We got our wake up call at 7 am and realized that sleeping on the rock hard mattresses did nothing for our neck and backs. Even Gabriella had a stiff neck from the bed or pillow. Our hotel stay includes a breakfast buffet so that was the first stop of the day. The breakfast included a salad, yogurt drinks, dried cereal, an awesome espresso machine, toast, hard boiled eggs, breakfast meat and rice pudding. The breakfast was filling and we all arrived at the bus on time.
We drove out of the city to an aboriginal village in the mountains. We were treated to a show who’s first song was one by Enya. I had no idea Enya was a traditional aborigine. The show was beautiful and at the end we all got to go up and dance on stage with the performers. After the show we walked down to Aborigine Street, which was full of food stalls and places to buy traditional outfits and fabrics. After a long walk down the street we loaded into the bus and headed to lunch. Lunch was at a beautiful restaurant who’s speciality was cooking with Tea. Every dish we ate used tea in the cooking process. My favorite food was the greens, they were deliciously prepared and tasted even better when I added hot peppered soy sauce. After lunch we had a leisurely drive back into Taipei City. Once there we headed to Ladies Street. Now I know what your thinking but it turned out to be a shopping market. We traversed the streets and narrow alleys dodging scooters and looking for sales. I got a new hat and Gabriella got a few new sets of PJ’s. The deals were great and Gabriella got a chance to make some new friends at the playground. That night for dinner we went to another Night market. We ate our way through the market starting with some delicious fried rice, then an oyster omelet, some fresh squeezed apple juice, a tepanyaki meal and finally a mountain of shaved ice with chocolate ice cream and bananas. We were so stuffed on the way home all we could do was go to bed.
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