WHITE HOUSE VISIT: We unfortunately did not get to meet the President because he had prior engagements, but we took a tour and it was kind of rough. It was too hot, too long, too drawn out. Bless his heart the tour guide spoke three languages (Chinese, German, English), however he was really hard to understand.
CANADIANS: We ran into two Canadians on the road on our way back to Hotel Flowers. They were trying to work in Taiwan as native English speakers. We invited them to get Bubble Tea with us and to meet Charlie because we thought he could help them in some way. We had a brief discussion about the OLPC (one laptop per child) Harvard Case Study, and drank the tea. The Bubble Tea is definately unusual. It tastes like super sweet tea and has round chewy/gooey balls at the bottom you suck up through a wide straw. I could maybe get used to it if I drank it more often.
SHILIN NIGHT MARKET: Hanuel, Megan and I decided to go back to the night market to further explore. We did an excellent job navigating the MRT and we met a group of Americans from the University of South Carolina that were studying abroad in Taiwan for two weeks. How crazy! They were really nice and we talked with them for quite some time. One of the guys was actually from Arora, Ohio, close to my hometown- what a small world! Their hotel was next to the night market, so we went our separate ways. We had a blast at the night market because it wasn't too crowded and we just tried on clothes and bought stuff. The girls at the shops would say "Oh so pretty, so cute..." or "Discount, Discount. Only you, only you." They are all helpful though and want you to buy. After we missed the MRT closing at midnight, we decided to take a taxi and it ended up only being 150NT, which is maybe $4USD...really cheap!!
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