Safe and Sound in Taipei

We are here, in Taipei. We made the journey with no drama.   However, the 13 hour flight from San Francisco to Taipei was a bit grueling.  This is what that long flight looks like on a woman of a certain age:

Morning coffee at Mr. Brown's, the only coffee shop we found that was open at 7 in the morning.

As Taylor and I struggled through jet lag on our first day, we kept our sights on our first meeting with Soup.  I worried he would have forgotten us and would take a while to warm up to us.  It didn't take long

The first meeting of grandpa and grand boy.

Soup was happy to show us his new skill of slithering around the floor in our apartment. He's a busy boy.

When we've had full recovery from the jet lag, and when we have cleaned the apartment, we'll begin our exploration of Taipei.

The Adventure Begins

Our bags are packed, we're ready to go.

This is more than our usual "one carry on" each. We made an exception to our rule so we could take a few items to the grand boy and his parents.

Good bye house

Good bye garden

We have great confidence that our journey will go without a hitch. We fly out of PDX at 9:30 pm on Monday night.  We arrive arrive in Taipei at 6 am on Wednesday morning. Since it's not typhoon season everything should go smoothly.  When we get there we will give our address to the taxi driver.  Yikes.  This is our new address.


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Our Airbnb hostess sent us these pictures of our apartment, with instructions to get the keys.

We should recognize our own front door because it it next to this book store.

This is our front door.  When we find the key, hidden in a secret place, we are to let ourselves in and take the elevator up to the third floor.

Here's our front door.

No matter what happens on the journey to Taipei, Solomon/Soup will make the trek worthwhile.

9 month birthday

More news to follow from the other side of the globe.

Morning Walk Destinations

National Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall






Lin Family Mansion and Garden

Dan hu Park

Final Snapshots of Taiwan

Even though we spent as much time as we possible could holding our grandson Solomon, aka Soup, Taylor and I loved exploring Taipei and areas north of the city.  We saw so much, that I find it impossible to write about it all.  Here are some of the memorable sights and experiences from our month in Taiwan.

The main attraction.

Moo, Baa, Lalala. "Don't make the scary goat sound."

Old MacDonald Had a Farm.

Meeting Paddington Bear.

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.

Big arms and kicks.

Small local temple.

Squid on a stick in Danshui.

Longshan Temple, where we heard monks and participants chanting.

I am the birthday boy - 3 months old.

Yulia, our Mandarin teacher.

Yulia

Shongshan Ciyou Temple - the biggest and the most extravagant.

Fortune telling stones.  You toss two at a time to get answers to your questions.

This fellow is one of many on the top of the roof at Songshan Temple - I took the photo from the 5th floor balcony.

Another treasure on the Shonghan roof.

Lunch with Chia's dad.  Two grandpas and a grandma.

Confucius at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.

Getting ready for a nap.

Our local trash lady.  After tidying up the street, she takes off her green vest and cap, and sits at the outdoor cafe for a cigarette and a snack.

Lin An Tai Historical House and Museum.

Lin House.

The garden at Lin House.

Goodbye Soup

September 29, 2015

We are supposed to be on the plane today, but because of the typhoon our flight has been cancelled.  We have an extra 12 hours in Taipei, and guess what?  Soup is coming over.  The typhoon gave us an extra day with our boy!

Here's how Taylor, Soup and I spent our day:

We hate to say goodbye, but we'll be back.

We love you, Soup.