We hung out in Taipei on Saturday. It's a pretty crazy city. Plenty of stuff going on. The first place that we went once we got up was the Taipei 101. It currently is the tallest finished building in the world (there is a building in Dubai that is taller but it isn't finished yet). It was tall. When we went inside, the first few floors have a ton of different stores. What's interesting is that nothing is Asian. They are all Western style stores and they are not cheap. They are all upscale and it was weird because I never saw anybody inside of any of those stores.
The second place we visited was awesome. We went over to the Chiang Kai-shek memorial. The place was hoppin' that day. There are three large buildings and in the center is a large square. We were unaware of it when we went over, but there was a marching band competition going on. The place was packed. We were still able to head over to the monument and the museum. The monument was massive and it was awesome. It reminded me of the Lincoln memorial with an Asian flair. The museum was great as well with some pretty cool stuff inside. I liked some of the informational signs that they had because they definitely took a different perspective than what we talked about in my history classes.
After that we took the High Speed Rail from Taipei to Chiayi where my sister and all of the other teachers live. We ate a good dinner of a beef and noodle soup. After that we went out to a seafood restaurant and got a few beers. I also got to meet a few more of the teachers that stay here. We played two different card games that I had never played before, and I won each game on the first try. Yeah, I'm that good.
Thanks to Mangmang for the pictures of Chiang kai-shek memorial.
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