Taipei Personalities (Part 2)

The next day, we went to the beach. It was beautiful and very refreshing when trying to adjust to Taiwan's temperature and humidity. It was also almost empty because apparently it was "too hot" to go to the beach, which makes no sense whatsoever to native New Englanders.

The water was much warmer than back home, not surprisingly.

After the beach, we headed back into Taipei and went straight to Taipei 101, the second tallest building in the world. Tom was very excited, I was not quite as gung ho, but up we went. So, yeah. It's really high and I felt kind of dizzy and nauseous but survived, so it all worked out okay. Afterwards, we celebrated still being alive with some delicious ice cream from Coldstone Creamery (you need a little touch of home every now and then, right?).

Taipei 101 is - you guessed it - 101 stories tall.  Those buildings way down there are other skyscrapers.

Then we made a not so quick stop at the Taiwan Handicraft Promotion Center for several authentic items, including some beautiful tea cups!

Our last stop was the Shilin night market. That stinky tofu will try to sneak up on you at these night markets, but you can spot it a mile away when it instantly activates your gag reflex. Once we found a slightly less "stinky tofu" scented corner, we had some yummy oyster omelets, fish balls, noodles, and iced black tea. We then walked around for a bit, did a little shopping, and said goodbye to Catherine and Jenny.

Tom and I then headed back to Taichung all by ourselves (eek!) and with only one wrong turn and needing to call Leighnae just one time, we made it back to St. James in one piece.

On Monday, we start summer camp, so we'll see how that goes! Wish us luck!