Today we celebrated our two year wedding anniversary and for the occasion we booked a couple’s package at the fanciest spa in town called “L’apothiquaire”. We were picked up from our hotel in a 60’s looking lavender car and taken to the French villa in district 3 where the spa is located. We spent 4.5 hours in a gorgeous setting getting body and foot massages, facials, mani/pedi and eating a wonderful meal by the pool. It was INCREDIBLE.

After the spa, we drove to Pham Ngu Lao, the backpacker area where we stayed six years ago. We spent about 20 minutes walking around and returned to our area in district 1 for some fun coffee and snack. After renting a motorbike, we drove to meet out friends: Trang and Khoi for dinner at Quan An Ngon. This time was so much better than the Hanoi experience since we had locals ordering for us and every dish was excellent. After dinner we met up with Bao and Audrey and enjoyed a cool beer in an outdoor setting, learning more about living and working in HCMC.

What a wonderful anniversary! We could not have chosen a more romantic and exciting setting.

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