We woke up late last Saturday and just went to visit National Palace Museum. We took our time during the morning so when we reached Shilin station, it was already lunch time. We decided then to eat first at a small pasta place near the station. I just have to say that Taiwan really gives BIG servings! Everything is so filling!
Anyway, the museum is still as gorgeous as I had remembered it (Sorry, the photo below doesn't include the main museum building). I think we must have spent 4 hours just looking at all the exhibit and visiting the nearby park.
A funny blooper that happened was when my sister almost fell onto the lap of a disabled person. The person was on a wheelchair, and my sister wasn't aware that there was someone behind her. When she stepped back a bit to view some museum exhibit, she lost her balance and grabbed hold of me. There was a long (really long) awkward struggle to get her towards me and away from the wheelchair. Hahaha! Good thing the person on the wheelchair was a good sport and just laughed it off. :DThere are two parks inside the museum grounds and we decided to roam around the nearer one. It has a pond with lots of gigantic carps that you can feed with fish food (NT$10 value for a big bag). We even saw two kids who fell into the pond because they were so intent on feeding the fish! Hahaha! (It wasn't so funny at that time, but it is now since I know they are safe. :-D)
After the museum, we went to the "Chinese Movie Culture City" which was apparently a theme park with sets for old movies. Looks like we've been looking through some outdated guides because this one looks like it has been closed for a long time already. >_< Sunday (August 30, 2009)
Jen decided to join us play tourist in Taipei for Sunday. We met at Yuanshan station and ate some spaghetti. Then we went ahead and visited the Confucius Temple and Bao'an Temple which were awesome placed to visit because there were few people there. :-D (Pictures to follow.)
We ran out of things to do so my sister suggested to visit Shin-Kong Mitsukoshi malls. The clothes there were nice and expensive so we just window-shopped a bit. We then discovered a foodcourt on the basement floor where we ate a very hearty early dinner. There was also a small grocery where my sister bought her pasalubongs. :-)
After that, we went back to the station and discovered that an underground (as in under the ground not illegal) bookstore street ran from one station to another. We spent our remaining time there until it was time to go home. :-)
There's no more time last Monday (August 31, 2009) for my sister to tour because her flight back to the Philippines was at 11:00 in the morning. She's now back to the Philippines, and I have moved into my room near Shida. :-)
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