Monday of Week 2

Today we visited the President's Hall. It was a very cool building with lots of history of Taiwan, the past presidents of Taiwan, the architecture of the building, and many other cool things about the government of Taiwan. It was interesting to see how the Taiwanese people view the world through their history and how they view the American government. We then went to lunch at this cool dumpling place which most of us would agree with me in saying that they love dumplings. After lunch, we drove to a pottery place where we got to use a potter's wheel and make our own creation. We also got to paint mugs as well. After looking around the shops around the pottery place, we drove to a night market. The night market was certainly an experience. I have never seen so many people cramped into one place trying to buy or barter decently priced items. There was so much stuff to look at it was almost overwhelming. It was a great experience though to see what types of items people go crazy over and which ones people will try to talk to price down for. After a long day, we are finally back in the hotel. Tomorrow is suppose to be even busier!

I'll write again soon!
-Abby Vincent