Hanoi Day 2

Since learning all about the Confucius religion we were all pretty excited to walk through the Temple of Literature in Hanoi. It was Vietnams first university dated all the way back to 1070! We had a really good time walking through and reading all about the scholars and what they had to learn and why education became such a big part of the religion. Confucianism is heavily focused on education because traditionally your lineage determined your social class, but then Confucianism came along and it was a way for a family being born into a lower class to change their family names status in society. 

The boys were really fascinated by all the history and were just as excited as I was to learn more. 

This picture is a good representation of the streets in Hanoi! Crossing the street was pretty intense, no one stops for pedestrians and there are no crosswalks. You just take a trusting step off the sidewalk and hope that the drivers paying attention to you.

We walked quite a bit and got to see the famous train street where the train goes through the middle part of the city and all the shops around are right next to the train tracks! 

Training for a marathon while traveling for a full month is legit crazy. Unknown terrains, lots of traveling and trying to make time for it! Ran 8 miles around the square in downtown. The first 6 miles with brandon and then the last with Daxton. 

Mango and strawberry ice cream! A welcome relief after a lot of uneasy stomachs. 

Off on a sleeper bus to Sapa a 6 hour drive up north. The boys thought this was the coolest thing ever to be able to lay down and have their own cabin. Even though they ended up all in the same cabin for most of it anyway. They just truly love being together.