Some lou rou fan in Taipei
As much help as it was to be guided around Taipei by my uncles and cousins, it was cool to be able to explore the capital of Taiwan for a day on our own. You know the thing about traveling is that humanity is pretty much awesome everywhere around the world, and I'm not sure why some go through the trouble to say the people in a certain place are really friendly. People everywhere are friendly, and Taiwanese people are no exception. What I think is more telling when I travel is the reality that the world caters to Americans. There's just enough English to get you to where you want to go. Armed with the older version of google maps that still allowed you to download offline maps, and English names in the metro, we went around Taipei for a day for the best...
