(Saturday & Sunday 5/18/2013)
Well after 5 and a half months we finally got a chance to visit Melanie. We've been looking forward to it for a long time. Once we arrived at the bus station we looked around and discovered a mall inside the bus station where we have been several times. It is a little sad how unobservant we are.
Once we met up with Melanie she took us to drop off our luggage at the hostel.
Then she took us to a really good middle eastern restaurant, and then on a short tour of part of her campus-it was huge!
After the park we went to the national palace museum
from there we went to the dan shui to catch the sunset and walk around the shops there.
Once back at the hostel we started to figure out was a hostel really was. (We had never stayed in one before.) In addition to it having a shared bathroom, towels are not provided. You can rent one but by the time we arrived there in the evening, the girl at the front desk was no longer there. Fortunately we had packed a dish towel with Hannah's hair straightener which helped us dry off. We should have listened to the hitch hikers guide and always have a towel with you when you travel.:)
The next morning we met up with Melanie and some sisters from her hall and went to the one of the English congregations in Taipei. So nice to understand and to be able to talk freely with out worrying about translation :). The congregation was rather small only about 30 publishers they were the result of a split about a year ago. They announced a new publisher while we were there, it is so cool to see how Jehovah's organization is growing. The Congregation was made up of mostly Philippinos, it was interesting that the Watchtower study conductor introduced the paragraphs to be read and called on people in Tagolog. Also at the end of the meeting he made an announcement that if anyone needed help going to the markets or anywhere to just let the brothers know. He did this because there had been a recent incident between Taiwan and the Philippines and some Taiwanese people were taking out their frustration on the Phillipinos living in Taiwan. At the end of the announcement he pointed to the years text on the wall:
After talking with the friends for a while we went to lunch with Melanie at Sushi Express
Well after 5 and a half months we finally got a chance to visit Melanie. We've been looking forward to it for a long time. Once we arrived at the bus station we looked around and discovered a mall inside the bus station where we have been several times. It is a little sad how unobservant we are.
Once we met up with Melanie she took us to drop off our luggage at the hostel.
Then she took us to a really good middle eastern restaurant, and then on a short tour of part of her campus-it was huge!
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| There are an insane amount of bikes in Taipei. This shot doesn't even show half of the row in this one spot. |
After that we went to a garden which was beautiful and we got to feed some fish and walk around.
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| Huge fish we think it was a Koi fish but I don't know if they can get that big? |
from there we went to the dan shui to catch the sunset and walk around the shops there.
For dinner we ate PIZZA! At a very neat wood fired pizza place that was super cheesy and yummy!
Once back at the hostel we started to figure out was a hostel really was. (We had never stayed in one before.) In addition to it having a shared bathroom, towels are not provided. You can rent one but by the time we arrived there in the evening, the girl at the front desk was no longer there. Fortunately we had packed a dish towel with Hannah's hair straightener which helped us dry off. We should have listened to the hitch hikers guide and always have a towel with you when you travel.:)
The next morning we met up with Melanie and some sisters from her hall and went to the one of the English congregations in Taipei. So nice to understand and to be able to talk freely with out worrying about translation :). The congregation was rather small only about 30 publishers they were the result of a split about a year ago. They announced a new publisher while we were there, it is so cool to see how Jehovah's organization is growing. The Congregation was made up of mostly Philippinos, it was interesting that the Watchtower study conductor introduced the paragraphs to be read and called on people in Tagolog. Also at the end of the meeting he made an announcement that if anyone needed help going to the markets or anywhere to just let the brothers know. He did this because there had been a recent incident between Taiwan and the Philippines and some Taiwanese people were taking out their frustration on the Phillipinos living in Taiwan. At the end of the announcement he pointed to the years text on the wall:
“Be courageous and strong. . . . Jehovah your God is with you.”—Josh. 1:9.
It is so wonderful to see our brothers taking such good care of one another such a contrast from the rest of this wicked world.After talking with the friends for a while we went to lunch with Melanie at Sushi Express
After lunch we went to an old Taiwanese style mansion it was really interesting and cool to walk around.
Then we headed to the bus station said good bye to Melanie and got in line to buy our bus ticket back to Taichung. However apparently this was the weekend to visit Taipei from Taichung and the earliest avaliable ticket didn't leave for 2 hours so we went to the mall down stairs and enjoyed some dinner and a by one get one free at cold stone creamery :).
Sorry it has taken so long to post this it has been very busy lately!
Love Phil & Hannah
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