Woke up on Saturday and headed to the flower market in Taipei. Its like a big flea market, except for flowers of every kind. There’s also a artist market there but it’s mostly full of stuff you would find at craft fairs and not alot of unique art there.

We then had a large family dim sum lunch. It’s neat meeting relatives through marriage who don’t even speak the same language as you do. In the afternoon, we ventured to Taipei 101 which is really just a fancy mall. They have a great american bookstore there but I had to put off buying the books I wanted cause they were super pricey.
Jessica’s cousin took us to the Shilin Night Market, which is my favorite experience on the trip so far. There is a building there that is packed with food vendors and the heat and smells are often overwhelming. I was surprised by how much I liked the stinky tofu. But I couldn’t handle the Oyster Omelet.
The streets around the market are packed full of hip and young shops, and the streets were jammed with shoppers. Jess got a hat, and her cousins got all kinds of new clothes. We went home around 1100 pm, but the Market showed no signs of slowing down for the night.

Today, we got up and went to the Jade market, where Jess got a Jade bracelet, before heading to the end of the subway and the Ocean town of Danshui. Its alot like the night market, except at daytime and on the ocean. Ate a great lunch of cold noodles, and visited a temple, the Fish Ball museum(really weird), and a French/Chinese Bakery museum. Also had Turkish Ice cream, which was rather bad actually. Probably shouldn’t try Turkish items in Taiwan right?
Were back at the hotel now, taking a quick break before dinner, and maybe a movie tonight. Trip is almost half over. Seen alot, and have more to see. Love it.