Following up on our tour of the Museum, we had some time to get some pictures of the areas we went so I thought I might share a few. Here are some photos from inside.
Also, I mentioned that we had tea with several members of one of the local charity organizations. I have never been a huge tea person for various reasons but the tea here is so much better than that found in the US. Any way, here is a picture of the tea and snacks we had. Also, if you are a food buff like I am, this place has been nothing but heaven. There are so many foods that are extremely different from the US. I guess my next goal is to find a local cookbook in english.
Any way, Moving on... Later after we finished these activities we all went out and had lunch. I will post some of these pictures as well as the rest that you haven't seen on Facebook at some point when I get a chance. Ohh, I almost forgot, we learned to use the local subway and bus systems here in Taipei. The subway is fairly easy to use, but you had best be quick getting on and off at the correct stops. The subway is all color coded so it isn't hard to find out where you need to go and which one you need to transfer to. The bus system is a little harder, not to mention the bus rides are a little roughter on the body. Haha, and I thought that people in the US drove rough. Either way it has all still been a very good experience. Also, a lot of people around here drive motor scooters. You really don't see as many cars as you do scooters and public transit. Ohh yeah, here is a picture of us at lunch.
Later that afternoon we went to the Chinese history museum. I cannot recall the exact name. There was so much to see though. It had ton of chinese history heirlooms dating back from pre 1600 BC all the way up to the current era. It is amazing at some of the things there. Sadly though, we were not allowed to take pictures there. I did get some pictures of the outside of the building though. I am not really going to post any of those pictures on here but they will be availble on face book and I have them on my computer. I did however want to post this one picture because it was so neat. Lastly we went to the Ny market. It is a HUGE open area market that has just about everything that you can imagine. It is like a Huge flea market. After that we all went home and CRASHED!!! I think that everyone was dead tired including me, granted I think that the time difference and so forth has affected me less than most everyone else.
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