EDUCATION JOURNEY ☆幼児教育世界の旅☆ 

LOOKING for UNBELIAVABLE moments...and CHILDREN's SMILE.

Day 2 and 3

2010-11-17 | What's happening around the world

We woke up around 830 and went to the breakfast cafe next to the hotel. It was rainy again

They had the Taiwanese style and Western style breakfast. Toast, Scrambled eggs, (it was with onion... dont like) and bacon..   Actually i liked the Taiwanese style breakfast better- what they had was Porridge and other stuff to put on it. Some dried pork flakes, vegi pickles, and spicy sauce.. it was yum.

After having breakfast, we went back to our room and decided to go back to bed again since the check-out time was NOON and it was only half past 9!! We ended up sleeping till PAST Noon.... they had to call us and literally asked us to leave!!!hahaha

We took his bike again and DID IT MAKE ME TIRED.... my helmet is so small that it doesnt have the cover on my face, and the rain was literally splashing in my face...  RAIN + WIND, i was almost crying. 

When we arrived at his home--- a little monster welcomed us :)

 

Oden- She is less than a year old... the idol of the family

 

We had planned to go to Flower World expo- J, me, Sho, and Sarah went together It was really nice. Sarah is a goverment official and an alumini of TAIWAN UNIV!!!! That is like equivalent of TOKYO Univ. of Japan.. i heard.. anyways, it is the best univ. in Taiwan!! wow!!

It was really nice time there, but it is really, really crowded and its hude area... so we didnt see much I bought some gifts to bring back to JP, and J bought me a cute Mug  I was so happy ;) he spoiled me big time during this trip

 

We went to "Luna D'Italia" in Taipei city -Italian Restaurant J and I always go whenever we get a chance :) I love this place especially their bread with special sauce, and their pasta, pizza, everything is really good :) J used to work with the manager there, and he is really nice to treat us goodies everytime we go there

I had Bongole pasta (some clams) and J had Risotto- it was sooooooo yummy  If i lived in Taipei, i would go there every week!!!!! Literally!!!!!!!!!

That night, we went back home and played "Scrabble" with his sister Sherry who is still 16 years old (J is 12 years older than her so along with the puppy oden, the little sister is also the idol of the family!!!)

And she kicked my ass. She beat us by like 100 points.... i was so ashamed Im a freakin English teacher!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Next day, we met YOSHIKO for lunch :) we had some Taiwanese traditional food it was really really goooooood!!

 

 friend dumplings with meat, and stir fried eggplants, egg rolls with cucambers and meat- oheverything was really really delicious!!

we walked around and did some shoppingand more talking, walking, had some bubble tea It was so nice to see her after a long time!!!!! She is my frist friend I made in Taiwan and we met like twice a week when i lived there.

Not only we were language exchange partners, we became really good friends and we had a lot of experince together, and we wished we would be able to spend more and more time together- but since I couldnt be in Taiwan anymore, We hadnt talked and we werent sure what is going on with each others lives... so we were so glad to catch up finally!!!!!!!!

 

 

Yoshiko and Me in front of                                    J and me at the flower expo

                 Hankyu Department store

Then we went to Taipei 101- it was more than i expected, i loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I could see the clouds and strond wind made it even better   I looooooooved it! ( it was cold though)

 

TAIPEI 101!!! pretty!!!                                Its th view from the top observatory