Between the Old and the New - Hue
1-19-2011 Hue - the Imperial Capital There is a river outside a wall outside a river ouside a wall outside a smaller river and another wall....and, finally, an inner wall enclosing the Forbidden Palace. Such is the structure of the Citadel of Hue. The old Imperial Capital and the long-living residence of the Nuygen Dynasty. There are several gargantuan chalices weighing a couple tons each and filled with about as much water that symolize the might and abundance of the Dynasty. Though the Imperial family is long gone.....the chalices of Might remain on the grounds of the Citadel, near the main Imperial Palace. Man-made lakes and elegant rivers still grace the Imperial grounds, and I walk along them though the gray, drizzly melancholy of the cold that has reached here all the way from Hanoi. Perchance, I should just give up running from it. Resistance is futile... Outside of the Citadel walls, life is bustling in the typical for Vietnam hungry pace. The colourful rain-poncho scooter-...
