When we lived in Taipei for a few months, I learned where the stores and open markets were to be able to buy ingredients, then cook food that we were used to. It was fun to go out to restaurants about once a week (a lot of the local neighborhood establishments were inexpensive), but it […]
Stair Repeats on Elephant Mountain in Taipei
If you think stair repeats are boring, you haven’t done them on Elephant Mountain. You can find it to the east of Taipei, part of a system of trails on 4 mountains. And I’d be surprised if you want to or need to repeat anything. There are several access points to the trail. We approached from […]
Helpless Female Turns Right in Taipei
I wandered all around Taipei last week by myself. This worried my husband, but since I made it back every evening, he began to relax. I walked several miles around the hotel, down to the river and the fabric market, and regularly to the local Cold Stone Creamery…to practice ordering in Chinese! I made it […]
Helpless Female Fast Train Adventures on Taiwan High Speed Rail
Every time I get into a line that ends at a clerk surrounded by Chinese characters, I become acutely aware of a vast emptiness in my head. You know. The place waiting to be filled with Chinese vocabulary. The language barrier becomes painfully real and I feel I could be swallowed up by my own […]
Art Coffee is the English Language Name of a Restaurant in Taipei that Serves Good Food
Part of the challenge for me about eating in Taipei is finding food that both reflects the city and is appealing to me. Another challenge is simply finding the restaurants. There is certainly food to be found every few feet, but I can’t always tell what it is. The stands where the locals eat, and […]
