Getting to Taipei

William was so excited to be flying ANA, a United partner airline.  Bummer was, his new 'silver card' for United came in the mail while we were gone.  

This new 767 had all the bells and whistles, including seat to seat messaging.  He so wanted to be seated away from me, so that he could text me.  Problem was, it would stop my movie and make me look at it.  I didn't see the last 5 minutes of 'We Bought a Zoo.'  So, how does it end after they get the inspection cleared, and the rains stop?

William wants to be a pilot (and a truck driver) when he grows up.

We flew into Songshon (which is in the city), so we only needed to take the MRT to our hotel.

For $60 per night, we didn't expect much.  The linens were high count cotton, and nice.

We got 2 bottles of water per day.

And a TV to talk to...

The light came on in the closet when we opened the doors.

Basic bathroom, which was older, but they kept clean.

My friend, Jun-yi had recommended Kao Ching for a restaurant.  It was amazing!  We kept going back.   Here is my angel (notice the halo) using our point and speak book to ask, "We want to take it with us." Which they did gladly.  Too many left-overs!

The lady downstairs spoke excellent English, our waiter enough to get what we wanted when we ordered.

There are wonderful pictures with English explanations.

These are crab and egg.  William ate these every time we went.

These are pork in the middle, and steamed, but they heat them in an iron pan, so that the bottoms are crunchy.  OMG so incredibly good!

I saw these at the convenience stores.  Egg is a good protein, and I'm sure there's some sort of soy broth in these.  Just thought it was interesting.  And the convenience stores were 7-11, Family Mart, and other familiar ones like those we have in Japan!

It was a great first day in Taipei!