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Nina visiting Taipei

14th to 20 September

The week started again right at cozy.

Monday : nothing ...

Tuesday : Susanne's (Austrian co-worker) yesterday's birthday with cake and champagne to celebrate.

Wednesday: After work on the search for 大 佳 河滨 公园 Dajia Riverside Park to jog, to finally once again to make some sport. Was actually the 2nd Time that I sought the, and this time I was standing in front of closed doors, looks for construction works. So I've finally given up then, to begin with sport.

Thursday : nothing ...

Friday :
weekend life goes off again :-). After work I hit myself with Nina, a classmate from my Linzer Chinese language course, which now also studied for 1 year in Tainan and I came to visit in Taipei. First, we went short in my apartment, then take the MRT to meet with Yi-Chiun and Irene, who had invited us for their farewell dinner at a Korean barbecue restaurant, along with Michelle, Anderson, Kelly, Dean and his girlfriend. Then we went into a decent tea shop to comfortably drink.

After a beer to warm it finally time to dedicate very "lively" Nina in the long-awaited by their Taipei nightlife. Location was the "Roxy 99", for the first time a slightly more westerly Club, one of which is equal to the Music noticed.

a funny, slightly tipsy gang:

War

least once in a really great night!

Saturday :
term lunch was called out of bed and throw it into the sightseeing program. Since I own only 1 time there had been there at night and I absolutely wanted to go during the day time, we first took the MRT to Danshui 淡水 , the northernmost and thus end-station of the MRT. First, we strolled the

老街 Lao Jie (old road), past a temple.

... then along the Danshui River 淡水河 that leads to the sea. On the way we discovered this piece of art in old bottles:

the Promenade - almost reminiscent of a walk along the Traunsee ...

Finally we reached the Fort San Domingo - or Chinese 红毛 城 Hongmao Cheng = Rothaar Castle, the continuity again from the occupation of Dutch is that apparently had red hair (红毛 = red hair). In between, the building also served as the headquarters of the British Consulate.

Inside, we see mainly antique furniture and other exhibition pieces: a Taiwanese cuisine - the round frame that you left you see used for damping as 包子 Baozi
Nina and her men ... :-)

two really nice :-) Taiwanesinnen

two really nice Austrian ;-) a really nice Taiwanese couple at the wedding photo shoot:-D

What I am really sorry that I have never managed to Taiwanese in their typical road - photograph "equipment". This equipment consists of things such as oven gloves, mouth mask, goes down to the chest, dressed wrong jacket, etc. All this is to both protect against exposing the skin to the sunshine and the dirt road. Here you see the foot-to-go-light version, unfortunately, only from behind for a rough idea:

On the way back down the hill we passed a famous doll museum, where traditional dolls are drawn from Chinese mythology. Here we were confronted with the absolute extreme of language misunderstanding the question of whether we can Chinese, we usually respond with yidiandian 一 点点 = a little bit. Of course I am already resigned to the fact that the speech tempo is then usually reduced but not yet. But the lady in this house a true verbiage flowed on the lips, without pause, without point and without a comma. Do have together, perhaps 1.032% understood, but in hindsight wars amusing.

thirsty from the heat later we bought tea at these fun tea-sellers:

Finally we went to the MRT back towards the center of the absolute must-have attractions, such as Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, with the best view of the Taipei 101:

There also maintain always a lot of Taiwanese people, whether young or old, spend their free time with various activities - kite flying, common prayer (?!), hip-hop dance groups, jogging ...

next duty point was again times the CKS Memorial Hall, where was held this evening a concert outside the main gate:

Next we went to the 龙 山寺 Longshan Temple:

And finally on the 华西夜市 Huaxi Night Market Snake Alley with the . This time we were even early enough to turn to witness the snake shows. However, we should make no photos. Understandable when one sees how cruel the approaching part. Since the snake hanging from a rope and alive to the length of cut. will then wait until the body bled completely and not be moved, which has taken in our case, at least 20 minutes.

a slightly different type of massage - you pay attention to the massage tool:

Then we went back to the apartment permanently. And hard to believe, but I had actually managed to make Nina so ready that she was no longer able to go away and to party. I had not expected. For this evening's birthday party Anderson was planned. He had booked a room in a motel and we at least 1100 NT (23 €) would have to pay fee, I had really long hesitated whether I should go there. I finally overcame me and made me but yet to 23:30, however, alone on the road to 永宁 Yongning, the terminus of the blue line, and therefore about 35 minutes from my apartment. Once there, I wanted to call Anderson to ask how I come to you, but none of the people was there, whose number I had reached. So I was totally alone for the first time at the output of the MRT back to the outskirts of Taipei, surrounded by all dark and the last MRI was also left already. Eventually, I reached but who and then I joined the already slightly tipsy party company.

And the decor was not bad: Karaoke, coffee, bar, swimming pool, sauna, bathroom and bedroom. Of course, the birthday boy had to jump in the pool, and Michelle as a true friend with the same: ending

Eventually the boozy celebration and at 7:00 we went to the first MRT back home.
As Nina on Sunday evening was already arranged for dinner, she left to have lunch my apartment while I was still asleep and took the bus back to Tainan. I spent the rest of the late afternoon while relaxing in the apartment and went back later to the night market for a snack. And

the anticipation of Monday was time great, because Monday we were in the work, new PCs, so it was due to installation and all Monday and Tuesday no work available in the office and on Wednesday I had taken leave to cozy a few days on a return visit with Nina to spend in Tainan and friends again and recalled the good time of my life to be.