presentation on Confucius. After that we headed to our next destination.
Ariane & Atsaliya
After lunch we went to the former jail of Hoa Lo where we discovered the terrible life of Vietnamese revolutionaries who were made prisoner by the French at the time of Indochina. They had to live in dark, dirty and tiny cells. They were tortured, beaten up and sometimes even beheaded. It was horrible and inhuman!
Then we walked to St Joseph’s cathedral, a landmark inspired by Notre-Dame in Paris. It was situated on a nice square but the building was quite dirty. Unfortunately we were not able to get in and see the relics of a Vietnamese saint because the cathedral was closed.
After that we went back to the hotel to begin the game of the 36 streets. We had to form groups of 4 or 6 and we were given the names of one or two streets we had to find in the Old Quarter. Each street got its name from the kind of goods that were sold. People were selling shoes in one street, umbrellas in another… It was exhausting !!
Finally we came back to the hotel, had one hour to relax and then went to a restaurant where we had delicious Vietnamese food.
After this busy day everyone is very tired and we are looking forward to going to bed.
Armelle, Luna and Pauline
