Taipei city with Joy

Today I have spent the whole afternoon with Yi-chen alias Joy. She's a friend of my friends from Olomouc in the Czech Republic. Yi is from Taiwan and has spent in Olomouc almost whole year and made there a lot of friends. She has been on her internship, teaching Chinese. And Yi has traveled almost whole Europe by herself! I would like to have also so much courage to travel around Asia too :-) She also knows a lot of words in Czech and use them a lot. I have been feeling a little bit like at home :-)
But mainly she has offered me the help during my first days in Taipei. She has been so nice to me whole afternoon, that I do not know, how have I deserved it. Yi has also brought me welcome gifts from Taipei. One of them was a piece of wedding cake - I have already eaten it and it tasted wonderful. The difference is, that it's salty pie and inside is something sweet, that taste like a sweet beans.

But from the beginning. In the morning, we have arranged a meeting in the middle of blue MRT (Taipei underground). I've challenged myself to go there on my own. I live about 40 minutes far from the final stop of blue MRT by bus. The MRT it's fine, because everything is in English. With the buses it's a little bit complicated. You can not read the travel plan. You only recognize the numbers, sit in the bus and just hope :-) On the other hand, when you enter the bus, you can hear from radio every future station in English and you can see the name of the next station in the bus. And from the outside, you see the first and final station also in English. It's good to know, because you can choose, which bus to take. And I did it! I was a little bit scared, because I had to transfer once. And after I've changed the bus we went on the highway and crossed some borders. I got panic. But then I have calm down, because the next station was the final stop of MRT :-) The borders was only dividing New Taipei from Taipei city.

Special food in Du Hsiao Yuech

We have met with Joy and decided to take a lunch. Joy has token me in to the famous restaurant in Taipei. The name of the restaurant is Du Hsiao Yuech. The food was delicious. I've ordered typical noodles with pork meat in the soup. Plus special egg in soy sauce. I've also seen a man, like he has cooked it. It was something like our spaghetti with garlic and some special spices in the soup. But whole this was without tomato or tomato sauce and cheese.And the egg? Looking weird, but tasted like an egg :-)

Joy has the same food like me :-)

Who has not tried does not know :-)

Later we went to shopping a little bit. We've seen some typical clothes or went to the biggest book shop in Taipei. There was so many people (like everywhere else) and later we've tried a local green tea in the Tenren. I've chosen a hot tea with milk. I've never thought it could be so good to mix milk and green tea. It has been :-) I've also tried Joy's tea. It was cold with ice cream from green tea. I'm starting to think, that there is nothing bad to drink or eat :-))

Later we have gone shopping again, I've gotten some tips, what to do and kind offer of accompaniment, if I'd like to go somewhere. I'll definitely use it! Everything went so quickly, that we have bought and eaten chicken pieces. and went home.

What a great drink!

The day has been so relaxed, full of great talking with Joy and full of new experience again. Sometimes I wish to stop the time and feel every moment even more. Looking forward to see you soon, Joy!

Our flat - the place, where we live - in Czech ;-)