The skies are blue today, and the temperature is beginning to go back up, but the weatherman says a new rainy, cold front arrives tomorrow.
It was too sunny out for Irene to go for a walk, so I decided to try navigating to another Costco in the Taipei area.
There are three, one I’ve already been to and photographed, one that is so far out that it isn’t on my map of Taipei, and finally one out in Yung He that should be reasonable walking distance from the Jingan subway station.
GPS in hand and some Herb Alpert on the iPod, I headed out.
As you can see from the pictures, obviously I made it to the Costco, and there really isn’t much to tell.
It’s a Costco.
Luckily, the girl at the counter was able to figure out I wanted a hot dog for lunch, even though I tried in Chinese. (Irene tells me that “hot dog” is translated literally as the Chinese words for “hot” and “dog.”)
Mercifully, it had western-style sit down toilets.
Full on hot dogs that didn’t taste like Vienna sausages, I headed back to the subway station. This is an area of town that (A) I’d never been to before and (B) was pretty devoid of western influences, but I did run across one interesting thing:
KLG Fried Chicken
I’ve seen signs for these before, usually on the outskirts of Taipei, seen from a car or train window as we’re rushing out of town somewhere. In all my walking in the central part of Taipei, I’ve never once seen one, but today I found myself face-to-face with the Colonel’s chicken avatar.
Actually, the chicken looked pretty good, but I was full. Hopefully I can get back there before I leave and try it.
Michelle absolutely refused to put her shoes on without assitance this evening and therefore lost her chance to go to school tonight.
She was perfectly capable and happy to put her shoes on back home, but since she’s been here she’s playing helpless. Of course, grandma and grandpa always play along with her, but today she lost.