Made it!

"Umbrellas 10% off if it's sunny, regular price if it's raining."

Our first meal!

Just a sliver of one of Taipei's markets

I made it to Taiwan!  It's gorgeous here!!!  There's green everywhere.  Trees and all sorts of plants fill the city and wrap around everything including the buildings.  I'm in the less luxurious part of Taipei, but it is way more beautiful and the people are incredibly nice and helpful, plus everything is cheap!

Random, but super interesting.  In Taiwan, having a career as a flight attendant is considered a "glamorous life."  Flight attendants are only women and are required to be unmarried with no children, stay under a certain weight and wear heals during the flight.  All of them are so beautiful and were all dolled up, most were even wearing fake eye lashes!  Although, while it's a glamorous life, the pay is not very good.

Anyway...  We arrived in Taipei at 6 AM and couldn't get into our rooms until 3 in the afternoon!  It has been a long day and I'm still unable to take a nap because I'm trying to hold off until bedtime so that I don't mess up my sleeping schedule.  We spent those long nine hours walking around Taipei and somewhat site seeing, but it was difficult to truly take anything in with how drained we were.  

The food here is delicious and fills you up for a long time!  We tried many dishes at a restaurant for lunch and I couldn't even tell you what any of it was... but it all tasted amazing.  At the market I bought  a fruit called litchi.  It looks like a strawberry but the skin is actually very rough and you peel it off and eat the inside (except for the pit!).  It's very sweet and sort of syrupy.

Tonight we are going to the night market to get some food and then headed back to our rooms to sleep!!!

I love and miss you,

Karlye