7/18 & 19 Itinerary - Taipei

This Saturday and Sunday we were in Taipei. We saw everything! It was super fun, but really tiring. I am so glad I got to see all that we did see. The program director Helen and her husband Michael played tour guide this weekend and fearlessly navigated the group of 12 all around Taipei.

7:40 am Meet at the train station

8:00 am High Speed rail departs, leaving Amy (still on MRT), Michael and Sunny (to wait)

9:30 am Arrive Taipei, wait for rest of the group

10:20 am MRT to Chang-Kei Check memorial

11:15 am Arrive memorial, changing of the guard

12:15 am Leave memorial

1:00 pm Explore train station looking for food – Hong Kong style food

2:00 pm Youth Hotel Owned by the government (very nice!)

3:00 pm leave for National Palace museum

6:30 pm leave museum in a bus, eat open flame hot pot (very hot, very yummy)

8:00 pm Oldest and largest Taipei night market

9:00 pm walk to hotel

10:00 pm showered and sound asleep

SUNDAY

8:00 am wake up dress

9:45 am leave hotel (15 mins behind schedule)

10:00 am MRT to Taipei 101

12:30 am leave Taipei 101 for Handicraft Mart

2:15 pm leave handicraft market

3:00 pm wander about the train station – find food

3:40 pm leave Taipei and eat on the train

5:30 pm arrive in Kaohsiung

At 6:30 pm host family takes us to dinner at a very nice Restaurant called Hansin's. It was Hong Kong style (see earlier entry) and we ate and ate and ate some more. So much food and so yummy! We tired a little of everything!