J went to the lobby to wait for them.
Before 1.30am, they were at my door steps. Her kids were still wide awake. J told me that there were quite a few guests at the reception at this hour. He simply brought them up to our room without any problems at all.
Once in the room, all just jumped onto the bed to continue sleeping.
The breakfast was taiwanese style ie porridge with various dishes and pickles. There were self-toast bread with jam plus ham. We bought Lydia along for the breakfast. The rest went out for a simple breakfast. The 2 girls ate some porridge plus bread. I dont really like the porridge. Or I should say I dont have this habit of having porridge for breakfast. I would prefer rice for breakfast. The breakfast was at the 13th floor but the lift served till 12th floor. So we have to walk the stairs to 13th floor to have the breakfast.
As the weather forecast for the day was fair and warm, we thought we should do outdoor activities than indoor activities. The kids suggested going to Leo Foo instead of the planned Museums etc. I asked the reception about going to Leo Foo and was glad to know that this theme park closed on every Monday. The next option would be to go to Taipei International Floral Exposition.
The nearest MRT station to this Exposition is Yuan Shan. Like yesterday, the Exposition was already crowded with people. With the store value card (Easy Card), there was some discount to the entrance fee of NT400. We spent almost 2 hours queueing just to enter Expo Dome.
The weather was very warm as there were little clouds. Inside this Dome, there were lots of exhibits using various types of flowers. There were many exhibits on christmas theme. So the red christmas flowers were mainly used.
By the time we left this Dome, it was time for lunch. The queue for the bento was the longest. We joined the queue and bought 2 pork chop bento at NT50 each and 1 drumstick bento at NT75.
(Our lunch bento at Floral Exposition)The food was quite nice as we were quite hungry. After lunch, the queues for Taipei Story House, Expo Theater etc were just too long. The walk to Global Garden Area became long under the hot weather. In this area, different countries occupied various sites. Singapore occupied 2 sites but the exhibits were a great disappointment. Even the Hong Kong's, the familiar Clock Tower at Victoria Harbour and doiphins in Ocean Park were featured. For ours, not even a merlion or esplanade was shown. The weather became cloudy and thus cooler. We decided to go National Palace Museum. We took the MRT to Shilin. We wasted some time to find the bus stop to catch the bus to this Museum. By the time we reached the museum, it was 3pm+. The backdrop of this museum was mountains. We merely took some photos outside this museum before continuing our journey to Danshui station.
Once we reached Danshui, the weather was cooler and our walk to the pier was really relaxing. We took a ferry to Fishermen's Wharf at NT50 to watch the sunset. We were lucky to catch the sunset. We did not see the sun because the sky was cloudy. But we saw the colours of the clouds changed to orange.
(Sunset at Fishermen Wharf)
This scenary was beautiful. The walk on Valentine's Bridge whose lights were turned on when the sun set also gave us a nice feeling. We were quite hungry and took a bus (NT15) back to Danshui Station. The guide book recommended a walk at Danshui Old Street which was just next to the Station. We tried some local food such as sausages made from wild bore (3 for NT100), some baos which were like our wo tie (8 for NT35), fried squid at NT50 etc. Our stomachs were left filled by the time we left Danshui Station.
The nearest subway station to Shilin Night Market was Jian Tan Station. This night market is a few streets selling clothes, food, fruits, games etc. This was when we lost D's family. We ate mian xian (NT30), lamp soup (NT70) and fried noodles (NT60) with lamp for dinner before returning to the hotel.
D returned earlier and we were glad that everybody was back to the hotel safely.
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