We were up late- and finally hit the road about 11:00AM.  Breakfast in the apartment.  First we did a dry run walk to the kid’s language school, it is 10 minute straight walk.   Met a lovely couple with a 4 year old who live in our apartment.  The dad flies for China Air and they just moved to this part of the city.  They have lived here for 10 years and are heading back to Italy for the summer (well Dad has to work some).  They live in the lakes district North of Milan- our favorite part of Italy!  Their family summer home is on Lake Maggiore-

SUGO is only about 2 blocks away- it is HUGE.  Passed a Toyota dealership (with a 4 car show room) and a beautiful Mercedes dealership.  I’d read about a famous dumpling restaurant in Taipei that has a branch in the basement of this SUGO store.  It’s supposedly not as busy as the original branch- we still had a 70 min wait.  No problem- there was a huge department store to explore.

Mae and I went off on our own- she wanted to go to the book store- it was near the food court on the the top floor- she found her beloved bubble tea!

She was a happy camper.  Met the boys- they were trying out massage chairs:

Went down to have lunch- eating then making dumplings:

Super yummy!

Back to the apartment for a bit.  Kids wanted to go to a night market and there is a famous one in our area- Shirlin Night Market- it was only about 2 stops on the MRT (above ground train).  So we tried the train for the 1st time- SUPER easy.  The train ticket was .65USD one way.  Very cheap and convenient.

The night market was huge.  Criss crossing streets, ton’s of food vendors.  We ate our way across and around.  Have no idea where we were in there- it was fun.

We even found a Chinese foot massage spot- not as cheap as our usual Thai places but still fun!  Rob about died- his little lady was trying to tie him in a knot.  It was very funny.

Mae got some ice cream made with liquid nitrogen- crazy !

She loved it and said it was very creamy.  Back to the apartment as Max and Mae start school in the morning.  This is Rob’s last day with us- he heads back to reality tomorrow afternoon.  We will miss him!

Entrance to our apartment.  Even being in a very safe area there is a locked door at ground level- with a security guard sitting there every day.  Then 2 locked doors to get into our apartment.