The rest of my stay in Taipei was almost as eventful as the first few days. I found a local gym and went for a workout - and ended up hurting myself so badly that I still cannot straighten my left arm without hissing, and its been 5 days today. I did make an attempt to get downtown and see some things, but the weather and the million people on escalators and in metro stops put me off rather quickly, I was back in Keri's house under the blankets with beef-noodle for dinner within 2 hours.
Saturday we planned to sleep in - but due to the sledgehammer next door there was no chance of doing so after 7.30am - it was an early start. In the afternoon came the 3rd attempt to get downtown, we went to the Taipei 101 - but the weather was so shitty we didnt even go up to the tower, but instead, had some haag n dazs, coffee, lunch, and some (expensive) shopping done - god bless Armani and Lancome! ;) On the way home, we managed to make the 10 minute drive to last almost 2 hours, thanks to a crappy GPS, and were so relieved when we finally got home that, we opened a bottle of wine. And then another one. And then finished the leftovers from the night before.... and then it was 11pm, we still havent had any dinner so we went out. To a club. But of course! I had a great time!! :) Probably a lil more alcohol than should have had but didnt do anything outrageous; spoke to a 67yearold taxidriver who was trying to give us recommendations on which club/pub to go to; was amazed how quiet the city was on a Sat. eve; had some midnight sausage; and ended up in a bar that is for 20-year-old locals, with great music being presented by local, up and coming DJs. It was great. And then an American couple showed up next to us, which meant that some of the locals started buying shots (not sure about how these things work, but what I saw was: Americans next to us - and a minute later there were shots in front of me) - so we pulled the plug and ran home. And drank some more and talked until 5am. HA! I havent been up so late since last August. :D
The Saturday eve shanannigens resulted in no more trying to get anywhere - we were invited for lunch by a friend of Keri's family so we had to get up at noon and go and behave and eat (amazing dim sum) but after that, - we went back home, pulled out all the blankets from the 2 bedrooms, turned the TV on, got the icecream out of the fridge, ate beef noodles for dinner again, while it was just pouring outside...... What a great Sunday it was! :)
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