Taipei 4/2011

As we prepared for Justin's rapidly approaching deployment, we decided to take some time for ourselves and take a trip. We searched around and picked Taipei, Taiwan. After only an hour and a half flight on China Airlines, we arrived in busy, bustling Taipei. It had a great mix of modern conveniences, shopping as well as touristy things, and temples. I think we made a good pick!

This is one of the temples right in the middle of Taipei. You can see a Buddhist monk knelt in prayer.

The scenery was absolutely gorgeous as well. This picture was taken in the park surrounding the Chiang Kai Chek memorial. It almostlooks fake!

It was crazy to see the amount of food everywhere. There were markets filled with lots of food on nearly every street (a lot of it unidentifiable!) I have no idea what this really is, but Justin was brave and tried it. Some kind of gelatin/lime drink.

I guess this is Taiwan's version of escargot?? We didn't try that!

We took an awesome Gondola ride over tons of tea farms to the top of a mountain where we were able to partake in a tea ceremony. Definitely a cultural experience I will never forget.

When we went in search of the Maukong gondola, we came across the Taipei zoo. From what I've seen so far, typically the zoos in asia are kind of sad but this one was amazing! Complete with pandas!

And last but not least, one big Buddha!

My derby player's card

Here is my player card for derby. As you can see, I decided to change my name. Introducing:

Babblin' Bruiser #7