TRAVELLIVE 07-2016
My grandfather often took me to school in the mornings when I was a little girl. We usually left earlier and stopped by a bakery near my school. He ordered cakes and milk for me while choosing a cup of black coffee with filter for him. When eating my food, I loved counting the drops of coffee falling down through the filter, wondering how they tasted. Once, when my grandfather was buying a magazine, I surreptitiously dipped a finger in the cup of coffee. Bitter! It was the first time I tasted it and couldn’t understand why the drink that many adults love was so bitter. That time I felt like I would never like coffee.
My grandfather often took me to school in the mornings when I was a little girl. We usually left earlier and stopped by a bakery near my school. He ordered cakes and milk for me while choosing a cup of black coffee with filter for him. When eating my food, I loved counting the drops of coffee falling down through the filter, wondering how they tasted. Once, when my grandfather was buying a magazine, I surreptitiously dipped a finger in the cup of coffee. Bitter! It was the first time I tasted it and couldn’t understand why the drink that many adults love was so bitter. That time I felt like I would never like coffee.
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La Räsidence, considered as the most beautiful villa in Vietnam, appeared on<br />
the cover page of the US issue of Architecture Digest in January 1998.<br />
Located in the lush green and tropical<br />
compound of La Räsidence, Villa La<br />
Rose homestay is decorated with<br />
contemporary art and spirit, yet<br />
its furniture showcases traditional<br />
elements of refined Vietnamese beauty.<br />
The living room on the 1 st floor opens<br />
up to a vast entertainment space<br />
and dining area with no partition.<br />
French glass windows allow natural<br />
light to enter from the lake front yard<br />
through the lush tropical garden with a<br />
swimming pool in the backyard.<br />
On the second and third floor are<br />
four bedrooms, two overlooking the<br />
tropical garden and two overlooking<br />
the West Lake promenade enhanced by<br />
beautiful flame trees. One of the suite<br />
is equipped with spa facilities where<br />
you can enjoy skin care, and massages<br />
with Vietnamese essential oils.<br />
Thanks to its airy space and refined<br />
interior decoration, the villa brings<br />
guests a memorable travel experience.<br />
Those who have chosen to home-stay<br />
there will never regret having made the<br />
choice of staying there instead of in a<br />
5-star hotel.<br />
After years of living abroad, Ms. Loan,<br />
with her great sense for aesthetics, has<br />
made Villa La Rose a beautiful home<br />
away from home in harmony with<br />
nature, offering a resort life style to<br />
the guests.<br />
When staying in Villa la Rose, guests<br />
are offered a peaceful haven away from<br />
the bustling activities of Hanoi’s busy<br />
town centre. Guests can truly enjoy a<br />
leisurely life mingled with the simple<br />
life of the Nghi Tam villagers. Ms.<br />
Loan makes it a tradition to welcome<br />
first visitors to Vietnam with delicious<br />
Vietnamese cuisine from the three<br />
regions of the country in her stunning<br />
dining room of Villa La Räsidence.<br />
Moreover, visiting Villa La Räsidence,<br />
guests feel at ease with the warm<br />
and welcoming atmosphere of this<br />
extraordinary work of art. The Red<br />
River Delta’s traditional ancestral<br />
hall-house with its ancestor’s altar;<br />
a French fire place with Asian<br />
decorative ornaments and blue and<br />
white Vietnamese plates from the 15 th<br />
century on its mantel, over 2000-yearold<br />
bronze drums, and Lalique crystal<br />
chandeliers will tell you the story of<br />
two cultures coexisting under the<br />
same roof.<br />
There are many homestays in Hanoi,<br />
but none of them is of such inspiring<br />
sophistication and convey in-depth<br />
knowledge about Vietnamese cultural<br />
aspects like Villa La Rose.<br />
VILLA LA ROSE / 158-160, Tu Hoa Str.,<br />
Tay Ho Dist., Hanoi / Tel: 04 3719 7371<br />
/ Website: journeys-to-the-east.com<br />
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