10/10

Taiwan is pretty awesome. Everyone (practically) here speaks English. Today was the 10/10 celebration, which is like a celebration of Taiwan freedom from communism (ish) . The morning stuff would have been exciting if we had been able to see anything, but we couldn't. But there were huge blow up pigs (for the year of the pig), which was pretty darn cool.

Then at four pm we were invited to the party that was held by the Foreign Affairs Committee (maybe?). We thought it might be pretty lame since it was a bunch of old people and we were kind of underdressed and awkward, and since Norm said that we probably wouldn't stay the whole time, but it was actually pretty awesome! The building and "backyard" we were in was awesome and there was free food and drinks everywhere. We talked to a few random foreigners, and one woman (who spoke fluent Chinese, English, and German) told us that we were lucky, because the entertaining we had seen weren't there the last few years. We saw acrobats and dancers and there was an orchestra and it was AWESOME.

Asia is pretty great. Tomorrow is our free day, and as lame as it is, I think I'm staying in to catch up on sleep, homework, and alone time (and I don't have more money to spend here). But we leave for Hong Kong on Friday, and I'm really excited. We probably won't be posting as much in either Hong Kong or China, just F.Y.I.

Taipei is an awesome city. It's either my favorite or second favorite (next to Kyoto) place so far. But I am definitely ready to head off to China.