Taipei Day 1

My lord, it was an exhausting trip to Taiwan. We tried to get on the 6am United flight to San Francisco but it was full, so we headed to the 710am Frontier flight. We got on! We were more than delighted to both get a business class seat on UA831 San Francisco-Nagoya, Japan-Taipei, Taiwan. The first leg from San Francisco to Nagoya was just over 11 hours!

We are staying with James family, his Aunt Vicki, Uncle Mike, and Cousin John. After over 24 hours of travel that bed was like the best thing I have ever seen in my life. HELLO! I was exhausted. I took 2 Tylenol pm on the long flight but all it did was made me drowsy the rest of the voyage.

Our tour guide, John (and Ruth), have been most excellent. We ran an errand to the Eva Airways ticket office. We enjoyed some pineapple cake at the local bakery while we waited for Eva to reissue John’s ticket. We then headed to Nova, a four story computer superstore. James and I both bought memory cards for our cameras. OK, check this out 2.0GB for, are you ready for this, $17. In the states that same card goes for $200. We then headed to the underground mall and walked around trying to figure out which restaurant to eat at. The tour book said, and of course this is basic advice, to pick a restaurant with lots of patrons. We decided that we wanted noodles, so we familiarized ourselves with the Chinese character for noodle. We walked around the mall getting very excited every time we recognized the noodle symbol. So, what we were looking for was a crowded noodle joint. While we were walking around we found one of Taiwan’s famous fruit stands. Basically, you point at the fruit(s) you want and they blend and serve it to you. We had a pineapple, kiwi & apple blend. The lovely juice girl showed us where she eats her noodles. We ate there too. It was very good. The noodles are made right in front of you. We enjoyed a post noodle stroll through the streets of Taipei.

It is very very humid here. Our skin and hair feel good. Hope all is well back in the states. Blog to you all soon.