Our last full day in Taiwan, we went back to Yong He Dou Jiang for breakfast, because although we’d had some good morning meals, this was still the best. After breakfast, we went across the street to Zhong Shan park again, where we slid down the cement slides a few times, before making our way … More 12/8/2019 – Ye Ye’s Birthday Party
Since the point of this visit was to spend time with family, we didn’t make too many plans, and didn’t take too many trips into the city. However, we decided to take this opportunity to enjoy little things, stay local, and get a feel for what it would be like to live here. This consisted … More 12/6/2019 – A Day in the Life
On this day, my dad’s college buddy picked us up for a day trip to Yi Lan (宜蘭)county. Like Rao He night market, I hadn’t been here since I was 12, when my uncle (Val’s dad) took us on a trip to a children’s festival there. It was a rainy day, and we started off … More 12/5/2019 Yi Lan
We didn’t have anything big planned for the day, so we looked on Google Maps and the internet for quick excursions, and found Tong Hua park (桐花公園), a short cab ride away. Yes, we’d learned our lesson about blindly trusting Google Maps in Taiwan, but old habits die hard. While Google Maps is accurate about … More 12/4/2019 Tong Hua Park
We started the morning with some grandpa time, followed by another traditional breakfast, this time at 大學豆漿 （Da Xue Dou Jiang, College soy milk). It was in a nicer area of town, and therefore a bit pricier, and not quite as good as Yong He Dou Jiang, but it was still a cheap, savory, warm … More 12/3/2019 Nangang Park and Rao He Night Market
We’d given up on the cemetery by this point, but set out on the same path to make our way to San Ying Art Village and Ying Ge Old Street（鶯歌老街). After a long walk in the drizzle, punctuated by walking paths that ended randomly due to construction or bad directions from Google Maps, we discovered … More Ying Ge 12/2/2019
We started the morning with breakfast at the little eatery downstairs, in the same building as my parents condo. Surprisingly, there was even something to Vale’s liking, 蛋餅 (egg crepe). She’s a difficult eater, so it’s always exciting when she takes more than two bites of any food. We then proceeded with another attempt at … More San Xia 12/1/2019
Saturday morning, thanks to jet lag, Vale woke up well before the break of dawn, and Daddy took her out to play at a playground nearby around 3:00 a.m. They returned at a reasonable hour, and woke me up. We decided to go for a traditional Taiwanese breakfast at a popular soy milk chain, based … More Saturday 11/30/19 SanXia
We booked our flights to Taiwan for November 27, the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, and basically spent Thanksgiving day on the plane, because by the time we arrived in Taipei, with the time change, it was Friday morning the 29th. The flight was about what you would expect with a 2-year old. Vale was amused … More Taipei Thanksgiving Weekend
On November 25, we began another morning by taking a walk into San Xia old town. We’ve been here 3 or more times, but each time, we get here too early, before the actual old town area wakes up. Each time, we’ve ended up eating and shopping in the nearby street markets and food stalls, … More Relaxing Day in Old Town and Drinking Beers 11/25/18
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