I forgot to mention in my blog about day 8 in Taiwan that we discovered a Harrods store in one of the many department stores in Taipei. As you’ll see from the pictures though, it doesn’t really represent the grandeur of Harrods of Knightsbrigde in London.
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So, this is the day I learn about Taiwanese hair cuts. We headed off to to an Update salon (Update is a chain of hair salons in Taiwan), and in good fashion arrived just a little late. Baby talked a little with the people at the salon, and they had no problems finding me a [...]
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Some various pictures of pot stickers, Taiwanese pineapple cake, Tieh Kuan Yin (tea, really good one) and liquorice.
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These are some pictures from our trip to Tamshui on the 7th day, were we went to the fisherman’s wharf, took a boat ride back and shopped loads of chinese snacks and stuff. Later we had dinner at the Red Castle… simply amazing
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So, now I’m sitting at the Hong Kong airport, waiting for my flight to get ready for boarding. They just pulled up the airplane so I’m guessing they’ll start boarding in like half an hour or something, they’re loading he catering now. Leaving Taiwan is the hardest thing I’ve done in a long time. I [...]
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Some pictures from my sixth day in Taiwan; today I’ve been wandering around Taipei on my own, just enjoying the city. I’ve managed to get some nice food for myself, coffee (not a big success, even though I specifically asked for hot coffee I got ice cubes in it), I’ve gone shopping for some clothes and other stuff with great success, not even knowing the language. Now, I’m off to the shower, and then I’ll go out for some Ritz crackers.
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Naah, no reason in particular for the title, except this is about the fifth day on Formosa and I kinda thought it sounded a bit cool. A rainy day, so we decided to stay indoors for quite a while, listening to the rain outside. As you might have seen already in the pictures, chances are [...]
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Because of unforeseen events, I spent rather a lot of the day on my own as she had to see to her family. I went to the Chiang Kai-shek memorial hall, a massive building. If you should ever visit Taipei, then this is definitely one of the places you would wanna visit, simply for the [...]
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