Month: February 2019
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Former residence of Marshal Zhang 張學良, Taipei – part 3/3
This is the third post on our visit to the former residence of Marshal Zhang 少帥禪園 in Taipei. Part 1 is about the buildings. Part 2 tells the story of the famous resident. This post covers our lunch at the restaurant. Zhang Xueliang 張學良 who was under house arrest over a 40-year period lived here for a…
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Former residence of Marshal Zhang 張學良, Taipei – part 2/3
This is the second post on our visit to the former residence of Marshal Zhang 少帥禪園 located just outside of Taipei. Click here to read the first part. We booked a table for lunch at the restaurant which offered a very limited tasting menu. The restaurant is in what seems to be the main building…
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Former residence of Marshal Zhang 張學良, Taipei – part 1/3
Happy New Year of the Pig ! We visited Taiwan in November last year. It has been many years since we lasted visited this island. We only had time to see Taipei. Upon arrival, we checked into a spa hotel in Beitou 北投 in an area north of Taipei, which is famous for its volcanic…
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Random photos #376 – 385
These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). random photo #376 – dolphins…