Our journey through the central region brought us north from Da Nang to Hue (pronounced hway), once the capital of Vietnam. The Imperial City is the main draw to visiting Hue, an expansive UNESCO World Heritage Site protected by walls and moats, facing the Perfume River to the south. Once home to the country’s emperors, the Nguyen dynasty founded Hue as the capital in 1802 by . Many buildings were destroyed during skirmishes with French forces in the 1940’s and the American War in the 1960’s. While many buildings have been painstakingly restored, the effect the war had on one of the country’s most historic places can still be felt…