Today is my last day in Taiwan with the group! After this I
will be on my own! Def. scared and excited about this! =) But our last day we
get to meet and hang out with a group of Taiwanese students! The students
consist of 5 Taiwanese girls who are amazingly nice =)
They take us on their own tour of Taipei! We go to this old
district (Mango?) Where a movie I guess was shot =P We go see a bunch of very
odd art! Dinosaurs stuck to electrical sockets…wigs and dead pigs…gummy bear
shoes…paintings of ears…lol it was a unique experience! We were all dragging
though! Must not have gotten enough sleep last night! So we were all relieved
when we stopped in this little restaurant for lunch =) Really great food! And
the girls were very helpful in helping us order from a menu in all Chinese =P
Lunch really rejuvenated us and the sun was out finally!!!
Since this was our first clear day and well the group’s last we decide to head
over to Taipei101 again so Corie and I could go to the top! =D Everyone else
decided to hang around the mall not wanting to spend the 400 NTD to go to the
top but Corie and I couldn’t resist. So we (one of the Taiwanese girls decided
to join us =) Cola) head to the top! A super fast elevator ride later we are at
the top! The view was breathtaking! But my favorite part was the coral
carvings! The detail and expertise were astounding…so amazingly beautiful! I
wish I could have bought them all! And the jewelry shop had affordable Jade and
Coral jewelry! I was soooooooooo tempted! I wanted Corie to drag me out of
there before I caved! =P I am so glad we decided to go up I def. would have
regretted not seeing that site =)
We meet the rest of the grp down in the food court where
everyone is enjoying some coldstone ice cream =) We just sit there for like an
hour talking about the weirdest things and having a good time. We head out to
meet Dr. Chen for dinner…meandering through an outside mall area =) Stopping to
watch the street performers and enjoying the nice day…
Dinner was incredible!!! It was our going away dinner so Dr.
Chen went all out and took us to an extravagant all you can eat buffet! I can’t
even express how much awesome food there
was or how many times I went up for more =P Oh did I mention the free wine/beer
as well lol however I preferred the freshly squeezed grapefruit juice! Omg…just
so great. Anyways we also got a little crazy at the end and played a rock paper
scissors tournament at the end of dinner to see who had to eat the banana =P
lol! Very loud, crazy, and American it was very fun! =D Dr. Chen’s team lost by
the way =P But Jake and Brandon ate the banana for him lol
So that wraps up our last day in Taipei…the other kids leave
tomorrow at 4:30am! I’ll wake up to say goodbye to them but then its back in
bed for me =D
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