I had plans to meet some dear old friends in Taipei, so first thing in the morning I got the bus to Taizhong station, then the local train to Xinwurih station to get the high speed train to Taipei and then on the MRT to get to Dongmen station where my hostel is located. I met the wonderful Michelle there and we went to Din Tai Fung for excellent soup dumplings (xiaolongbao) 😬 We were so hungry we ate them quite fast!

Michelle then took me to Huashan 1914 creative park which was a cool artsy area, and had a number of different art and cultural exhibitions on over the summer. There were some anime exhibitions, an expensive Miyazaki exhibition… Which one did we go to? Why, Where’s Wally of course! It was such fun!

 

We also went to an upside down house art exhibition still I’m Huashan 1914 which was fascinating, and the children inside seemed to enjoy it! We wandered around a bit more after that, going to some shopping malls, to Songshan Culture and Creative Park, Taipei City Hall area, bought some bread from Wu Pao Chun, and then bought pearl tea, not bubble tea, as someone after telling me that she didn’t like tea with small pearls, decided to buy tea with small pearls!

Finally we met up with Amanda who I also knew from university and went for Korean food together – so much food, so good!

 

Michelle went home as she does shift work and was so tired, so kind of her to meet me! Me and Amanda went for a nighttime walk around the centre of Taipei, walking to visit the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial and seeing some beautiful nighttime views of Taipei 101 (as well as Amanda’s office!).

So good to spend time with these girls, thank you both for taking time out of your busy lives to spend with me, and thank you for being so kind and generous! See you soon! ❤️