Getting a Taste of Taiwan

Lexie slept much better last night. We're kind of getting into a routine, but of course, it'll all be thrown off with the time difference once we get home. She's been constipated with the adjustment. Her nanny told us she pooped after every bottle, but so far, that only happened once. Luckily, prunes did the trick again today. Today we visited the Martyr's Shrine. We were able to be there when they had the changing of the guards. It was really interesting to stand by the guards because they are not able to move.
Then we drove to Yangminshan Park. It's Taipei's national park. It was fun to feed the koi fish. Just 30 cents for a tube of fish food that would probably cost a lot more in Hawaii. Gina and Vincent took us to a little resturant in the mountains. It was along this really narrow road. They have people flagging cars down to come into their restaurant.
We ate traditional Taiwanese food - steamed fish, wild mushrooms, fried tofu, stir fried boar, flowers, and fried ice cream. The food was delicious, especially the boar. The restaurant grows its own vegetables and the fish is caught from the lake in the mountains.


Then we went up the mountains to the sulfur springs. The weather went from hot and sunny to cold and foggy. The mist was really thick at the springs so we couldn't really see the view. It smelled like rotten eggs. In fact, there were some people trying to cook eggs in the boiling water on the ground.