Tag: taiwan
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Songyan cultural and creative park 松山文創園區, Taipei
We spent a few hours before sundown in the Songyan cultural and creative park 松山文創園區 in Taipei. A and F joined us. Starting our walk from the brand new Eslite Hotel right next to the Park, there was such a contrast of the new and old. Loved the hotel lobby which is designed to resemble…
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National Palace Museum, Taipei – 國立故宮博物院
We spent almost a full day at the National Palace Museum (NPM) – 國立故宮博物院 which is in a suburb of Taipei. Built in the architectural style of a Chinese palace, the NPM has four stories, ornamented with corbels and colorful green tiled-roofs with yellow ridges. A bit of history … On Oct. 10, 1925, the…
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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 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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Our trips 2018, part 1
Dear Readers, Happy 2019 ! It is a tradition on this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. We traveled more in 2018 than 2017, at least in terms of distance traveled. Chris had been to Hong Kong and Tokyo twice and went to the Middle East. Click…