Last night with Great aunt Yumei

Our short impromptu sojourn in Taipei has been a wonderful addition to the sabbatical world tour. It was such a different experience hanging out not only with locals, but with relatives and the oldest living member of our extended family at that! Great aunt Yumei and Uncle Gu took us to see all sorts of things that we wouldn't have even thought to do without her.

Davy remembers most fondly the pineapple snacks (dried slices as well as shortcake) and also the Confucius temple. Meg was more partial to the Zoo - especially the Penguin House, where Great aunt was so kind as to pick up Qi-e and Joey Flipper souvenirs for the kids.

We will all move on from Taipei with good memories of fun adventures (thankfully vomit-free), lots of laughs, yummy hole-in-the-wall food joints (especially meigan梅乾 cai菜) and of course precious time with those special people called family, who care about us just for being us.Read more