tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63397633208404810952024-03-14T08:15:37.335+09:00Nutrition, Food, Travel and Moremy life as a dietitian and military wife living overseasMelindaRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523272874667790035noreply@blogger.comBlogger737125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339763320840481095.post-75833260568958165262015-12-28T20:10:00.002+09:002015-12-28T20:11:38.277+09:00Healthy Holiday Snacking <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm certain we all have different thoughts on what we do and don't like for snacking habits, but one thing we can probably all agree on is that it gets just a little more difficult when we have unpredictable schedules, like during the holiday season. Probably just the word "holiday" is enough to increase your anxiety level, much less toss in there the idea of eating those holiday favorites and not impacting any work you did all year to achieve or maintain a healthy weight. Not to mention any hopes you have for starting the new year off without any weight gain during the season. One way to stay on track is by including healthy snacks. I know, sounds like it could be counterproductive, but not if done with some forethought and planning.</div>
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First off, snacking can always be part of a healthy diet, but only if those snacks are carefully selected, and packed with nutrients. Sounds easy enough, but I know many are still hesitant to give snacking a chance. Any of the basic principles you can think of that make a healthy meal are also the basics that help with creating healthy snacks. So my big tip here is to focus on more than 1 food group. I always recommend aiming for at least 2 food groups, which can help increase the different vitamins and minerals you can get from those snacks.</div>
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Second, don't over do it. Snacks should complement your meals without exceeding your calorie needs. If you aren't snacking now but plan to add in snacks, remember that you need to cut back on your meals. Snacking is a pick me up between meals but doesn't work if those meals are really large and high in calories.</div>
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Third, prepackaged is great, but be wary of sodium. It's ok to love convenience. Having a snack that you can toss in your purse, bag, brief case, or glovebox, means easy access, but it also means an increased chance of too much sodium and even added sugar and fat. This doesn't mean avoid prepackaged snacks altogether, but it does mean you should choose wisely. Read labels and compare products. Even better would be to prepackage those snacks yourself. I personally like buying in bulk and dividing snack items up into my own reusable snack containers or baggies (those can be reusable too). Not only can this save on cost, but it can increase variety because you can mix up the ingredients, like dried fruit and nuts.</div>
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Let's get back to the holiday season snacking theme since we are in that week between Christmas and New Years. I know not everyone works from home like I do, but I can guess your schedules aren't 100% normal right now either. You might be on the go, stuck back at your desk after a more active week during Christmas (anyone else spend time walking all over a shopping mall?), or still stuck in a hyper-social state where you seem to be dining out 24/7 with friends and family. Whatever it may be, you may still find that snacks are a healthy way to keep you from overeating at meal times and help boost your intake of nutrients.</div>
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So what are my favorite healthy snack ideas? Easy! I have my regular go-to's like non-fat plain Greek yogurt with dried fruit (I usually add dried cranberries or chopped dried apricots), pretzel flats with almond butter or hummus, and roasted nuts mixed with dried fruit. Since it is holiday time there are a few others that become easy based on leftovers from holiday parties:</div>
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veggie sticks with hummus or guacamole, </div>
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fruit and cheese: there almost always seems to be a little left over from the holiday party fruit platter and the cheese and cracker platter,</div>
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and "left over" soup: yes, soup makes a great mid-day snack and bonus points if you can make this on your own with a low sodium broth, leftover veggies and proteins.</div>
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Whatever it is you choose, don't forget that snacks make an easy way to boost your fruit, veggie, fiber, and dairy intake (or some calcium alternative if you prefer), especially if you found those lacking in your holiday meals over the last few weeks. These are just some of my favorite holiday snacks. There's no reason to have to give up healthy eating and nutritious foods over the holiday break and this will help you start off 2016 on the right foot.</div>
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For more on great snacking ideas, check out these <a href="https://nuts.com/healthy-snacks" target="_blank">healthy snack ideas from Nuts.com</a>. And for all of my military spouse friends and readers, if you aren't already a fan of Nuts.com, consider checking them out (this is my own personal endorsement as I have been a long time fan and shopper on this website). I have always found this company to be very military friendly and accommodating of those of us living overseas (you know how it can be when you try to ship to an APO address!).</div>
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Happy Holidays everyone!</div>
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My mom, step-dad, and a couple they are friends with went on an awesome cruise that started in Tokyo, went around to near where I live in Aomori prefecture, and then on to Hokkaido, Russia, and a few stops in Alaska before ending in Vancouver. My sister came along with my parents and then stayed with me while they were on the cruise. The timing of their cruise worked out perfectly for the sakura viewing at Hirosaki castle. We drove up and picked them up at the port, headed to see Big Buddha in Aomori, and then drove down to Hirosaki.</div>
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The pictures really speak for themselves, but like most beautiful things in nature, these can't do it justice. It was a beautiful day. The park was packed with visitors. There were many good foods to choose from. </div>
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Here you can really get an idea of the large crowds.</div>
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I love to see the river covered in cherry blossom petals.</div>
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Here you can see what is known as hanami, or cherry blossom viewing, which is often done with a picnic.</div>
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Here I am with Ryan, sitting in the same spot we sat in to take a picture a couple of years back.</div>
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Since I have been to Tokyo so many times I ended up not taking many pictures while I was there with my family. They took pictures but I passed and instead was busy playing the role of tour guide. I wanted to really show them as much as possible during the few days they were visiting. We managed to fit in a lot and it was a great trip. Really glad they were able to make it over to Japan before we moved.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">QUESTIONS: Did you see the cherry blossoms this year? If you live away from family, how often do they come visit?</span></div>
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To say I am behind on my posts is an understatement. To start, I am well aware I am posting about winter when we are finishing up summer. Additionally, I don't live in Japan anymore! More on that to come!</div>
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I do have a few more posts left from things we did in our last few months in Japan, including my parents visit and a trip to see the cherry blossoms. But for now, these are my pictures of the incredibly fun time we had at the Iwate Snow festival back in February.</div>
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It's significantly smaller than Sapporo, but significantly closer, and we had never been before. It made sense to check it out. Below are the pictures of the snow sculptures for 2015.</div>
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As usually, plenty of festival food vendors.</div>
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Ryan said this meat was amazing!</div>
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I, on the other hand, stuck to vegetarian options and went with the custard filled pancake. Yum!</div>
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Although we didn't go for a sleigh ride, it certainly sounded like fun.</div>
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This was a show presenting the trains. Yes, I said trains! These are the different Shinkansens.</div>
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And they danced!</div>
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This part was very cool. Although I don't eat meat, I still took a peek inside. These are igloos that serve as a table for cooking your own meat and veggies.</div>
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Inside is a cooking source and table.</div>
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So cute!</div>
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At night this is lit up.</div>
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Some fun snow sculptures</div>
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This one was made from ice.</div>
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Koiwai is the name of the farm where this was held in Iwate Prefecture.</div>
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This was inside a snow maze, which was actually a lot of fun to walk through.</div>
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Another shot of the visitors enjoying the snow.</div>
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I enjoyed heading back inside for some warmth, only to cool down again with some fresh soft serve. This is a dairy farm.</div>
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In the distance you can see the mountain. It's a little hard to make out.</div>
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Before leaving we got a steamed potato with butter. It was excellent! In fact, we are still talking about how good this potato with butter was!</div>
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Just before we left it was starting to get dark so the lights started to come on.</div>
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One last view with Mt. Iwate in the distance.</div>
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It was definitely worth checking out. Although I am not a snow fan I will definitely miss the beautiful northern Japan winters. At least looking at them...not going out and driving in them!</div>
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<span style="color: red;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever been to a snow festival? When was the last time you built a snow man? Ever dined in an igloo?</span></div>
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Totally forgot to get this posted before, but I have a bunch more pictures of random food from around Tokyo during our Christmas trip down there. I guess it's a little but of Christmas in July!</div>
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Have you ever tried Siphon coffee? I know it's been popping up in the US but I am not sure how popular it is. The coffee is made in what resembles a high school chemistry lab.</div>
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One of the days in Tokyo we headed to Odaiba. I tried out this Korean seafood pancake at the food court in DiverCity, one of the malls out on Odaiba. It was pretty tasty!</div>
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While we were out at Odaiba we happened to catch a view of the Rainbow Bridge lit up. This was actually a bigger deal than it seems because it isn't always lit up and we've never been here at night and able to get a view. A lot of my friends have had the same experience. It's very pretty when the lights are on!</div>
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The skyline itself was also an amazing view.</div>
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One night we had dinner at <a href="http://www.spyros.biz/" target="_blank">Spyro's</a>, which is a Greek restaurant in Roppongi. We love Greek food and it isn't easy to find in Japan. I managed to locate a few options in Tokyo and we decided on this place.</div>
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Cute little place settings! Similar to having a chopstick rest, I guess.</div>
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I love Saganaki so I couldn't resist the urge!</div>
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Some mushrooms</div>
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Hummus</div>
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Obviously we went with the Greek salad!</div>
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We managed to find a <a href="http://www.lepainquotidien.jp/en/#.Va9ga-seVfY" target="_blank">Le Pain Quotidien</a>, which is a restaurant we have been to in New York City before. This happened to be Sunday brunch and the place was really busy.</div>
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I had these cute little toasts.</div>
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And this shrimp and avocado tartine. Yum! </div>
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The next stop was a real treat. I almost didn't stop because I thought the guy handing out flyers wanted us to go eat somewhere or go buy something. They were actually inviting us into a temple for freshly pounded mochi as part of the New Year celebration (it was just before Dec 31). This turned out to be really neat!</div>
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Here they are placing the mochi into some toppings. This way it isn't just eaten plain. You can see red beans on the left, black sesame in the middle, and then there is something else on the right (which I can't recall).</div>
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Green tea also.</div>
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Here is where the guys were pounding the mochi.</div>
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Here's a view of the temple where this was taking place.</div>
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So glad we ended up stopping in to check it out!</div>
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That wraps it up for our Christmas trip to Tokyo.</div>
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More posts from Japan coming up soon. I promise! I need to get a few more posted and plan to do this in the coming weeks since during that time we will also be moving! So sad but it is time to say good bye to Japan and embark on another adventure. Details coming soon!</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever tried mochi? Have you ever tried siphon coffee?</span></div>
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Valentine's Day ended up being a nice weekend getaway because it coincided with the long weekend for President's Day. We decided to head down to Sendai with a side trip to Zao to see Fox Village. Since we were already going to be in Sendai on Valentine's Day, I decided to make a reservation at one of the restaurants in the <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3453" target="_blank">Westin</a>. One reason I picked this restaurant was the view.</div>
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Not a bad place to sit and enjoy a glass of wine!</div>
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The menu was a pre-set holiday menu but since I made the reservation in advance I was able to tailor the menu with the manager in advance to better meet our food preferences (I don't eat meat).</div>
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The first course was a nice piece of salmon with a cream dip and what we believe was mustard.</div>
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Next was a seared fish dish served with anchovy ice cream. I tried it, and while it was interesting, it was just too salty to eat all of it. I believe the fish served here was Spanish mackerel.</div>
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Nice, fresh bread.</div>
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With some butter and olive oil.</div>
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The next dish was probably the best course of the evening. This is a salt-crusted fish cooked inside the salt covering. If you look closely you can make out the shape of the fish. The waitress explained this was a Japanese cooking technique. She used a knife and carved the fish out table side.</div>
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Then she sliced it and served it, showing us the beautiful layers stuffed inside. She even added the veggies and sauce right there at the table. There's spinach, saffron rice, and egg inside.</div>
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More bread, which we didn't need, but we tried it anyway.</div>
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Then came Ryan's steak.</div>
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And for me it was a piece of lobster. and a scallop.</div>
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Then came dessert. It was a citrus fruit, chocolate mousse, ginger ice cream, and some cotton candy garnish.</div>
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Well, you would think that was it, which of course was our assumption. We finished up our wine and as I started putting on my sweater the server came over and whispered to us that "the chocolate fondue will be coming out shortly". The WHAT??? A second dessert? Yes, Valentine's Day is so special that you get to have dessert twice. </div>
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Yum!</div>
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What a wonderful meal, great view, awesome service, and best off all, I got to enjoy this special night with my husband.</div>
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The next day Ryan and I headed to Zao to visit <a href="http://en.japantravel.com/view/zao-fox-village" target="_blank">Fox Village</a>. Ryan first spotted this on an article he came across on <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/" target="_blank">StumbleUpon</a>. The pictures of the foxes were just too cute to resist, so we started planning this trip. Of course we ended up here in February so it was covered in snow. The good news was that it wasn't too cold and it wasn't snowing at the time.</div>
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No clue what this guy was doing here, but it was a little funny so I decided to take a picture. </div>
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In the very front area after passing through the store there are some foxes attached with a collar to a leash on a porch.</div>
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After a quick look at the foxes right out front, Ryan and I entered the main area. It is a fenced in area where both people and foxes roam free. Very, very free! And lots and lots of foxes! I really liked that we had the chance to view the foxes out in the snow.</div>
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In case you were wondering, we did discover what the fox says. Let's just say, it is not pretty! Especially if you are the only female fox around and 15 or so males are surrounding you!</div>
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This area contained some houses too to provide shelter. Some were sleeping inside these.</div>
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This was definitely one of the cutest things we saw while there.</div>
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Also very, very cute!</div>
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Here is a group waiting for some hot dogs. Ryan and I went up into an enclosed and elevated structure so we could feed them the hot dog pieces we bought in the store. It was nice that they provided a place to feed them that was able to keep people and fox separated, which was definitely safer.</div>
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Here is a snow mound with some sleeping foxes.</div>
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So cute! Seriously, there was so much cute here that it wasn't funny!</div>
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Then we checked out some of the foxes in a separate caged area. I assume there was a good reason why they were separate, but I didn't see anything in English that indicated why.</div>
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Next up came petting time. They had one fox and visitors could get in line and take turns petting the fox, alongside a staff member. Not going to lie, this was pretty cool!</div>
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Next on the agenda was a trip up to see the Snow Monsters at Zao. Well that was the plan until part of the way up the road (known as Echoline) we were caught in what I suspect was a massive blizzard and discovered that the road was actually closed. As in, big metal gate and couldn't drive any higher. It was actually very scary since there was zero visibility and hairpin turns with the switchbacks on the mountain. We were practically driving using the GPS as a guide but it was too much when other traffic was coming down at us. Thankfully we made it back down safely and back to Sendai without any serious problems. The issue was that at ground level it was clear and not snowing so we had no way to know that part way up the mountain was a massive storm. To top it all off, there was a lot of wind and 5-6 foot snow walls, if not higher, so it was like riding through a snow canyon or wave. I was worried that it could cave in. But, we made it back! In order to de-stress and warm up we decided to go our for Indian food.</div>
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Yum, yum, yum! We actually had eaten here before and I managed to find the same place again accidentally, which worked out well.</div>
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I must say, that was a wonderful weekend getaway with an amazing meal and a very cute visit with furry little foxes.</div>
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<span style="color: purple;">QUESTIONS: How did you celebrate Valentine's Day? What was the last zoo you visited? Have you ever been in a free range zoo facility where you could be out in the open with the animals?</span></div>
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MelindaRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523272874667790035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339763320840481095.post-60047740892656261362015-06-08T21:40:00.002+09:002015-06-08T21:40:38.376+09:00Japan Bucket List Update...Final Months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">All I can say is that 4 years flew right by! Just a few more months and we are on to our next adventure. The last time I updated this list was over a year ago, back in March 2014. I know I didn't get to cross everything off my list, but 100 items is definitely a lot and I am just glad to see I have made it through at least 50 of them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. <strike>Take Survival Japanese</strike> (November 2011)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. <strike>Visit Tokyo</strike> (November 2011- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-in-tokyo-part-1.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.com/2011/12/tsukiji-fish-market-thanksgiving-in.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.com/2011/12/big-city-thanksgiving-in-tokyo-part-3.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. <strike>Visit Kyoto</strike> (September 2013- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/09/kyoto-time.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/09/geisha-seeking-and-amazing-kyoto-food.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. <strike>Visit Osaka</strike> (September 2013- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/09/osaka-sightseeing.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. <strike>Sapporo Snow Festival</strike> (February 2012- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/02/journey-to-sapporo-snow-festival-2012.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/02/snow-festival-trip-otaru-and-chocolate.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/02/viewing-sapporo-snow-festival.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/02/last-full-day-touring-sapporo.html" target="_blank">Part 4</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. <strike>Ride the Shinkansen</strike> (November 2011) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Go horse back riding- Sadly, I don't think this will happen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">8. Learn to ski- I wish we had just gone ahead and did this, but we didn't. Part of the problem was that this past winter was mild.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Learn to snow board- Same comments as #8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. <strike>Visit Hirosaki Castle for the Chrysanthemum Festival</strike> (November 2011- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.com/2011/12/hirosaki-castle-chrysanthemum-festival.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. <strike>Visit Hirosaki Castle for the Cherry Blossom Festival</strike> (May 2012- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/05/hirosaki-cherry-blossom-festival-2012.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>), Did it again in April 2015</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12. <strike>Aomori Nebuta Festival</strike> (August 2012- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/08/nebuta-festival.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>, August 2013- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/08/nebuta-festival-in-japan.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13. <strike>Make okonomiyaki</strike> (December 2011- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.com/2012/01/would-you-go-to-restaurant-where-you.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14. <strike>Try takoyaki</strike> (February 2012- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/02/viewing-sapporo-snow-festival.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15. <strike>Make my own sushi</strike> (December 2011- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.com/2012/01/sushi-cooking-class.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16. <strike>Take Beyond Survival Japanese</strike> (January 2012)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17. <strike>Buy a kimono</strike> (December 2011)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">18. Visit Oirase Gorge- We didn't hike the Gorge but we did make it out to the general </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">vicinity</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">19. <strike>Visit Big Buddha in Aomori</strike> (October 2011- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.com/2011/11/big-buddha-and-aomori.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">20. <strike>Visit Aomori Art Museum</strike> (April 2012- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/05/aomori-art-museum-and-tony-romas.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21. <strike>Visit Towada Art Museum</strike> (October 2011- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.com/2011/12/towada-city.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">22. Take a cruise on Lake Towada</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">23. See a snow monkey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24. <strike>Go snow shoeing</strike>- (December 2014- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2015/03/snowshoeing-adventure.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25. <strike>Take a trip to Thailand</strike> (June 2013- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/07/day-9-getting-acquainted-with-thailand.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/07/day-10-chiang-mai-temples.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/07/day-11-thailand-adventure-elephants.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/07/day-12-oh-phuket.html" target="_blank">Part 4</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/07/day-13-island-touring-and-fantasea-show.html" target="_blank">Part 5</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/07/day-14-phi-phi-islands-beach.html" target="_blank">Part 6</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/07/day-15-one-night-in-bangkok.html" target="_blank">Part 7</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/07/day-16-floating-markets-of-bangkok.html" target="_blank">Part 8</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26. <strike>Take a trip to Australia</strike> (September 2012- I have 18 posts from my roughly 3 weeks in Australia, so here is <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/09/day-1-2-travel-days-getting-to-australia.html" target="_blank">post 1</a> to get you started. The rest are easily located from there.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27. <strike>Climb Mt. Fuji</strike> (July 2012- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/07/i-climbed-mt-fuji.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">28. <strike>Go to an </strike></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"><strike>onsen</strike></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (October 2012- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/10/hakkoda-mountain-fall-hike.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29. <strike>Go to Tokyo Disney</strike> (July 2012- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/07/tokyo-disneyland.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30. <strike>See Tsukiji Market</strike> (November 2011- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.com/2011/12/tsukiji-fish-market-thanksgiving-in.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">31. <strike>Travel to South Korea</strike> (September 2013- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/09/hello-south-korea-hello-vegetarian.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/09/temples-palaces-and-more-in-seoul.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/09/sightseeing-gangnam-style-and-tasty.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/09/mt-seorak-south-koreaa-little-bit-of.html" target="_blank">Part 4</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/10/seoul-food-tour.html" target="_blank">Part 5</a>) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">32. Go to Universal Studios (in Osaka)- Missed out on this one too</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">33. <strike>Buy something with Hello Kitty on it</strike> (November 2011-Hello Kitty Hard Rock Shirt)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">34. <strike>Write a blog post during an earthquake (any idea what just happened! LOL)</strike> (December 2011)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">35. Visit Okinawa- Also another worthwhile adventure that just didn't happen, but at least my husband got a chance to go there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">36. <strike>Go to a Sumo tournament</strike>- (May 2014- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2014/06/day-1-2-tokyokabuki-and-sumo.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">37. <strike>Drive to Tokyo</strike>- Although we didn't drive ourselves, in April 2014 we went on a bus trip down to Tokyo so I had the chance to experience the drive all the way there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">38. <strike>Go to the beef and garlic festival</strike>- (October 2014-<a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2015/01/beef-and-garlic-festival.html" target="_blank"> Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">39. See the Ryusendo Caves- This is seriously the next thing on my to-do list for activities</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">40. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Volunteer for Tsunami/Earthquake relief (from 2011 Earthquake)</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (September 2012- Although no major active </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">efforts have been taking place, I was able to donate 1 hour of nutrition counseling to an auction where the proceeds went to directly support a community still rebuilding from the tsunami.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">41. Go to a Japanese baseball game</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">43. S<strike>ee Kabuki theater performance</strike>- (May 2014, same trip as Sumo- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2014/06/day-1-2-tokyokabuki-and-sumo.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">44. Travel to Hawaii</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">45. <strike>Take the ferry to Hokkaido</strike> (February 2012- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/02/journey-to-sapporo-snow-festival-2012.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">46. <strike>Try green tea ice cream</strike> (Can't recall a </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">specific date, but I have had it a few times now)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">47. <strike>Visit Sendai</strike> (May 2013- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/06/long-weekend-getaway-to-sendai-part-1.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/06/long-weekend-getaway-to-sendai-part-2.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48. Attend Shabbat services in Tokyo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">49. Go apple picking- Since we missed apple season we won't be able to do this before we leave</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50. <strike>Go cherry picking</strike>- (June 2014)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">51. <strike>Visit a Buddhist Temple</strike> (August 2011- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.com/2011/08/exploring-local-area.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">52. <strike>Visit a Shinto Shrine</strike> (August 2011- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.com/2011/08/exploring-hachinohe-squid-city.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">53. <strike>See the wild horses</strike>-( September 2014- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2015/01/shimokita-peninsula-and-wild-horses.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">54. <strike>Go to the Rokkasho Salmon Festival</strike> (September 2013- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2014/01/salmon-festival-and-happy-new-year.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">55. <strike>Drink sake</strike> (July 2012- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/08/ninja-dinner.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">56. <strike>Visit Tokyo National Museum</strike> (November 2011)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">57. Visit Hiroshima</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">58. Visit Kenji World- Too bad it closed down</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">59. <strike>Visit Morioka</strike> (March 2013- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/04/morioka-zoo-road-trip.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">60. Eat shabu shabu- Never found any with just seafood and vegetables</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">61. <strike>Visit Tokyo Tower</strike>- (May 2014, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2014/06/day-3-tokyo-sightseeing.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">62. <strike>Have a traditional vegetarian Buddhist meal</strike> (September 2013- <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/09/hello-south-korea-hello-vegetarian.html" target="_blank">South Korea</a>)</span></div>
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Buy fresh fish from a market- Visited a lot of markets, but never left with more than </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">taiyaki (fish shaped pancake filled with bean paste</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">64. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Buy an antique</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (January 2012)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">65. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Attend a tea ceremony</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (September 2013- </span><a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/09/kyoto-time.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">66. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Dine Japanese style (sitting on the floor)</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (January 2013- </span><a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/02/dining-japanese-style.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">, we've actually dined this way a few times)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">67. Go to a concert in Tokyo</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">68. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Learn to use chopsticks</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (August 2011-This was a tough one for me, but I have it mastered now!)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">69. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Use a Japanese toilet</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (August 2011-Squatty Potty!)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">70. Buy a heated toilet seat- We are still contemplating this!</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">71. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Go hiking</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (September 2012- </span><a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/10/hakkoda-mountain-fall-hike.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">72. Go camping</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">73. Visit Nagoya Castle</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">74. Visit Nagano</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">75. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Visit the Imperial Palace in Tokyo</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (July 2012-</span><a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/07/tokyo-temples-parks-and-treats.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">76. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Dine along Dotonbori</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (September 2013- </span><a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/09/osaka-craziness-dining-on-dotonbori.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">77. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Visit Ueno Zoo</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (July 2012- </span><a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/08/tokyo-ueno-zoo.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">78. Buy a Hard Rock shirt from all locations in Japan- I've come close, but the one in Narita closed after we moved here and I wasn't able to get to Osaka Universal Studios (I did get just Osaka) or Fukuoka. I did go to 4 out of 6 locations.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">79. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Visit a Japanese beer brewery</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (February 2012- </span><a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/02/journey-to-sapporo-snow-festival-2012.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">80. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Play a round of golf (all 18 holes!)</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (June 2012)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">81. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Drink apple wine</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (February 2012- </span><a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/02/valentines-day-dinner-and-tofu-on-stick.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">82. See a fire works display</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">83. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Swim in the ocean</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (July 2012)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">84. Visit Shipwreck Beach- Can you believe they cleared off all the ships?!?!? So we never went.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">85. Build a snow man</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">86. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Eat tofu on a stick</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (February 2012, </span><a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/02/valentines-day-dinner-and-tofu-on-stick.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">87. <strike>Visit the Tokyo Sky Tree observation desk</strike>- (April 2014, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2014/04/tokyo-getaway-day-1-tokyo-sky-tree.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">88. Visit Disney Sea</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">89. <strike>See a professional Taiko drum performance</strike>- (I will count the Yokohama based group that played on my mom's cruise ship the first night, so this was April 2015)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">90. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">See the deer in Nara</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (September 2013- </span><a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/09/nara-home-of-roaming-deer.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">91. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Visit Sensoji Temple</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (November 2011, </span><a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2011/11/thanksgiving-in-tokyo-part-1.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" target="_blank">click here</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">92. See a Noh theater performance</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">93. Go dolphin and whale watching</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">94. Check out Harajuku- (May 2015)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">95. Sing karaoke</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">96. Eat a sea urchin</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">97. <strike>Make a kanji painting</strike> (I did a </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">calligraphy</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> painting of my name in kanji, but I can't remember the date.)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">98. Learn how to spell my name in Japanese</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">99. </span><strike style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Ride the subway in Tokyo</strike><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"> (November 2011)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">100. Be a good ambassador</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">Well I have counted 65 so far! I am happy to say that even though we did not and will not get to all 100, there were many other amazing adventures and opportunities that we came across while here and those things were truly amazing. I have more posts to come. I am pretty behind on everything because I have been busy with work and school, but I hope to get caught up soon so that I may be able to more quickly share about our upcoming adventures. I don't think I mentioned this yet, but we are headed back to Europe. The big move isn't too far off, so stayed tuned for the rest of our Japan adventures followed by plenty more fun, travel, sightseeing, food, and culture.</span></span><br />
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One of the coolest things we did while in Tokyo last Christmas was learn how to make soba noodles. While I will never be an expert and I can't tell you all of the step by step details, I can share the pictures and tell you this was an awesome time. We did the basic class, for fun, at the <a href="http://soba.specialist.co.jp/" target="_blank">Tsukiji Soba Academy</a>.</div>
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Here I am with our sensei, Akila.</div>
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We started off making the dashi, which is a broth and base used for just about everything in Japanese cooking. One of the main ingredients in dashi is dried bonito.</div>
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As part of the cooking process we watched our instructor create a chemical reaction among the ingredients using a hot metal rod. Here you can see it over the open flame.</div>
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Here are some mushrooms that are being prepared to eat with our soba. We started off by learning to make all of the sauces and accompanying ingredients, then we watched him make noodles, and after eating lunch we learned how to make our own.</div>
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Here goes the metal rod!</div>
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Here the dry ingredients are being measured out for the soba noodles.</div>
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Mixing it all up with some liquid added.</div>
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Kneading</div>
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And here we have a Hershey Kiss!</div>
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But not for long, haha!</div>
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Then it was flattened.</div>
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And rolled out.</div>
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Bigger and bigger</div>
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Until it was at the right thickness to be cut.</div>
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Next it needed to be folded over a few times.</div>
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This is the special knife designed just for cutting soba noodles.</div>
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This board is used as part of the noodle cutting technique.</div>
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You cut it and then angle the board back and slide it a little. Hard to explain and even harder to do it correctly!</div>
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Look at him go!</div>
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Pretty impressive to watch him quickly cut all of these noodles.</div>
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Then it was time to prepare, serve, and eat lunch.</div>
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Radish for grating.</div>
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Getting the fresh wasabi ready.</div>
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Grating the wasabi fresh for our soba.</div>
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Wow, that's a lot of fresh wasabi!</div>
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Grated daikon, which is a Japanese radish.</div>
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Then it was time to cook the noodles.</div>
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Some of the ingredients for the soup.</div>
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Almost ready to enjoy these fresh soba noodles.</div>
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The meal as it was set down at the table for each of us. In the middle is soba for eating cold with a dipping sauce.</div>
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Lovely presentation of our hot soba dish.</div>
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And close up. Yum!</div>
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Scallop soup</div>
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And if that wasn't enough, we finished off the meal with matcha ice cream.</div>
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After lunch it was time for Ryan and I to try out making our own soba noodles. Since my hands were dirty pretty much the whole time there are no step by step photos and none of me in action. But that is ok because I was able to fully concentrate on making my noodles. And I have to admit, it was difficult, but I think mine turned out pretty well.</div>
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As did Ryan's!</div>
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What an awesome day! </div>
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If you are ever in Tokyo and looking to learn a little about food and cooking techniques, I highly recommend this class. It was just me and Ryan and well worth the time and money spent.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever made soba noodles? Have you ever made any type of pasta? What was the last cooking class you took? Have you ever taken a cooking class while on vacation?</span></div>
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It's nearly Spring, but life has been busy and I am only just getting to our Christmas trip down to Tokyo. Just in time for me to head back to Tokyo for vacation again (actually it will be my second time since Christmas...I can't stay away!). Ryan and I decided to go down for the long holiday weekend and see what Tokyo had to offer during Christmas. Japan is not a Christian country so Christmas isn't celebrated here in the same way it is celebrated in many countries. Everything is open. The biggest difference we noticed was that most restaurants offered special course menus and set menus for couples. Given our food preferences this may have been an issue, but the Japanese are so accommodating that contacting the restaurant in advance allowed us to custom create a course menu for each of us.</div>
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We started the evening with the Robot Show. Not kidding, I definitely said Robot Show. It isn't for everyone and I don't suggest this if you only have a short time in Tokyo and aren't a huge fan of strange things. For us, this was perfect. This was probably my 10th or so trip down there and we knew what to expect, so this was definitely on our list. All I can say is "WOW". There are no words to describe this show, so I won't even try. Below are some of the pictures to demonstrate the colors, costumes, and robots on display throughout this show.</div>
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Definitely a memorable experience!</div>
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After the show we headed just down the street to our favorite restaurant, <a href="http://www.vegedining.jp/kabuki/index.html" target="_blank">Yasaiya Dining</a>. Like I said, we preplanned the meal so we knew we would get foods that we both liked. I eat seafood and Ryan doesn't and he eats meat/poultry and I don't. This restaurant focuses on vegetables and those are a highlight, but they definitely serve meat so we wanted to make sure these were things we like. The meal started off with some fruit and vegetable juice, freshly made.</div>
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Here is my custom menu. They printed one out for every guest and then at the end of the night presented it to us with a photo of us placed inside.</div>
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Here is my starter salad. Yum!</div>
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While waiting for the next course we had the pleasure of watching the vegetables cook on the teppanyaki grill.</div>
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This is the smoked salmon tartare. </div>
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Ryan had French onion soup.</div>
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Since I couldn't have that they replaced it with a vegetable soup, which was very good.</div>
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Then I spotted my lobster. One thing I love is that when I ask for a change to a menu where there is beef as the choice, they always offer to replace this with lobster. I can't complain! I have also had giant tiger prawns been the substitution as well. </div>
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The veggies were finished cooking so they brought us the different salts that we could place on the grilled veggies.</div>
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Yum! So simple and they always taste so amazing!</div>
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Next up the chef began preparing my live abalone steak. I had never had abalone before so this was definitely an adventure. It definitely sounded better than the milt of true cod option (which I learned was not something I wanted to eat!).</div>
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It was presented very nicely and although a little chewier than I prefer, I did eat pretty much all of it. The flavor was very good.</div>
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Then came Ryan's steak, which he enjoyed.</div>
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Here is my lobster along with the veggies, waiting to be prepared.</div>
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The chef here is wonderful (we have eaten here before) and I love being able to sit at the grill and watch him prepare the food. Thankfully this time nothing got up and tried to run off the grill (<a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2011/12/big-city-thanksgiving-in-tokyo-part-3.html" target="_blank">yeah, that happened before</a>).</div>
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Here is the final presentation. </div>
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Yummy! I may have had a little bit to drink and was trying hard to get everything out of the shells, and I may have gone a little "Maryland style" (aka like it was a crab) which is by no means refined or very Japanese, but I think they were intrigued by the idea and the chef took what was left and cut it all out and regrilled some of it for me. I was not letting any of that lobster go to waste!</div>
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Then came some miso soup.</div>
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Amazingly delicious garlic rice. One of my favorites.</div>
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And finally the dessert...avocado, red beans and nuts tiramisu with a strawberry Santa.</div>
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What an amazing meal to end off a very fun evening! Definitely a memorable experience. I highly (and I can't stress that enough) recommend this restaurant. I also recommend the Robot Show if you were looking for something fun and different in Tokyo.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever celebrated Christmas away from home? What is your favorite Christmas dessert? Would you go see the Robot Show?</span></div>
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Back in December Ryan and I had the pleasure of joining a snowshoeing tour in Tsuta Bird Sanctuary in Towada National Park. Our guide was Simon, who is well known around the base community and an asset to all things "out the gate". He is also an expert on outdoor activities and knows the local areas well. I couldn't leave Japan without joining one of his tours and this was our last winter here so it was definitely now or never.</div>
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I wouldn't say snowshoeing was easier than expected, but it was definitely different from what I expected. And it was a lot more fun! Honestly, combining two of my least favorite things- hiking and snow (in all fairness as an adult I discovered I do like hiking, and I even did a <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2012/07/i-climbed-mt-fuji.html" target="_blank">serious hike</a>, but for those that knew me as a kid, I tried everything I could to never have to hike and I still frequently say I hate it...but I don't!), seemed like the worst idea ever. The good news is that, as I mentioned a moment ago, I actually enjoy hiking now, and on this particular day, the weather was amazing! I see now that this was a sign of winter to come. This winter has been very, very, very mild compared to what we are used to here.</div>
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Below are pictures that words can hardly describe, so I won't even try. The scenery was not just beautiful, but it was "real". The snow had recently fallen so the path was non-existent. Our leader used a hiking GPS device to follow a set path and then we followed in his tracks. We were the only ones out on the trail. Us and nature. That is why I felt like it was real. It was quiet. It was peaceful. It was perfect.</div>
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One of our first stops was at this lake. We took a few moments to get some pictures and just enjoy the scenery.</div>
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If I remember correctly there were 7 water areas to stop at along the way. This is another one of those.</div>
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Here I am enjoying the sun and snow as I trekked through the woods in northern Japan.</div>
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Never thought I would see myself smiling as I wandered through the woods in the snow!</div>
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And here I am on the go again.</div>
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At lunch time we stopped by another lake and sat down to eat in a little covered area nearby overlooking the water. Of course Ryan and I took a picture before sitting down to refuel.</div>
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Here I am after lunch...still smiling!</div>
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At the last lake of the hike we spotted swans. They are hard to see in this picture but they are out there in the middle. Wondering what birds consider this "south" for the winter? These are Siberian swans!</div>
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Luckily someone zoomed in enough to be able to see them up close. Very cool!</div>
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At the very end of the trail we came across this little cabin. </div>
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We also found the sign with the map. It's a loop. We just happened to start going in the opposite direction so this sign ended up at the end for us.</div>
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After the hike we all headed back to the base, but first we stopped by this stream to get some fresh spring water.</div>
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Here I am filling up my water bottle with some amazingly refreshing water.</div>
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Yum! And still smiling. Although maybe I was smiling because the next stop was a country bakery!</div>
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The perfect end to the perfect snowshoe hike.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever been snowshoeing? Do you do any winter sports? Have you ever drank water straight from a spring?</span></div>
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The next day we headed out to check out downtown Akita Center. Since it was raining we stuck to indoor museums. First up was the Kanto Festival Center. We didn't have the chance to visit Akita during their famous Kanto Festival so we thought this was the next best thing. This museum was so awesome!</div>
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Here is a display from inside the museum.</div>
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And here is another display, which depicts the lantern festival that is famous in this town. The size/weight of the lantern (which hold lit candles by the way) depends on the age of the male. The younger they are the smaller the pole with the lanterns.</div>
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The best part of this museum was that we got to actually try it out, minus the lit candles of course! This part was so much fun and I really appreciate that the staff was so accommodating and really wanted us to have this experience, even if it meant tracking down an employee that spoke some English just to help us out. It was fun and definitely a memorable experience. And no, this is not easy! And yes, this was heavy so I was surprised to know this would be the size for a child (maybe teen).</div>
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After the festival museum we headed down the street to Akarenga, which is an old brink building that doesn't look Japanese at all, and used to house the Akita Bank. You can see inside how it would have looked as a bank. Many things inside are still the original.</div>
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This is the original fireplace.</div>
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After the museums we decided to find lunch. The night before we passed by this restaurant called Pamplemousse, which looked really cute when we walked by. We didn't know what they served so we were pleasantly surprised when we walked in and found very quirky decor AND an English menu.</div>
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Talk about quirky, in a very good way...the bell to signal to the server that you were ready to order was a bike bell.</div>
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Ryan and I both ordered a drink because, well, they all sounded so wonderful that we couldn't imagine passing on these. Mine was amazing banana milk!</div>
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I don't need all of this to feel like I had a healthy and delicious meal but I can certainly appreciate the care that goes into running a restaurant like this and the food they are striving to provide to their guests.</div>
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Here is the menu. How cute?!?! And there you can see the banana milk that I ordered.</div>
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I absolutely love this menu and I love that it was also in English so I could fully appreciate it.</div>
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After seeing this menu I definitely knew I wanted to come back with my sister and so we are planning a trip there the next time she comes to visit me.</div>
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And of course I love this idea! This place was so cute and I am so glad we decided to eat there.</div>
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Now for the food...</div>
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I could't resist the cheese plate. It was yummy!</div>
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Ryan had a crazy version of a croque monsieur or something similar.</div>
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And yes, I totally did this! I could not resist and I didn't see any reason to skip out on trying this. It was definitely worth it! Of course I couldn't finish it all, but it was certainly fun trying!</div>
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We also went to an art museum but I don't have pictures of that because they didn't allow pictures to be taken inside.</div>
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The next day before we left we headed to Kubota Castle and the park where this is located in Akita. It was a short walk from the hotel. It was raining the day before so we avoided outdoor activities. Thankfully it was nicer that next day so we could check out the castle.</div>
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The park itself is pretty large and there is a lot of space to walk around.</div>
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The park had plenty of beautiful scenery and the weather was pretty good so it was nice to walk around, especially before we would be sitting in the car for a 4-5 hour drive.</div>
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I love this picture of one of the gates into the castle area.</div>
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As expected there was a shrine by the castle.</div>
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Lots of paper cranes! It's hard to tell but these are all origami paper cranes that are linked together.</div>
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Then we finally made it over to the castle tower. I am definitely glad we were able to see this castle before heading home.</div>
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We climbed all the way to the top so we could check out the awesome views. Way out in the distance from one of the sides we were able to see out to the water (on the west coast, looking towards Korea).</div>
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One last picture of the park. Really peaceful and serene. Not a lot of people were out. It was late November but the weather was actually warmer than I would have expected, which was nice.</div>
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That's all for our Thanksgiving mini-vacation. Akita was definitely a good choice and I am so glad we went.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever been to a lantern festival? How are your balancing skills? What is your favorite kind of pancake?</span></div>
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For Thanksgiving weekend we headed to Akita! It's about a 4 hour drive from where we live and on the complete opposite coast. We decided that with less than a year left in Japan we should take advantage and get out and sightsee as much as possible.</div>
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Although we stayed in the Akita City, we took a side trip to visit Lake Tazawa and Kakunodate, both within Akita prefecture and about an hour west of Akita City.</div>
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First up we stopped at <a href="http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/akita/tazawako.html" target="_blank">Lake Tazawa</a>, which is the deepest lake in Japan. This is a crater lake and has very clear water. Surprisingly not many people were around and it was like having the place to ourselves. The lake is absolutely beautiful and I could have stayed there all day looking at the mirror like surface of the lake.</div>
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At the point of the lake where we started there was this little shrine.</div>
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In the distance you can see the famous statue of Tatsuko. She is the lady of the famous legend about this lake. She was a princess and prayed to be preserved forever as a beautiful young woman. Instead she was turned into a dragon and sent to live in the bottom of the lake. She is forever remembered by this statue.</div>
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Here I am with Ryan at the lake. Beautiful scenery!</div>
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More shots of the very still lake and the impressive reflection on the surface.</div>
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Here is a close up of the Tatsuko statue. In many pictures I have seen online she is more underwater. The base of the statue and the rocks surrounding this are usually covered.</div>
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I love the way the clouds are pictured on the surface of the lake!</div>
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A little further around the lake was a large shrine with a torii gate overlooking the lake.</div>
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It's a slightly different view and the water at this end wasn't quite as still.</div>
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A little back from the road was the actual shrine associated with the torii gate.</div>
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After we finished at Lake Tazawa we headed to nearby Kakunodate, which is known for being a well preserved samurai village. This is the map that shows which buildings are open for tourists/which are museums.</div>
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Our first stop was for lunch. I had cold soba noodles and Ryan had curry.</div>
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After lunch we checked out one of the museums. These pictures show what homes and life looked like during this time period.</div>
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This was the well. It was covered over for safety reasons.</div>
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Here is the bucket that goes along with the well.</div>
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This is a kitchen. You can see where the pit is in the food for building a fire and the rope is where the pot could be hung for heating.</div>
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Then we went to another museum. This was a very large house with multiple structures that was owned by one a well known family. The houses on this street that weren't turned into museums were still being lived in. From what I understand many of the current residents are descendants of the original samurais that lived there.</div>
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This is the door into main house.</div>
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Inside the armory section of this house was a collection of weapons and traditional samurai dress.</div>
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There were also some kimonos on display.</div>
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And of course there was some art work displayed.</div>
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This was on display in one of the courtyards along the main street. Definitely interesting to look at!</div>
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Here are some shots from along the street. Those trees will bloom with cherry blossoms on the spring and line the streets in this old samurai village.</div>
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After we walked around Kakunodate for a little bit we headed back to Akita City to grab some dinner and walk around the main shopping area. I am definitely glad we went ahead and planned a visit to Lake Tazawa and Kakunodate!</div>
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<span style="color: red;">QUESTIONS: Have you heard of Akita (my guess is that you have heard of the dog breed)? Does your town have any local legends? Do you live near a lake? Have you ever visited a samurai village? </span></div>
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I know I have said this before, but I assure you eating was not the only thing I did while home in the States for a visit back in October. Food just happens to be the only thing of interest that I took pictures of while I was home. Hanging out with friends, doing homework, and shopping are not really photo-worthy events. Well the friends part maybe and I did get a few shots with friends, but I spent most of my time chatting and catching up.</div>
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My first stop during my 3 weeks home was to visit my grandparents in Florida. I decided that a long visit was overdue and Florida served as a great spot to relax while adjusting to the change in time zones before heading to a conference in Atlanta. I was right!</div>
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Dinner my first night (or the night of my first full day) was at a new restaurant my grandparents had recently come across called <a href="http://www.aladdinseatery.com/" target="_blank">Aladdin's Eatery</a>. They know I love Middle Eastern food so I was happy to go give it a try. It is a Lebanese restaurant with lots of my favorites on the menu.</div>
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They had a lot of good information on their beliefs on healthy foods and I liked that they had many vegetarian options.</div>
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I started off with some foul. It's one of my favorite Middle Eastern dishes and I used to eat it at the Egyptian restaurant I worked at while in high school and college. The last time I had it was in <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/07/day-11-thailand-adventure-elephants.html" target="_blank">Chiang Mai</a>. It was really good!</div>
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For my entree I had a falafel sandwich. I can never resist falafel!</div>
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It's in there. I promise!</div>
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For dessert my grandma and I shared a piece of coconut cake. Overall this was an excellent meal and I would definitely recommend this restaurant.</div>
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The next day we ate lunch at <a href="http://www.firstwatch.com/" target="_blank">First Watch</a>. It's a chain and I have eaten at other locations. They serve excellent breakfast and lunch. My grandma had this nice salad.</div>
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I went with the smoked salmon benedict, which is one of my favorite dishes.</div>
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Dinner was at one of my grandparents favorite restaurants. I love this place too! It's called <a href="http://www.greekislandstaverna.com/" target="_blank">Greek Islands Taverna</a>. I think I always get the same thing. My grandpa always orders for me and this is what I get. The fish is delicious!</div>
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It had been a really long time since I had rice pudding so I got some to share with my grandmother.</div>
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After Florida I headed to Atlanta for the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo. It's the largest food and nutrition conference held annually and is put together by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. I was really excited for the conference because I would get to see a lot of people that I only see once a year. I had a roommate this year but it was a different person than who I normally room with. This year I roomed with my friend and classmate Kim, whom I also roomed with back in last January when I was in Newark for class.</div>
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The first night I went to dinner with two of my most favorite dietitians. Aurora is a former intern of mine from back in Las Vegas and Vicky is the current president elect of the American Overseas Dietetic Association. Together we have so much fun! I had a great time at dinner. We went to Legal Seafood, which was just a short walk from the hotel we were staying in.</div>
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We started off with calamari. Delicious!</div>
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This was Aurora's dinner. All kinds of stuff!</div>
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I ended up with a seafood platter.</div>
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And Vicky had a fish dish, which appears to be buried underneath cheese!</div>
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Later that night I headed to the Hard Rock to buy a shirt.</div>
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On the way back Aurora and I found this cute bar and stopped in. It was set up like you were sitting on a southern porch and they had really cute rocking chairs. Plus the drinks were just too cute to pass up!</div>
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I ended up trying out the peach cobbler. Hey, I was in Atlanta, I couldn't pass this traditional dish up!</div>
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The next day I grabbed lunch at the hotel. I was really impressed with their build your own burger option. I went with grilled fish and topped with with a fried egg. The sweet potato fries were an excellent compliment!</div>
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The conference was excellent and I had a great time with all of my friends from AODA and other RDs I know from back home. I don't have a whole lot to write about the conference. It was a few months ago and I know so many RDs already provided excellent reviews of the conference and what they liked and didn't like. I didn't get to attend a lot of presentations this year because I was helping with the sessions that were put on by AODA or our members were speakers at. I was covering the Twitter account and Facebook account for AODA and so I was busy posting from those sessions. The rest of the time I was catching up with friends and spending time in the Expo checking out products that I have missed out on because I live overseas.</div>
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After Atlanta I headed up to Baltimore to see my family. My father took me out to a restaurant called <a href="http://www.pappascrabcakes.com/Main/index.asp" target="_blank">Pappas</a>. We went to their new location. They are actually very well known for amazing crab cakes in Baltimore.</div>
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The food was amazing! Absolutely amazing! The only downside was that they were recently open and still getting things figured out so the service was a bit slow. The restaurant was busy and I really can't blame them for the slow service. It was only a problem when I was cutting it close to teach that night online.</div>
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The next day I took my sister to brunch at one of our favorite restaurants,<a href="http://www.thefoodmarketbaltimore.com/" target="_blank"> Food Market</a>, in Hampden. As always, this was an amazing meal.</div>
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We started off with the pretzels and beer cheese fondue. Yum!</div>
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I had the smoked salmon benedict...I told you it's one of my favorites!</div>
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The last picture I have is from a dinner I went to with my family and some of my mom's friends. We went to <a href="http://www.suburbanhousedeli.com/" target="_blank">Suburban House</a> for some good old fashioned Jewish eats. Along with everything we ordered we also ended up with a platter of latkes brought over to the table on the house! So much food, but so good!</div>
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Back in early October we headed to Takko Town for their annual Beef and Garlic Festival. We hadn't been to this festival yet and it would be our last chance before moving later in 2015. Think of Takko Town as the Gilroy of Japan or at least the Tohoku region. Since I don't eat meat I didn't partake in the main event, but it was still fun to walk around and see the local goods and other festival foods available. We went with a larger group of people which was nice because then Ryan wasn't the only one eating beef.</div>
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The first thing we did was take our beef ticket to the counter to pick up the items for cooking. Below you can see everything that was given per ticket. I didn't have to pay for a ticket to the festival but if you wanted to eat the beef, you had to buy a ticket. I believe it was about $20. The hard part was finding an open grill! This festival was so busy and real estate was limited.</div>
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Each person got beef, garlic, sauce, veggies, and wet-wipes. The grills were already going and had lard on them for cooking grease. I ended up eating some plain veggies before everyone cooked theirs.</div>
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Our group used this end of one of the tables. You can see what it looked like as everyone was getting started.</div>
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Here is Ryan peeling his garlic. Then it was just cooked on the grill with the veggies.</div>
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Eventually everyone had the grill filled with beef and veggies.</div>
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Once everything was cooked everyone enjoyed their delicious beef and garlic. I don't have a picture of it, but I did enjoy some other foods. I even had grilled tofu on a stick!</div>
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Afterwards we headed to see the entertainment. Miss Gilroy was there and performed a ballet dance to "Let It Go". She's the girl in the white outfit.</div>
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There was also a garlic spitting contest. I know, sounds strange! Contestants were given a piece of garlic and they stood on the stage and spit it out into the grass. There was a line they had to pass with their "spit" and there were circles too. If it landed in the circle the person got a prize, like from Sports Authority or other local businesses. If it didn't land in the circle the person got a bag of garlic flavored potato chips.</div>
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Definitely glad we did this once. It was neat to see the local tradition and get some garlic to bring home. We have tons still!</div>
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MelindaRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523272874667790035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339763320840481095.post-30674932865798807312015-01-14T21:13:00.000+09:002015-01-14T21:13:00.147+09:00Shimokita Peninsula and the Wild Horses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are coming into our final year here in Japan (less than a year at the time of publishing) so I had started putting together a list of all my must-sees before we move on to our next adventure. The weekend after the trip out to the west coast to see the Takayama Inari shrine we got in the car and headed up north. All the way north! </div>
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We live in the northern region of the island of Honshu, and although we are pretty much as far north as you can go, there is still more land on this island that is further north. There are different areas (technically known as capes) on the Shimokita peninsula. We decided to start with Cape Shiriya on the eastern side of the peninsula so we could see the wild horses.</div>
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The horses are definitely wild, but more like free range than anything else. They are familiar enough with people that they do not run off if you try to pet them. They are have a large area to roam free in and plenty of wooded and secluded areas. There is a gate located at both ends of the road the goes around the northern end of the cape so the horses can't get out.</div>
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Below are my pictures of the horses. We drove through twice and on both passes we spotted groups of horses in different areas. They were beautiful! And a lot bigger than I had expected.</div>
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This is the northernmost spot on this side and is bordered by water. Lots of cliffs and beautiful coastline scenery.</div>
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Here is a map. You can see where we are in relation to the north easter tip of Honshu.</div>
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We even walked down to the water.</div>
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Here I am. Obviously this was a while ago because there is no way I could wear a tank top in the current weather! The road to the horses is also closed now for the winter.</div>
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Some birds hanging out on a rock in the ocean.</div>
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And then a storm started to roll in! You can see the rain in the distance. So we decided we better hurry up and check out the famous lighthouse before we needed to move on...quickly!</div>
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Love these horses!</div>
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With the storm rolling in and having seen multiple groups of horses we were content and ready to make the ~3 hour drive back home. It was definitely worth the drive!</div>
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<span style="color: purple;">QUESTION: Have you ever seen wild horses? Where did you go on your last road trip?</span></div>
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Although most Americans in the area know this place as 100 Torii Gates, the official name is Takayama Inari Shrine. It is on the west coast of Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan. We were extremely lucky on the day we went. The weather was perfect and the place was empty. In this case empty was perfect because it was so quiet that we were able to just enjoy the nature and tranquility. As you can see below we took tons of pictures.</div>
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Here is the entrance as we were driving up. This is a huge torii gate welcoming us. If you aren't familiar with torii gates these are traditional for Shinto shrines and a common symbol of Japan.</div>
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Once inside the parking area we found this horse statue. Behind it is the large torii gate entrance.</div>
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Couldn't resist taking a picture of the sign. And of course we did not take any pets home with us! We left everything in it's proper place.</div>
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To enter the shrine you must first ascend a decent flight of stairs.</div>
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Here is the main shrine area. The property is very large but this was the shrine at the top and was the largest we saw.</div>
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Then we climbed down the stairs on the other side and found ourselves in the most peaceful spot on earth. With no one else around and the sound of the frogs and other creatures, I can honestly say this was the most peaceful spot I have ever come across. It was like stepping into another word.</div>
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Hard to see, but I am out there on the bridge.</div>
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I bet you can see me much better now.</div>
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You can see why we call this place 100 Torii Gates.</div>
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Lots of lily pads. Of course where there are lily pads there are also tons of frogs!</div>
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Tons of torii gates!</div>
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This was a peaceful path and fun to walk along.</div>
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Can you spot the torii gates in the distance?</div>
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Here I am with Ryan.</div>
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Here I am hanging out as we made our way back to the starting point.</div>
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One more of me. I was walking slowly because I didn't want to leave!</div>
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Frogs all over the place!</div>
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After the shrine we went to a nearby mall where I spotted a bagel shop which made for a great lunch. We don't have any place that makes bagels near us...except when I make them at home. I love that they call the asiago cheese bagel a volcano bagel.</div>
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On the way home later that night we went into Aomori and found a new Italian restaurant. It was pretty good. Interesting concept. It had a salad bar and some other buffet items and then you could order pizza or pasta. And from what we gathered from the broken English conversation was that with our pasta we could also have pizza. So I think it was all you can eat buffet with one pizza and one pasta per person. Either way just the pasta was enough! It was a good end to a perfect day.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">QUESTIONS: Where is your most peaceful spot? Have you ever been to a Shinto shrine? When was the last time you had a public place to yourself?</span></div>
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On the final day of the conference I took my time walking from my hotel to the conference venue. It was a Sunday morning and it was quiet. The sun was warm. My commute took me through a cute residential area, then past some university building. Did I mention it was quiet?</div>
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Here are some pictures of the University campus.</div>
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The first session of the day that I attended was our AODA (American Overseas Dietetic Association) main session on the nutrition care process.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTpe866gVeLxKskRtcwKcM7hw_zhNi2B7uYGL066IHH2OtbVOnpdgqC2zZHbMgL9hDFuqwGqioth2fpg8CNJpjbecf3_eD4PNFRu-ZEoS4zwGmFSDgYunDBTqCtC2GmgU6L1ep705MKJl/s1600/P1040809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTpe866gVeLxKskRtcwKcM7hw_zhNi2B7uYGL066IHH2OtbVOnpdgqC2zZHbMgL9hDFuqwGqioth2fpg8CNJpjbecf3_eD4PNFRu-ZEoS4zwGmFSDgYunDBTqCtC2GmgU6L1ep705MKJl/s1600/P1040809.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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Camella Rising, former AODA President, served as our moderator (she is on the right).</div>
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And Naomi Trostler, current AODA Awards Chair, was our presenter. For an early morning session on the last day of a conference we had an excellent turn out! And Naomi gave a fabulous presentation!</div>
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After the conference ended some of us had a post-conference tour booked. Since I had already done most of the local tourist activities I picked the one that was a little further away and had not made it on my itinerary yet. Luckily my friends were just as interested in the tour as I was and ready to sign up with me. But before we left the conference center, we had to grab some lunch. There wasn't much on the menu at the cafe in the center I could eat but I was able to enjoy this lovely fruit salad.</div>
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Then we all piled into a van and headed for Sanxia, a little ways out of the city in what is known as New Taipei City.</div>
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This picture is hard to see but I had to take a picture of what proves to me my "now I've seen it all moment". Yes, this takes the cake. It is a dog and cat dialysis center! I suppose they need to get their treatments in too, but I can't imagine there are that many dogs and cats with kidney failure! When they told us at the conference that the biggest health issue in Taiwan was kidney disease I didn't realize that also extended to pets!</div>
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After about an hour ride we arrived in Sanxia. We passed this pretty temple on our way into the one of the main temples, the Zushi Temple.</div>
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As we had seen previously, these were very ornate with bright colors.</div>
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There were some markets going on outside of the temple area.</div>
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Of course food was a major highlight of the markets here.</div>
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After a (very) short walk we arrived at the Zushi Temple. Now, I have to say, I have seen my fair share of temples throughout Asia, some more spectacular than others, but this temple really blew me away. The detail was amazing and it had a vibe unlike others I had been too. I knew as soon as we walked through the entry way that this was going to be a highlight of my trip.</div>
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I took a ton of pictures. Some are just close ups of the intricate details in the wood and stone. The details were amazing and they are so well preserved. </div>
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Here is some of the beautiful stonework.</div>
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I loved these lanterns!</div>
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These were panels on the doors/windows.</div>
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Here is one of the roof structures. There was a second floor in this temple and it was accessible, which was nice.</div>
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There were tons of these around.</div>
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This is looking back out the front from inside the main courtyard.</div>
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You can get a glimpse of the second floor balcony.</div>
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Tons of beautiful dragons to look at.</div>
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Another area with a lantern. </div>
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This is looking down between two sections of the temple from the second floor.</div>
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The ceiling.</div>
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One of the upstairs rooms.</div>
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View of the front door from upstairs.</div>
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Here I am in the main courtyard.</div>
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And here I am just off to the side heading down one of the hallways to a back corner of the temple.</div>
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We spent a good bit of time walking around the temple and admiring the building and art inside. It was definitely worth the trip outside the city.</div>
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Afterwards we were taken for a walk around the area surrounding the temple. But first up was an interesting ice cream treat. The cone was like a croissant that was supposed to be like a bull horn shape.</div>
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A few of us were curious enough to try one. It was pretty good.</div>
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Here I am heading down the old walking street with my friend Cam.</div>
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It was a Sunday so it was busy in the shopping district and lots of activity going on. There were even street performers.</div>
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Our last stop was a pottery factory and store, but I didn't take pictures there. Sanxia is known for it's pottery. Yes, I bought something! Nothing too big, but I did get a nice piece that is currently sitting in my living room. After we made our purchases we were treated to some coffee and tea while sitting in the fancy showroom. Of course everything there was beautiful!</div>
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Once we arrived back in Taipei my friends and I headed out to the Shilin Night Market. I had been with Ryan before and my friend Be a had also made a stop there, but the rest of our group didn't. Plus, Cam was on the hunt for a squid on a stick (don't worry, I will get to that in a minute).</div>
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My first stop along the way was to get an egg wrapped in a pancake (kind of like a crepe). I was excited to find that they were making these without meat.</div>
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It was really good!</div>
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And then we found the giant fried squid on a stick. Unfortunately, as we soon discovered, it was not served like this! Talk about false advertising!</div>
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The fun part was picking out your flavoring. Lots of interesting options.</div>
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As you can see this was basically fancy fried calamari. The good news was that despite not coming on a giant stick, it was still very tasty.</div>
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Yes, I was so curious that I actually bought this. It tasted a little like fried vanilla pudding or fried icing. It was good, but way too sweet and there was only so much I could eat at one time.</div>
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Our next stop was to the basement food hall. This place was insane! If you are looking for local Taiwanese food and all things unique, this is the place to go. The dining experience was very authentic and exactly what I would imagine for a food market in Asia.</div>
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This is what I am talking about. These are small vendors with a few seats and the place is packed with hungry visitors. So glad we made a stop downstairs even if this wasn't what any of us wanted for dinner. We are adventurous, but this just wasn't what we were looking for for our last dinner in Taiwan.</div>
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Instead, we ended up at a Japanese restaurant. I know, I know, that is the last place you would expect me to end up at for dinner on my last night in Taiwan. But it was near my friends hotel and we all had to be up early the next day. I had a bowl of soba.</div>
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I also had some root veggies.</div>
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We said our farewells and then I headed back to my hotel. I found this in the subway station and stopped for a picture because I was so impressed. I am so glad to see they are so supportive of breastfeeding!</div>
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The next morning I was up early to head to the airport and make my way back to northern Japan. Taipei was amazing! I am glad I was able to spend a week sightseeing with my husband there and then experience some more of the local culture with my dietitian friends from around the world. I love the opportunities that AODA has provided me and I enjoy spending time with those colleagues while getting a chance to learn about nutrition in other parts of the world. Taiwan was beautiful and the city of Taipei really surprised me. I definitely recommend adding this to your travel list. It was definitely worth it!</div>
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<span style="color: purple;">QUESTIONS: What city have you visited that really surprised you? Have you ever bought a piece of art while on vacation? Is your city or country supportive of breast-feeding?</span></div>
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MelindaRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523272874667790035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339763320840481095.post-49333935824659892962014-12-23T20:45:00.000+09:002014-12-23T20:45:00.043+09:00Day 7-8: Asian Congress of Dietetics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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First off, Happy Holidays! </div>
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Yes, I know I am extremely behind in making posts. The semester was a lot busier than I anticipated and I spent almost all of my time working on my pilot study for school (working on a Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition). At the very start of the semester I was attending a conference in Taiwan. If you were following my blog, the last post left off with my time in Taipei with my husband. This post catches us up to the conference itself.</div>
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It was held in a university hospital conference center. It was a pretty nice venue.</div>
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Welcome to the 6th Asian Congress of Dietetics!</div>
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I don't have tons to share from the conference, but I do have some fun pictures of the food and of some of the slides from presentations. The first up here is my lunch on day one. They provided lunches and snacks every day. This was my vegetarian boxed lunch.</div>
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Lots of veggies inside. Most was really tasty.</div>
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And rice, of course!</div>
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I brought it in to a luncheon presentation that was offered to only foreign attendees. Unfortunately there was no vegetarian option at this session but thankfully they let me keep my vegetarian lunch. It was a bit of a difficult task to get them to understand why I needed to keep it (they thought I wanted to eat 2 meals, I think) but eventually when other vegetarians had the same issue they let us go in and take outside food with us.</div>
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Can't lie though, I definitely kept the fruit from the meal provided in this seminar. I couldn't really resist!</div>
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This special lunch for foreigners was on Taiwanese nutrition guidelines and traditional foods. The session ended with a cooking demo.</div>
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These next slides show some of the traditional Taiwanese dishes.</div>
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I love bubble tea, but I wasn't always a fan. Living Asia helps to get you accustomed to things like this that you may not otherwise have a lot of exposure too. I believe these are pretty popular in the US now too.</div>
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We definitely tried the pineapple cake while we were in Taiwan. This is one of their most famous foods.</div>
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I could smell this a mile away once I knew what the smell was. At first we thought it was garbage! Not kidding! But eventually I realized it was stinky tofu. This is really popular but I couldn't bring myself to try it.</div>
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If you saw my earlier Taiwan posts you will know that we had mango shave ice a few times. This is heavenly! This is a must-have treat while in Taiwan!</div>
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The cooking demo was presented by a restaurant known as <a href="http://www.shinyeh.com.tw/English_web/about.php" target="_blank">Shin Yeh</a> and they made these spring rolls for the group.</div>
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Here are the ingredients.</div>
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Later that day I attended a session that was presented by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Alison Steiber, the Chief Science Officer at the Academy, presented on Evidence Based Practice Guidelines for Kidney Disease. It seems that there is a very high incidence of kidney disease in Taiwan and a lot of the presentations focused on kidney disease.</div>
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Here is Alison presenting. This was a fantastic session!</div>
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Are you familiar with evidence based practice? We use this in dietetics, but other healthcare fields use this as well.</div>
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After the conference let out for the day I walked back to my hotel with my friend Naomi. On our way back we noticed a little cultural center so we walked into the courtyard to look around. I was very impressed to find this sculpture right out front of the entrance. Since I work at a WIC office and teach breastfeeding classes I was really excited to see this.</div>
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Here you can see the building entrance and off to the right is the sculpture. Very cool!</div>
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They also had this fun cow inside.</div>
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Dinner was with some fabulous ladies. Two are friends who I am traveling with and we were fortunate enough to be joined by <a href="http://ods.od.nih.gov/About/Johanna_T_Dwyer.aspx" target="_blank">Johanna Dwyer</a>, who was presenting the next morning. We ate at Din Tai Fung (my third time, Cam's second, and everyone else's first) again. I didn't take pictures of everything, but we ordered this steamed cake for dessert and it was so good. I am glad I got a picture of this.</div>
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Since my pilot study research was on dietitian's research interest and involvement I attended a few sessions that related to this topic. One of these was a session on writing for a scientific journal.</div>
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I liked that publication ethics was addressed.</div>
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Another session was on umami and this was presented by someone from Malaysia so the focus was on shrimp paste, which contains glutamate.</div>
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Here is a slide showing variations on the traditional Malaysian dish known as laksa (which I love!). These all contain shrimp paste and have glutamate.</div>
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Dinner this night was the Gala and it was a huge event. We (those of us that were American guests) were impressed with the location, food and presentations by different countries. I was provided with a vegetarian menu for the evening. There were so many courses! I can't recall what everything was (and some I never knew what it was!), but it was all vegetarian. Some dishes were better than others.</div>
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Finally dessert! What a fun evening!</div>
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<span style="color: red;">QUESTIONS: What was the last conference you attended? Have you ever attended a gala at a conference? Do you play any musical instruments and have you ever played publicly?</span></div>
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MelindaRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523272874667790035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339763320840481095.post-83563378000039687382014-10-10T19:45:00.000+09:002014-10-10T19:45:00.347+09:00Day 6: National Palace Museum and Longshan Temple<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This was Ryan's last day with me in Taiwan before heading back to Japan so it was our chance to fit in those things we hadn't seen yet but wanted to see. Our first stop of the day was to the <a href="http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/" target="_blank">National Palace Museum</a>. They don't allow photos to be taken inside so I only have pictures of the outside.</div>
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And pictures from the front of the building looking out over the courtyard and the apartments across the street.</div>
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The museum was busy, mostly with large tour groups that ended up clogging up a lot of the areas around the major pieces to see. At some points we could barely get around the groups. Tour guide after tour guide would stand in front of something and talk about it there. Honestly, if I was a tour guide or had a museum, I would ask that the guide share their commentary just off to the side and then allow the group members to approach the item on their own and take turns looking. It was a total mess to watch groups of 20-30 people pack themselves in to hear the guide who was standing right up at the artifact. The good news is that after a couple of tries we did get in to see the famous <a href="http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/Article.aspx?sNo=04001080" target="_blank">jade cabbage</a>.</div>
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Really lovely courtyard area at the museum.</div>
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These are the front gates to the museum. Because we took a taxi here we didn't enter through the gates. We only saw them as we excited and got a return taxi.</div>
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Our next planned stop was to Longshan Temple. We had plans to find lunch nearby but that was a total FAIL! At least we found a bakery nearby and were able to get some tasty bread to hold us over.</div>
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Here is Longshan Temple, one of the more famous temples in the city. Of course by the time we were pretty "templed-out" and it was extremely hot out, so we didn't spend too much time here. Just long enough to walk around it once and take some pictures.</div>
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I can say that the stone carvings on the columns were absolutely amazing!</div>
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Incense burners are an essential part of a temple. I like them at the Taiwan temples because of the dragons.</div>
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As usual, lots of ornate decorations around the building.</div>
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I loved this stone carving with the octopus!</div>
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As I mentioned earlier, it was a really hot day, and we missed lunch (ok, the place we picked for a late lunch closed between lunch and dinner so we had to wait a little longer than planned). Plan B worked just as well, which was to go back to <a href="http://www.ice-monster.com/" target="_blank">Ice Monster</a>. Hey, it was our last chance to get another one. And they are so good!</div>
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We also enjoyed some Starbucks while we cooled off (I know, that's hot coffee, but we wanted AC). And we went into the Hello Kitty store near Ice Monster. Here is a machine to make Hello Kitty pancake bites. My sister would have ordered these...twice!</div>
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After a little waiting (and some eating), <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BalleBalleIndianRestaurantTaipei" target="_blank">Balle Balle</a> was open for dinner. What was the big deal and why did we wait instead of finding another place open when we wanted a late lunch? Because this restaurant was listed as #1 on TripAdvisor for restaurants in Taipei. And we love Indian food!</div>
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We started off with some pappadum and dipping sauce.</div>
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I ordered the most amazing drink. I have no idea what it was called, but it had black pepper in it! And ginger! It was so refreshing and I never imagined something with black pepper in it would be refreshing. </div>
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For an appetizer we shared this paneer dish. We are both huge fans of paneer so I couldn't resist this grilled dish. It was amazing! If we were hungry, we would have ordered a second serving.</div>
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Then we had a curry dish with some basmati rice, which was also very awesome.</div>
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And of course naan! We left so stuffed! I absolutely recommend trying this place out if you are in Taipei.</div>
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After the meal we were stuffed so walking sounded like a great idea. It was, but mostly because we stumbled into some sporting events. The first was the Jones Cup for basketball. We didn't get to see team USA play, but we did see them at the event. </div>
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Then we passed by a soccer stadium and it was open with a game going on, so we went in and watched for a little bit. Not sure if it was a professional team, college, or high school. They seemed so tiny down there!</div>
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Well, that does it for my time in Taipei with Ryan. He left the next morning and my conference started. More posts to come...I still have the conference to write about and the final day of sightseeing after the conference ended. It was a great time with Ryan there and I was sad to see him go!</div>
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<span style="color: red;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever toured a museum with a tour guide? Where was the best Indian food you have ever tried? Have you ever gone to a sporting event while on vacation?</span></div>
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MelindaRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523272874667790035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339763320840481095.post-23183273611369329212014-09-27T09:32:00.001+09:002014-09-27T09:32:31.003+09:00Day 5: Yehlui Geopark and Juifen <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Day 5 was extra special because I had a few of my RD friends joining me and Ryan on our day of sightseeing. They were also in town for the same conference I was attending, and in fact they were all presenting (or moderating) at the conference.</div>
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Our day started with the guide suggesting we visit a little known (to tourists) and recently built Buddhist temple and school.</div>
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At first we thought it was these neat looking building hiding in the trees, but our guide told us this was a different temple and we needed to go a little further. Either way, this was definitely a neat building!</div>
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Just a little further down the road we reached the Dharma Drum Mountain Education Center.</div>
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Here is a map of their property.</div>
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We entered a main building, watched a video (not going to lie, it was a little weird, but overall had a good message about Buddhism), and then headed up to see one of the main areas for prayer. It was being set up for a ceremony, which I understood to be like an opening service for the start of a new school year. That's why there are people in front in black pants and white shirts. They were employees setting up.</div>
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This was the view behind us, which was definitely breathtaking. I can see why the monk decided to build this school here.</div>
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Even more amazing was the view as seen from across the pool while standing right next to the prayer hall.</div>
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This is the view inside. It was already set up for the ceremony. If you look closely you can see the Buddha has a wall with water running down behind it.</div>
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Not surprising, but still very neat to see. This sign indicates you can't bring non-vegetarian food inside. This is my kind of place!</div>
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Once we finished our tour we had a few minutes to look around and take pictures. The area was so beautiful and peaceful. I even spotted this Buddha through the trees.</div>
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This gives you a better idea about the buildings on the property. This is a school and there are students here studying religion at the graduate level.</div>
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This was the little marina area as we approached our next destination, <a href="http://www.ylgeopark.org.tw/ENG/landscape/Sight_en.aspx" target="_blank">Yehlui Geopark</a>.</div>
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As usual, something interesting and not entirely identifiable caught my eye as we were making our way to the park entrance.</div>
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Yehliu Geopark is a naturally made coastal area with many uniquely shaped rocks.</div>
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Here are the maps with the specific formations and their names. At the very bottom on the right you can see their most famous sculpture. This is the Queen's head. If you look closely you can see it resembles a person and is said to look like Queen Elizabeth.</div>
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Unfortunately just as we were getting here it started to rain. And then it poured! I couldn't get as many pictures as I would have liked and we definitely didn't see as much as we wanted.</div>
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Here is the area just as you start heading towards the formations. There was a dog hanging out here.</div>
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Tons of people out there. But you can se how big some of those formations are based on the size of the people next to them. If you look really closely at the top right you can see the Queen's Head. All of those people are waiting to get up close.</div>
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Here is a much better shot of the Queen's Head. We didn't wait in line and I didn't get that close. Zoom worked really well!</div>
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I thought these tiny palm trees were so cute!</div>
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Here I am! I loved that there was a little pool of water inside.</div>
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These are pearl rocks.</div>
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Our next stop was to a market for lunch. Our tour guide did a nice job of taking us to a covered outdoor food market. I love having a guide with me when local food is involved. I can try so many more things when I have someone helping me determine what is what.</div>
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Another one of my friends got this spring roll wrap. The lady's hands moved so fast I could't even get a picture of her putting things inside!</div>
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But I did get a picture of the finish wrapped.</div>
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Cam, my friend Naomi, and myself all tried the fried cuttle fish soup. This was amazing! We all really enjoyed it.</div>
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It came with a side of noodles.</div>
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Ryan and some of the others ended up with a different type of cuttlefish soup.</div>
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After we ate we looked around a little. This is one of the openings for the market.</div>
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Our tour guide grabbed us a few of these. Good thing he did because they were amazing! They were peanut and almost like a rice krispie treat. </div>
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He also bought us these treats. No clue what they were, but they were tasted. They were some sort of mochi-esque (pounded rice cake) treat.</div>
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Then, as if that wasn't enough food for a group of dietitians, he totally stopped by an amazing ice cream shop on the way to our next location. This place sells fruit ice creams (he said they were non-dairy so I assume they are sorbet) made from fresh fruit. Most of us had pineapple, which is one of their top products in Taiwan, followed by mango, which is what the driver and one other person had. It was amazing. Simply amazing! I wish I could eat some right now! The best part was he drove up to the front door, jumped out, left us in the car, and came back with 7 cups of ice cream and then drove off!</div>
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Our afternoon was to be spent in the old gold mining town of Juifen. This place is known for being the setting that inspired the back drop to Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away, which won an Academy Award for animated movie. Before arriving in the town we stopped at the end of the waterfall to get a glimpse of the golden waters. Although gold mining has long since ended for this town, you can still see remnants of the coloring running through the water here.</div>
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This looks so unbelievably creepy, mostly because it is abandoned. This is one of the old buildings used in gold mining.</div>
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Here you can see a less dilapidated building. These were the refining and smelting plants. This is at the base of the mountain and the town itself is all the way up at the top.</div>
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Information about those buildings.</div>
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One more picture of the river at the bottom of the mountain.</div>
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The next stop on our way up to the town was at the Golden Waterfall. This is probably of of the most unique waterfalls I have ever seen. It was spectacular and the pictures don't do it justice!</div>
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It comes down off the mountain right by the roadway.</div>
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Here I am with Ryan</div>
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Then Ryan got to play camera man and took a picture of the rest of us. Here is a group of very accomplished dietitians (minus me, I have years to go in my career to catch up to these ladies), which I am very lucky to be able to spend time with. I like to surround myself with amazing people because they inspire me and this group contains many of them (includes Sylvia Escott-Stump, Camella Rising, Bea Dykes, and Naomi Trostler, with me in the middle).</div>
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We continued to make our way up to the old town. Of course there is a temple up here. Can you spot it?</div>
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It's a little easier to see here. We were driving up and then out of nowhere we saw this saint statue.</div>
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This is the gold museum. We spent a little time here and learned about the role of Juifen in the gold mining industry here, as well as the Japanese use of this area when they were occupying Taiwan.</div>
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The nature surrounding the area was so beautiful that we almost didn't want to go inside!</div>
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We thought this was interested. Not sure what it was meant to carry, but I assume water probably flows down it now when it rains.</div>
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This is in the museum area. It is a tunnel into the mountain. It is blocked off though, so you can't get in.</div>
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Obviously mining was not an easy job.</div>
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There is always a cute mascot when you are in an Asian country!</div>
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Closer up to the tunnel.</div>
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Gold "painting"</div>
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Probably the most gold I will ever be able to touch at one time! It has the weight there and the current price of gold per gram (or maybe 100 grams?).</div>
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Some of the machines used in the gold mining days.</div>
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More beautiful views from atop the mountain.</div>
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Then we entered the shopping streets in Juifen. This was one busy market. It didn't help that so many tour groups were there. It was nice that we had a small private tour but that didn't stop the larger groups from getting in our way.</div>
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Despite having eaten so much already, our guide wanted us to try out a traditional Taiwanese dessert. It was similar to one I had the night before. It's one of those desserts that looks more like a savory dish. In this case it was served hot, which makes it even more confusing! But it is definitely a dessert.</div>
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The best part of the dessert was the location, which is probably why the guide wanted us to stop here. Without buying something to eat we wouldn't have had access to their patio dining area with this view.</div>
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Or this view! You can see out the ocean from here. Really amazing!</div>
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Plenty more interesting street foods to look at.</div>
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Here is a traditional pharmacy carrying all kinds of herbs used in Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).</div>
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No clue what these are, other than they have pork in them. We were very curious about these but didn't find out much more than that. I think it's like rice (mochi) on the outside.</div>
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Giant mushrooms!</div>
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Eggs boiled in tea (or possibly soy sauce, but I think these were the tea eggs).</div>
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Bitter melon, which is very popular in Asian countries.</div>
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This was at a juice stand. It is always nice to see so much produce for sale in various forms at street food markets like this.</div>
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After we made our way through the market we began our descent to get back to the car. Like I said, this place was packed, so it was hard to get nice pictures. The power lines didn't help either!</div>
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Ryan located a small little cave area while we were heading down the stairs. I think this town has attracted more artists over the years (seriously, the view could inspire any artist!) and this was probably part of that.</div>
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And tourists probably have a lot of fun writing on the walls.</div>
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I spotted this statue on the way down in a little resting area off the steep stairs. I think if you are headed up, by this point you need a little rest.</div>
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As the sun started to set the buildings started to light up. I could easily see the charm and appeal here. It is said to be beautiful at night and I wished we could have stayed, but our tour was ending and we needed to get back to Taipei.</div>
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Looking back up the stairs.</div>
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An old movie theater.</div>
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Stopping one last time to take in the view and get some shots as the sun was setting.</div>
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Then it was back to Taipei. My friend Cam joined Ryan and I for dinner at Din Tai Fung. Yes, again! We knew we wanted to go back, and despite being exhausted, Cam decided to join us. I ordered a few different things this time so I took some pictures of those, but not of the Xaio Long Bao or steamed buns. This was a very tasty seitan dish. That is a meat substitute made from wheat gluten, for that that have no clue what I'm talking about.</div>
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I also tried the tomato and egg soup. Yum!</div>
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After dinner Ryan and I hopped on the MRT and made our way to Huaxi Market, AKA snake alley. Yes, we immediately understood why it is called snake alley once we started walking around. Those are some seriously huge snakes! Terrifying for me because I have a fear of snakes! They make all kinds of dishes out of snake, including the blood (so I've heard). I did not see any of that! And all the restaurants with snakes in the front have big signs up telling you not to take pictures.</div>
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Here is the inside of one of the streets.</div>
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Since I passed on everything snake, I decided to go with someone I did like, which was kumquat lemonade. They do a lot with kumquat here. It is said to be very good for sore throats.</div>
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Here she is making my drink. Very fresh!</div>
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Yum! Have you seen the machines that seal off cups? This is pretty common in Asia, especially at boba tea places. I don't know if they use these in the US. It makes the drink easy to transport and then when you drink it you just puncture the covering with the straw.</div>
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One last shot for the night. This is one of the entrances. At least the name of the market was clearly labelled. It helps because there are so many night markets you could easily get lost!</div>
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<span style="color: red;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever been to a geopark or a place with crazy rock formations? Have you ever been to an old mining town? Would you try snake if you were at this market? Have you ever had kumquat juice?</span></div>
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MelindaRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523272874667790035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339763320840481095.post-13086813949599901602014-09-15T20:12:00.000+09:002014-09-15T20:12:00.122+09:00Day 4: Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial, Danshui, and Shilin Night Market<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We had lots planned for day 4, so it was good news when we started off with sunny weather. Our first stop was over the the <a href="http://www.cksmh.gov.tw/eng/" target="_blank">Chiang Kai-Shek memorial</a>, which was a short walk from our hotel. Here was our first glimpse, as we entered through a side entrance. I really loved the white with deep blue tiles, which reminded me of Europe.</div>
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Here is the memorial hall in the distance. We had a nice park area to walk through on the way over.</div>
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Here is one of the bigger entrances, closer to the large square found in the middle of the park area.</div>
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Chiang Kai-Shek ruled in China and Taiwan for a good bit of it's recent history (1928-1975) and is very important in their history, especially as he wanted to have a country not run by the communist party. I am not an expert on the history of the country or Chaing Kai-Shek as their leader, but he seems to be one of the most influential figures in their development as the country that we know today.</div>
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Inside is a museum with many things related to his military and political career. This includes some of the automobiles he used, medals he was awarded, and furniture from his home.</div>
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Signed letter from Harry Truman with the awarding of a medal.</div>
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These were some food models from his favorite foods.</div>
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This was a replica of his office.</div>
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Looking back up at the building.</div>
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Here I am over at the main entrance side, with the square directly behind me. One of our tour guides had told us this square is still used regularly for events, social and political. </div>
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The entrance into the hall where the memorial statue sits.</div>
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Inside with the memorial statue of Chaing Kai-Shek.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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Then we walked to the front of the memorial. There were buildings on each side of the square. I really liked the architecture and vibrant colors used.</div>
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We also had some fun watching people trying to get the perfect selfie of themselves.</div>
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Looking back over the memorial hall from the front entrance of the memorial. You can see the full size a lot better from this angle.</div>
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Loved all of the fun birds we saw around.</div>
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One last shot of the beautiful main entrance gate.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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From there we boarded the MRT and headed towards Danshui, AKA Tamsui (yeah, it's confusing!). I found a walking tour online, so we had a guide meeting us there. Tamsui is a town about 45 minutes by MRT outside of downtown Taipei, just at the end of the river, so it was a major port city in the past, held at different periods of time by different countries. This gives it a lot of influence from may different places, mostly European.</div>
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For lunch we ate at a Thai restaurant in a mall just outside the Tamsui MRT station. </div>
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I had pineapple shrimp fried rice (the second time around minus the pork...the menu didn't indicate that!)</div>
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After lunch we went back to the station to meet up with our guide. The first place we headed was to a converted old stable area.</div>
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Interestingly there was an art show going on. The artist's subject matter was horses. She had some really nice pieces.</div>
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Our next stop was the former Shell Gasoline warehouse. It is now a museum.</div>
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Fun benches outside.</div>
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Right next to the museum we got a glimpse of the old life here. This location was inhabited by veterans that didn't have any other place to live and were poorly cared for/didn't have a lot of money. The last resident recently passed away but our guide told us they are unsure if it will be town down or what will happen to it.</div>
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This residence area was also hidden along the water here.</div>
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Next we walked across a waterfront park to get to the shopping streets.</div>
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Almost as soon as we stepped into the shopping area, it started to pour! Our first stop was into one of the shops to buy some umbrellas.</div>
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While we were doing that I smelled something sweet. I turned around to find that sugar cane was being "juiced".</div>
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There were tons of fun street foods to look at, like these giant fried squid.</div>
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Stinky tofu, I think! It looks like cheese oozing out, but I am pretty sure this was a version of stinky tofu, which by the way, has a very distinct smell and there is no mistaking it!</div>
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Some sort of beverage.</div>
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Interesting croissants.</div>
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Looks like maybe tofu.</div>
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Eggs soaked in something, most likely tea.</div>
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Guava, the pink kind, which is the less common version since the white guava is what you most commonly find in Taiwan.</div>
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Our first stop, after passing though the food, was to a temple. Since it started to pour rain at an insane rate, we were happy to duck inside.</div>
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Here we discovered what the ovens were used for. We thought they looked like wood burning ovens for cooking, but these people were throwing fake money inside. We learned they were burning it, like a sacrifice, because people need money in heaven as well. It is done as an offering, sort of like bringing a good omen or good luck to yourself because you gave this to your ancestors.</div>
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Because it was pouring so much we decided to duck into a tea shop and have some tea and a little cake. We knew this would impact being able to see some things, but this worked nicely as 'plan B' given the circumstances (the rain was insane). We both picked our own tea, making sure the kind we picked did not have mint in it (because I am allergic to this and it burns my eyes and my lips puff up even when I am just near it).</div>
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This was some sort of more traditional sweet, make with some sort of seed that gelled when wet. It was interesting, but definitely worth trying.</div>
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Here was the first we saw of Dr. Mackay, who is very famous in this town. He was a missionary and a dentist. In addition to setting up medical facilities, he also established an education system here, including the college.</div>
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We went inside a little museum dedicated to Dr. Mackay so we could learn a little more about him.</div>
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The town of Tamsui was really cute and had a lot of fun artistic touches. Certainly more trendy, or European, than I would have expected for a Taiwanese town.</div>
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Here is the church, which is also associated with Dr. Mackay.</div>
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You can see as we are walking that it was really wet out, but at least by this time it wasn't raining as hard. </div>
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Like I said, it was definitely more cute/artsy/trendy that I would have expected. This is a fun looking ice cream shop.</div>
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There was a nice view from up here, except it was a bit grey from all the rain.</div>
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Next to the fort was the old consulate office/house. That was closed also, but we went over to peek into the windows.</div>
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Fun art in the courtyard area.</div>
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After that headed over to the University started by Dr. Mackay. This is known as Oxford College.</div>
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Our final stop with the guide was to find some fish ball soup. We made sure to pick something authentic. Actually, it was so busy at the time that we ate at that I couldn't even get a picture of the place, so later on it was easier, but less crowded in the picture. </div>
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Taiwan is known for fish balls, but I didn't realize (until after I ordered and saw a guy near me bite into one) that they were filled with pork. I had already ordered them, so I made Ryan try them. He was really unsure about this (way outside is comfort zone...he is not a fan of gefilte fish, so being similar, fish ball did not sound good to him) but he was a good sport about it! It was definitely an experience and we have a good story to go along with it. They were rather slippery and he lost one, which landed on the table (we were dining at a long table with multiple people around), so we went with the 10 second rule and he definitely picked it up and tried again (with the chopsticks, which didn't make it easy!).</div>
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I had a panini loaded with cheese and smoked salmon. It was super tasty!</div>
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On the way back from Danshui we stopped off at the Shilin Night Market, one of the more popular night markets, but also one of the more touristy markets. What I liked was that the vendors were not pushy. They didn't follow us around or hover. They didn't shove calculators in our face trying to show us a price and ask us to counter their offer. It was busy, but not pushy, trying to walk around. It was a much more pleasant experience than the markets in China.</div>
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You can see there are tons of street food vendors, some foods identifiable, like the fruit before, and others that leave you scratching your head. But I will say this was a pretty cool market and I could have spent hours looking at everything.</div>
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Amazing fruit. While I didn't buy anything this particular night, I did go back again on another night and we bought tons of fruit from this lady. It was also nice to be able to eat the fresh fruit, raw, without a huge concern for food safety (I had a little concern but because I had been eating raw produce and drinking tap water, I felt comfortable at the end of 10 days doing this...my advice is research well and do what you feel comfortable with...I did not get sick, but I can't guarantee all water in all places is safe. I could have just gotten lucky!).</div>
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Shrimp fishing...yes, shrimp fishing exists! After you catch one they can grill it for you.</div>
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These were really neat crackers that were made in a machine that cooked each one individually and then shot them out into the case shown at the bottom of this picture. You can see the little machine just behind the counter.</div>
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I love dragons so I pretty much stop and take pictures of them whenever I can. Good thing I live in Asia where dragons are abundant!</div>
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Crabs! I'm from Maryland so crabs always catch my attention.</div>
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Steamed buns</div>
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For traditional desserts</div>
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Working hard!</div>
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Bitter melon, but not as green as the stuff we have in Japan.</div>
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More strange stuff! I really enjoyed walking around and seeing what was being sold and what people were eating.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever tried stinky tofu? Would you? What is the strangest street food you have tried? Have you ever tried fish ball soup?</span></div>
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Day 3 was spent enjoying the hot springs at Jiaosi and traveling along the eastern coast of Taipei as we made our way around the northern part back around to Taipei. For this day of exploring I booked a private tour guide, which is nice sometimes so you can doing things at your leisure rather than have a strict schedule dictated by a group.</div>
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We started our day at the <a href="http://jiaosi.evergreen-hotels.com/JIAOSI_EN/index.jsp" target="_blank">Evergreen Resort Hotel</a>, a well known spot to enjoy the local hot springs. This is the serene setting at the front entrance to the hotel.</div>
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We made our way to Spring House to enjoy our own private room with a hot spring bath. Just like in Japan, hot springs are enjoyed nude and often separated by gender, although co-ed options exist. I have visited onsets in Japan before, but Ryan hasn't yet given this a try, and because we didn't want to be split up while relaxing in the hot springs, we opted for a resort with a private room. </div>
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Here is the tub a little fuller, and yes, there is a duck. It's actually a thermometer. There is a button you can press and it pumps oxygen (tiny bubbles) into the water and it makes it "milky".</div>
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The room also came complete with a bed (Japanese style), but we only had a short stay, although we could have stayed overnight.</div>
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The bath room was pretty much the same as a Japanese onset, with a place to bathe before hand beside the the tub. In an onsen the set up is the same, with a little stool and a handheld shower head for bathing.</div>
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Here we are looking relaxed after a soak in the hot springs.</div>
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Our next stop was to get a steamed bun from a very well known shop (according to our guide this place gets very long lines and is the most well known in this area). It doesn't look like much, but I guess when you are making steamed buns there isn't much that you need.</div>
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The only problem here is that we were too early! They didn't have any ready yet and it would have been about 30 minutes to wait.</div>
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The next stop at the <a href="http://www.lym.gov.tw/eng/index_en.asp" target="_blank">Lanyang Museum</a>. This was definitely an interesting shaped museum! As I noticed later on, this shape matches the interesting rock formations that line the coastline around this area. This museum shows the history and geography of Yilan County. </div>
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The area just outside the museum was definitely nice to look at, although not a lot of shade and it was hot outside.</div>
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I only took a few pictures inside, mostly of the nature displays with local animals and some of the history. It was a nice museum but we didn't want to spend too much time there because there was still so much to see.</div>
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Looks like a turtle! But I guess it does a nice job keeping the sun off their back.</div>
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This was a fun interactive display. There were sensors and if you waved your hands around the fish would swim towards you.</div>
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At the end we visited a temporary display that showed the local festival and we had the chance to fill out a card with our wish and tie it on to this "tree".</div>
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Our next stop was a beach. I believe this is Fulong Beach.</div>
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I believe this is the rock known as turtle rock. From a different angle it actually does look like turtle.</div>
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At 3 days into our trip I was still excited to see so many palm trees.</div>
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Lunch was at a seafood restaurant in a small fishing village right on the water. I ordered shrimp and they went outside and pulled them out of a tank out here and cooked them. Apparently very fresh! And this freaked everyone else out and I was left to eat all the shrimp myself, which took a lot too because it kind of freaked me out too!</div>
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Here are some of the other dishes on the menu.</div>
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Here is my plate of very, very fresh, steamed shrimp. They were actually very good and even better dipped into soy sauce with wasabi.</div>
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Green veggies</div>
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This is a special soup made with very tiny fish that are also very popular in Japan. This soup was really good!</div>
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Then we had some dessert. I know this looks weird. It was like juice and ice with jelly pieces in it. It was plant based, not gelatin, but similar texture. It was pretty good too.</div>
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Our next stop was something unique that our tour guide suggested we try out. There was an old mining tunnel that was closed down when a new tunnel was built along side it for use by the train (or maybe it was for cars). After being shut down it was converted to a bike path. What a great idea! I love that someone thought of converting this tunnel to something that promoted physical activity. You don't even need to have your own bike. There are rental shops at the start of the tunnel.</div>
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Reminders of the tunnel formerly used for transport during mining.</div>
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Here we are with our rented bikes, ready to head down the tunnel.</div>
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Here is Ryan taking a picture of the sign with distances, but it also shows the distance of the tunnel. It's lesser known so it wasn't that busy. Not sure how our guide discovered this, but it was certainly a fun and different activity to add into our itinerary. </div>
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Here is the view at the other end of the tunnel.</div>
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It comes out right on the coast. In the distance is the opening for the tunnel.</div>
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Beautiful coastal views!</div>
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They also had some cute sculptures. These were all made using pieces from the old railroad that passed through the tunnel.</div>
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More scenic views</div>
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Here I am with Ryan at one of the look out points before we got back on the bikes and headed back.</div>
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Here you can see the bigger, newer tunnel for the current railway and then down on the right side, the old tunnel now used as a bike path, complete with painted tracks.</div>
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This is back out at the location where we started. It was really cute. I just wished I knew the name of it. It's always nice to get some physical activity in while on vacation (of course I walked tons and tons every day, it was nice to do a little exercise and different type of activity).</div>
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More fun stuff made from parts that were left over when they closed down this tunnel. This is a chair.</div>
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Really cute statues made from train parts.</div>
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Saw this as we were driving along the northeast coast. It was too cute not to snap a picture of. In case you can't see, the blue whale says "marry me" and the pink says "yes, I do".</div>
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Here we are at our final stop, Longdong. This is Nanya, the rocky shoreline. The sun was still pretty high in the sky at this point, which made for some interesting pictures, although sometimes a little difficult to get a good shot.</div>
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This coastline was definitely beautiful and worth checking out. The rock formations were really neat.</div>
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I really loved all of the neat rock formations and different ridges and holes found in each of the rocks.</div>
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Same rock, different angle.</div>
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And another slightly different view.</div>
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Loving the coastline and neat rock formations. Glad I was able to sit down for a few minutes and take it all in.</div>
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While we were headed out the day before we passed by this <a href="http://www.gordonbiersch.com.tw/Eng/locations.aspx" target="_blank">Gordon Biersch</a>, which is a restaurant we had near us when we lived in Las Vegas. It was also located near an Ikea, which we hadn't been in since before we moved to Japan, so we decided this was an excellent location for dinner.</div>
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Beer was most welcome!</div>
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I had a shrimp flatbread (all the while thinking I had eaten way too many shrimp that day!). It was spicy! But it was good.</div>
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Ryan had some tacos, which he said were good, but not excellent.</div>
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After dinner we headed to Ikea and had some fun looking around at things.</div>
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Wow, look at that price! Just kidding...there are about 30 New Taiwan Dollars per US dollar.</div>
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We had hoped to get some ice cream at the Ikea, but they were already closed when we made it though the store. Instead, we decided to try this place, located in the mall next door.</div>
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Lots of very, very interesting traditional desserts. Ryan had an mango shave ice.</div>
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I went a little more adventurous and had this crazy looking dessert. Yes, I promise this is dessert. It has all kinds go things, including jelly noodles and tofu.</div>
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You can see the clear jelly noodles better here. There are also black balls like tapioca balls found in boba tea. It was actually pretty good. I am glad I had exposure to desserts like this when I was in Malaysia because I knew that it would likely taste better than it looked.</div>
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On our walk back to the hotel from the MRT station we passed by this little shrine (we walked by it every night, but I finally decided to stop). It was down a tiny alleyway.</div>
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Pretty creepy to stumble upon late at night, in the dark, on a tiny alley, but also pretty neat at the same time. Thankfully I saw it first in the day time so it wasn't as strange looking.</div>
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This was my nighttime happy place. I walked by these lanterns every night of our trip and just took a moment to look at them and enjoy the quiet night and beautiful scene.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever visited a hot spring or onsen? What is your favorite coastline view? What is the most unique thing you have done on vacation?</span></div>
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Day 2 we were up really early to go on an all day trip down to Taroko Gorge. After some research on ways to see the Gorge, I decided on a group trip that included flying to Hualien and then taking the train back to Taipei at the end of the day. Despite the early morning pick up, after finishing the trip I can say that I think this was the best choice (versus train there and back) and I would definitely recommend this trip.</div>
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Our hotel was kind enough to pack us a breakfast to go.</div>
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There was juice, dragon fruit, guava, and chocolate cake.</div>
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We flew out of Songshan airport. The flight was at 7 am and Hualien was only about an hour flight from here. The whole process was very easy.</div>
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It was a small plane, but it was bigger than I expected.</div>
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I was also surprised that they served us beverages.</div>
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As we prepared to land I got a glimpse of the coastline out the window. I all I can saw is "WOW"! It was so beautiful.</div>
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Welcome to Hualien! This is in a different area of Taiwan than Taipei. It is more central and along the east coast.</div>
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For the most part this post will be filled with more pictures and less writing. I can honestly say that these pictures do not do this place justice. Many times I just stood there, taking deep breaths and appreciating the nature around me. Taroko Gorge is a very beautiful place.</div>
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Very made multiple stops along the way and did some light hiking at different spots. Here are some of the initial pictures from our first stop.</div>
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Still not sure what I was supposed to beware of!</div>
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You can see the ocean off in the distance. It is the faint blue in the back of the picture. Here is where the water empties into the ocean. </div>
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This is considered the entrance into <a href="http://www.taroko.gov.tw/English/" target="_blank">Taroko Gorge National Park</a>.</div>
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This picture was not easy to get! There were so many tourists here (all Asian tour groups) and they all wanted to take pictures with us and not let us take one with just ourselves. It was pretty crazy. We were familiar with this from our previous China trip. We were told that some of those tourists may not have much exposure to foreigners and just like to take pictures with them, especially when they are Americans. We don't mind, but it is a little weird and in this case it was literally an entire bus full of people that lined up to take pictures with us.</div>
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Enter here!</div>
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Another gorgeous views at the entrance to the park.</div>
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This was at our first stop. I love how the green seems to melt into the tunnel.</div>
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Our first little hike was the Shakadang Trail. It was opened up again after a recent typhoon, but the trail was closed after a point, and I believe has been for a while from another typhoon. It's only opened to traffic from locals from tribes that still live in these mountains.</div>
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To get to this trail we had to climb down stairs, so we were below this bridge. I love all of the red bridges that were around here (and pretty typical in Asia).</div>
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You can see on the lower right side some people just ahead of us on this trail. It was rather narrow and just hugged the side of the mountain.</div>
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It's almost as if the path was just chiseled out, possibly by local tribes for easy passage.</div>
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This is the same red bridge from the previous picture, taken as we were further down the trail.</div>
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I was ok, but Ryan definitely had to watch his head.</div>
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As I mentioned there are still local tribes here and they are allowed to pass through on motorcycles, which did pass us while we were on the trail.</div>
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It's a little hard to tell but the water below was so clear. Some areas were not as clear but some were an amazing shade of blue.</div>
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Here I am with Ryan at one of the look out "balconies".</div>
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Our next stop was past the area recently damaged by a landslide. We actually got very lucky because this road had only recently reopened after the landslide which occurred during the recent typhoon. Here you can see our driver pointing to some of the workers. They were clearing the road and securing the area. The road was opened, but only with one direction at a time, so traffic wanting to pass had to wait about 20 minutes until the direction switched.</div>
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It is hard to tell but this is from the landslide.</div>
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Some of these are large rocks and you can see where it started all the way at the top.</div>
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After we passed, which was only a short wait, so we definitely got lucky, we picked up some helmets and headed to walk along the the roadside so we could be closer to the gorge and get views of the water.</div>
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We didn't go out on this suspension bridge, but it certainly looked like fun! It is the start to a hiking trail, which I believe required permits.</div>
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Lots more pictures of the beautiful area.</div>
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Told you, I had to wear a helmet! I guess maybe it sounds better to call it a hard hat.</div>
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Our next stop was an area with a little shrine. It was amazing how quiet and peaceful it was. We had managed to beat out all the tours. One thing we had going for us was being a small group with a van, not a bus. The road had been reopened but was only open for vans and cars, not for buses. It was like we had the place to ourselves!</div>
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Giant boulders!</div>
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Here is the bridge. Red, of course!</div>
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Gorgeous!</div>
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Here is another suspension bridge. Our guide was kind enough to let us stop here and go all the way across.</div>
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Waterfall! It's a little hard to see, but there was definitely a waterfall.</div>
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The view from on the suspension bridge.</div>
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Here I am with Ryan on the bridge and if you look closely you can see the waterfall behind us.</div>
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One last view from this area.</div>
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Our next stop was at a little cafe. We (we had 5 people total in our group) all ordered some fresh juice and chatted while enjoying the beauty around us.</div>
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After our short stop for a beverage we headed to our lunch location. Here we went for a decent hike up to that pagoda and temple.</div>
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We climbed all the way up to the top! If you look closely below the pagoda there is a Buddha in the mountain.</div>
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A lotus on the bridge heading over to the temple.</div>
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Crossing the bridge.</div>
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Heading up!</div>
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Much closer to the pagoda.</div>
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Finally there!</div>
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Inside the pagoda and getting ready to head up.</div>
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Looking up</div>
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View through the door at the top of the pagoda.</div>
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The temple at the top of the mountain area next to the pagoda.</div>
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Beautiful views...really the pictures can't even come close to showing how amazing this place is.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1j-Gtia3hNoeIg8JYENtmJbqKNxZnp5A5E0AwKuRBfHOrgXr2VmjNHW3JvHe83zKqqZSGVQYSmBNtSzGr7nY3D6v8esa8ag6UgrKBRsPNjSG9_rqG4uQcjYfY61fg-WLgbJKVO4HHsqpZ/s1600/P1040141.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1j-Gtia3hNoeIg8JYENtmJbqKNxZnp5A5E0AwKuRBfHOrgXr2VmjNHW3JvHe83zKqqZSGVQYSmBNtSzGr7nY3D6v8esa8ag6UgrKBRsPNjSG9_rqG4uQcjYfY61fg-WLgbJKVO4HHsqpZ/s1600/P1040141.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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Outside the temple</div>
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I took this picture with Meredith in mind (she is probably reading this). Elephants are her THING!</div>
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Simply amazing!</div>
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The temple from the front.</div>
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Info about the temple.</div>
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Lunch was at <a href="http://www.silksplace-taroko.com.tw/en/aboutus.php" target="_blank">Silks Place Taroko</a>. I was really impressed with the meal. Often times when touring and with a group the restaurant is equipped to deal with groups but not always the best quality food. This place was surprisingly a little fancier than your average lunch location and the food was wonderful.</div>
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We started with some crab, abalone, and I think pork.</div>
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Chicken dish</div>
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This was a nice eggplant dish.</div>
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Egg with shrimp, which was really good.</div>
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Scallops, but they were topped with pork so I didn't eat them.</div>
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Veggies</div>
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This was a delicious fish dish. The topping and sauce were really good and complimented the fish well.</div>
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Some soup, which had meat in it, and really at this point I think everyone was stuffed. I don't think we thought anything else was coming out. It seems that is usually the case- soup comes out at the end.</div>
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Then we had some nice fruit for dessert.</div>
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After lunch we headed to the main attraction at Taroko (honestly, the entire place was so beautiful that it is hard to pick one highlight, but this location seems to be the most heavily trafficked). </div>
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This is the Eternal Spring Shrine. You can see why this is a highlight. It looks so perfect off in the distance.</div>
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To get there you have to go down some stairs and then get on the little trail up. You can actually go on past the shrine and keep hiking up but we didn't have a lot of time and it was raining a little bit. On the way to the shrine we passed by these statues.</div>
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Another fun red bridge.</div>
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A close up of the waterfall.</div>
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Love the colorful buildings with this shrine.</div>
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A front view of the waterfall.</div>
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Looking back out.</div>
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This is the bridge I was standing on when I took the picture of the water rushing out through the bridge.</div>
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That is it for the gorge. We absolutely loved this and I highly recommend visiting Taroko Gorge if you will be in Taiwan. Simply breathtaking. It was more than worth the 4:30 am wake!</div>
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Our next stop was at the beach. This beach was not sandy but instead covered in rocks. Not sharp rocks but smooth rocks, making it easy to walk on.</div>
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This gives a better view of the rocks.</div>
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As we were walking back from the ocean we spotted a man selling coconuts from a truck. Obviously we couldn't pass on this. The best part was that the guy used a power drill to make a hole and then stuck a straw inside. Awesome!</div>
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After a trip to a marble factory (Taroko is known for it's marble/granite) we headed to the train station, which was extremely busy, and then boarded the train back. Since it was a Sunday heading back to Taipei this train was packed. They had lots of people standing and it was so strange because it seemed ok for them to move into the area of people's paid seats. Like I had someone standing between me and the seat in front of me. I personally was not comfortable with this and I asked her to move. I also moved someone (yes, I had to show them how to move because they didn't understand English) who was standing next to me and leaning on my chair with their arm pretty much on my head. I just wasn't comfortable with this. I had really bad motion sickness and I was not ok with people adding movement to my chair or bobbing around in front of me. But apparently it is normal to stand like that.</div>
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When we arrived home we decided to head to <a href="http://www.dintaifung.com.tw/en/" target="_blank">Din Tai Fung</a>. Our hotel happened to be very close to the original location. We found this place in Shanghai and then by mere chance discovered that the hotel I booked for Taipei was near the original location. That instantly made it on our to-do list. </div>
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There are no reservations for this place so you have to go and wait for a table. We had about a 40 minute wait but the whole process was so efficient that we didn't really mind. You can order while you wait so that when you do a get a table the food comes very quickly. Plus there was a nice view of Taipei 101 while waiting.</div>
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Here is what the wait looked like. The red board is where the numbers are listed to tell you that your table is ready.</div>
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Yay for getting a table!</div>
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We couldn't pass up a chance to try the local beer. Surprisingly (I don't know why I was so surprised actually, but I guess because you never hear about Taiwanese beer), this beer was really good. If you have watched or happen to watch the movie Lucy soon you will see this beer make an appearance (the movie takes place in Taipei for the first half).</div>
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Some XiaoLongBao to get started. This is their speciality. It is a dumpling filled with a broth and meat, eaten in a special sauce. These are the house speciality which is pork.</div>
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I had the shrimp with squash.</div>
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This is the sauce.</div>
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We also got some vegetarian steamed buns, which are probably my favorite thing on the menu. Delicious!</div>
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Some fried rice. I really liked that they were able to make this vegetarian and with brown rice.</div>
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We also ordered some dumplings. Ryan got his with meat and I had some veggie dumplings. Yes, we definitely ordered too much! But the good news is that despite some locations having a Michelin star, this meal was pretty inexpensive.</div>
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Whew, that does it for a very long day. This was a phenomenal trip ending with a super delicious meal, well worth the wait even after a very long day of sightseeing outside of the city. Really, truly, simply amazing!</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever heard of Taroko Gorge? Have you ever taken a day trip far outside of the city you were visiting? What is the most beautiful place you have ever visited? Have you ever been to Din Tai Fung?</span></div>
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I will admit that Taiwan was never on my travel list, but when I was at a conference in Sydney 2 years ago I picked up a post card for the <a href="http://www.acd2014.org/" target="_blank">Asian Congress of Dietetics 2014</a> taking place in Taipei. From that moment I had thoughts of a trip to Taiwan but only started taking those seriously as the conference got closer. Actually, once I started researching Taiwan the excitement kicked in and I went all out in my planning. The added bonus was that my husband planned to request leave from work to be able to join me on this trip. And this was how our Taiwan adventure was born.</div>
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About 2 weeks ago we made our way to Tokyo to board the flight bound for Taipei.</div>
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I was actually impressed by the vegetarian meal we were served. Lots of vegetables. The whitish item on the left was unidentifiable at the time, but seemed a little like an apple and a potato combined. We learned later on in our stay that this was guava. Apparently in Southeast Asia guava also comes in white, not just the pink variety.</div>
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This was the first time in a long time I ended up with a yogurt on my vegetarian tray. I know this was because I was able to specify lacto-ovo and it wasn't just assumed a vegan try.</div>
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More veggies, which was nice.</div>
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And probably what was the best entree I have had on a plane in a long time. I can only describe this as an Indian lasagna burrito. Yes, you read that right, and both Ryan and I really enjoyed it. It was like lasagna with sauce and cheese on it, but sort of wrapped like a burrito and the filling was packed with chickpeas and Indian spices. Surprisingly very good.</div>
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We had arranged for a private transport to the hotel because it was a little later in the evening and we knew after a day of travel it would just make things easier to not have to think about finding some sort of transportation.</div>
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Our hotel was the <a href="http://www.royalbiz.com.tw/about_en.php" target="_blank">Royal Biz Taipei</a>. It was cheaper than the hotels listed on the conference website, even with conference discounted prices, and had breakfast included. Not to mention there were suites available with a separate sitting area and desk space, which appealed to me because I was staying 10 nights and was still working some on the trip (teaching and had some of my own school work to do).</div>
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I was excited to see the room because at first glance it was not only spacious, but clean. No cracking paint on the walls or peeling carpet on the ground. The bed seemed comfortable and the bathroom was a good size. Here you can see the bedroom area, which was a good size and easy to move around in.</div>
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We had a nice sitting area with a couch and a TV, which as I mentioned was separate from the bedroom area.</div>
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We started out first full day off with the hotel breakfast. The buffet wasn't huge but it had a nice variety and the sitting area was enough for all guests without being too cramped. They even had an outdoor sitting area with 2 tables. If it hadn't been so hot and humid I probably would have had my breakfast out there.</div>
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Here you can see the guava on the left, which has a green skin, with an all white flesh. They also had dragon fruit and pineapple. Pineapple is a huge agricultural product in Taiwan. They are well known for their pineapple cakes (pic later). The fresh fruit selection changed daily and it was always a nice looking display.</div>
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On the right is one of my favorite dishes- tofu with carrots and celery. If you followed along with our China trip you will have seen that I ate this a few times while we were there.</div>
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The top dish was tomato and mozzarella, which I tried.</div>
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Steamed buns, which were different kinds each day.</div>
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Here is the outdoor area. Really cute!</div>
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This is what I ended up with, along with some eggs, which were made to order.</div>
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And congee, of course.</div>
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I do want to provide some commentary on food safety and the water. Having recently spent a lot of time in China (let's consider for the purposes of this blog that Taiwan is separate from Mainland China in terms of who belongs to who and what is what...not able to comment on Chinese politics!) I was familiar with the caution used in eating fresh fruits and vegetables and drinking the water. Before our trip I did some research and what I found in most places was that the water was safe, but not necessary clean because it may not have been filtered and the pipes are often old. The hotel did not have any warnings in the bathroom about the quality of the water and on day 1 I felt comfortable enough in the hotel to eat the fruits and vegetables that would have been washed from the hotel water. I decided that I would play it by ear and decide based on each establishment I went to and what I was ordering (as a side comment, I quickly realized in most cases it was ok and I pretty much ate and drank at all places without much concern and did not get sick- I used some caution in the more questionable street food vendors/markets, but those were rare, and I stuck to hot foods).</div>
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Before heading out for the day I did manage to get a picture of the mini bar, which came with complimentary snacks- in the basket on the second shelf from the top.</div>
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Our plan for the day was to visit Taipei 101 first. I had heard/read that weekdays were best and going as the sun was setting was ideal. Having had the experience of the sun setting while we were at the <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2014/04/tokyo-getaway-day-1-tokyo-sky-tree.html" target="_blank">Tokyo Sky Tree</a>, I knew why this was ideal and could appreciate that suggestion. I also knew that timing wise it would be good to go first because I didn't want to have to pass on going up because of bad weather or long lines. The next few days were supposed to have some rain so while the sun was out and it wasn't too hazy, I wanted to go up, despite it being a Saturday morning.</div>
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What was neat was that we passed through a bustling market on our way to Dongmen station. It started just blocks from our hotel and was packed with some of the most amazing local culture I have witnessed...not just because it was locals picking up fresh ingredients on a Saturday morning, but because this contained some truly unique food items. The aisles were small and it was packed with people. It was pretty cool to watch. We wanted to check it out so we ended up using this as a detour on our way to the MRT (subway) stop.</div>
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You can see how busy it was down this tiny alley way.</div>
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Most of the stuff at this point was unidentifiable to me, but I know a lot were various kinds of meat.</div>
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There was also some nice looking produce.</div>
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And some more unidentifiable things.</div>
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Fresh noodles, which I would have bought if I had thought there was any way I could prepare them.</div>
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Sticky rice in lotus roots.</div>
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Definitely not my thing, but I was interested in the local culture enough to quickly snap a picture.</div>
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Nothing like selling meat in close proximity to a clothing shop!</div>
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More produce.</div>
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After we made our way through the market we found the MRT station. The whole process was easy. Having traveling on public transportation in a lot of places you start to realize they are all very similar and as long as there is English, it is easy to figure out. The Taipei MRT was no exception. very clean, English writing, and clear labels made this process a breeze. Oh, and it is super cheap, which is nice! Another cool thing about the MRT is that the single journey tickets come as plastic coins.</div>
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Our first stop was Taipei 101, which was conveniently located on the same MRT line as the one by our hotel. On our way over to the building, which has an entrance right in the station, we found some neat art installations. This picture of a face would change every few minutes, with each square flipping around at all different times until the next face popped up. It was similar to the sign changes on a train or airport sign with locations and departure times (hopefully you know what I am talking about, I can't think of any other way to explain it).</div>
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So the face above, then changed to this face. Neat!</div>
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Here is the information on the artist. Pretty neat that this was in the subway station.</div>
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Another thing that quickly impressed me about Taipei was the focus on and support for breastfeeding. Breastfeeding rooms were everywhere and well advertised. The reason this is something that caught my attention is because I work in maternal and child health with the WIC program and I teach breastfeeding classes, so this is something that is important to me.</div>
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Then we popped up right at the base of <a href="http://www.taipei-101.com.tw/en/index.aspx" target="_blank">Taipei 101</a>. Of course once you are right next to the building it becomes impossible to take a picture of. Currently Taipei 101 is the second tallest building in the world, coming in second after Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the world from 2004-2010, so it had a pretty good run at being the tallest. Before that Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur was the tallest, <a href="http://nutrfoodtrvl.blogspot.jp/2013/06/day-5-view-from-top-petronas-towers.html" target="_blank">which I visited last summer</a>, so it seems I am making my rounds (if you include Tokyo Sky Tree in there) to visit the tallest buildings in the world. If you have seen the somewhat recent movie Lucy you will have gotten a few good looks at this building since it takes place in Taipei at the start. </div>
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We headed straight for the ticket counter in hopes of beating the crowds.</div>
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Our timing was excellent and we actually had no wait time other than to board the elevator. I heard they do like Tokyo Sky Tree where they give you a number with a time to return and get back in line to wait, so I was surprised when I asked how long we had to wait and the woman told me there was no wait time, just go get in the line by the elevator.</div>
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It didn't take long before we were first up to board the world's fastest passenger elevator.</div>
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That is one seriously fast elevator! This is the display inside to show the information about the ride up.</div>
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The ceiling is decorated to look like the stars/constellations in the sky.</div>
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Taipei 101 was the first building in the world to exceed the 500 meter mark in height.</div>
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The view from up top was awesome, as was to be expected. It wasn't the clearest day, but better than if it had been raining.</div>
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The building with the yellow roof is Sun Yat-sen Memorial and behind that is the partially completed new stadium being built. One thing you can see is that there is a lot of green in the city and more green surrounding it, although the mountains are a little hidden in the haze.</div>
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Here is the damper. The damper sphere is the largest in the world and helps to stabilize the building in earthquakes and typhoons (which they actually had recently- just before we came was a huge typhoon that did a bit of damage in some areas). It is huge and spans 5 floors.</div>
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Lots of thick cable to hold it in place.</div>
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True to Asian (really like Japanese) culture, they had to turn the damper into something cute, so the mascot here is the Damper Baby, complete with a backstory.</div>
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And here we are with the Damper Baby.</div>
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These pictures were taken from the 91st floor outdoor observatory. It isn't always open so we got lucky.</div>
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Here I am, back inside, at one of the windows.</div>
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Now you can see a better view of the green that surrounds the city.</div>
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Loved this sign by one of the windows. I honestly don't know what I would do if I turned around and spotted a washer, but after my initial shock I would definitely take advantage of the photo op.</div>
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While we were up at the top we thought it was a good time to try out the famous pineapple cake. Lots of companies make this so you can find similar cakes all over.</div>
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Before we left we took another look at the damper from the floor below (you exit from a different floor than you come up on).</div>
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More of me with the Damper Baby.</div>
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Taipei 101 comes complete with an upscale mall.</div>
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We headed to the basement food court and found a coffee shop, <a href="http://asia.agnesb.com/en/bside/section/art-lifestyle-2/le-pain-grille-2" target="_blank">Agnes B</a>.</div>
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We also decided that the mall was ideal for lunch because we knew there was food here but not sure about our next location, and we also knew we wanted shave ice which was nearby. Our first thought was <a href="http://dintaifungusa.com/" target="_blank">Din Tai Fung</a> but the line was insanely long and we didn't have that much time to spend. Instead we went to the food court. We both decided on bibimbap. The only downside to this was that it was a weekend and this made it nearly impossible to find a seat.</div>
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Our next stop was for shave ice. We walked from the mall and along the way passed some fun sculptures.</div>
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We also passed this fun display of bunnies which it seems was to advertise for an ice cream treat.</div>
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As we got further away from Taipei 101 we could get some better pictures.</div>
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Here is another one of those fun sculptures I mentioned.</div>
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And more pictures of Taipei 101.</div>
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Another fun sculpture.</div>
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Then we stumbled into the <a href="http://www.yatsen.gov.tw/en/" target="_blank">Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall</a>.</div>
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Always a good idea to place in a public area where dogs may be.</div>
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The place was very large and wasn't part of our original plan, so we only made a quick stop into the memorial hall to have a look. </div>
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From here you can get a better look at Taipei 101.</div>
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The hall is done Lincoln Memorial style. The reason so many people are around taking pictures is because it was like the changing of the guard and there was a performance taking place.</div>
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Here is the view looking out from the front of the Memorial Hall.</div>
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I think it was me that was crooked, not that the building was actually leaning.</div>
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Here is that stadium being built that was visible from the top of Taipei 101.</div>
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Here is a cute Hello Kitty (not going to debate the recent exposure of the cat versus person status of Hello Kitty) store. As with most of Asia, Hello Kitty is a big deal. This was a store with a cafe in the back and a focus on Hello Kitty pineapple cakes.</div>
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A display of some of the cafe food items.</div>
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Just a few stores down is <a href="http://www.ice-monster.com/" target="_blank">Ice Monster</a>, which according to my research online is THE spot to get a mango shave ice.</div>
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Apparently everyone else also got that memo! It was extremely humid outside but with the recent rain it wasn't as hot as it could have been so the wait wasn't so bad (about 30 minutes).</div>
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While we were waiting we watched a delivery of fruit go inside. Check out all those mango chunks! Those are clear containers filled with mango, making them orange of course.</div>
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No idea what this says, but it was cute. This is the mascot for Ice Monster. I think it's supposed to be a mango cube.</div>
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Thoughts? Looks like a mango cube to me, with a funny mustache face.</div>
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What you can't see on this sign is that this is one of the CNN ranked top foods in Taiwan, although it's really just the shave ice in general, not specifically this location.</div>
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More delivery on the way in. I think this must be ice since once we were inside I saw ice being taken into the kitchen.</div>
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Here is the famous mango shave ice, which Ryan ordered. Um yum! So amazing! The white looks like tofu but we later saw it listed as panna cotta. </div>
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I wanted the pineapple shave ice but they were out so I went with strawberry, which was my next choice anyway. It was amazing so I am glad I tried it. The ice is so fluffy and creamy. It is amazing to know that it's actually shave ice. It also came with panna cotta, sorbet (or sherbet, was hard to tell, strawberries, and a side of sweetened condensed milk. Yum!</div>
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After our delicious dessert we boarded the MRT for our next sightseeing adventure. I have no idea what this says, but it looked too funny not to take a picture of it.</div>
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More fun stuff when we excited the MRT station. I have no idea but I suspect they are from a cartoon or the mascot of something.</div>
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Our next was <a href="http://www.baoan.org.tw/ENGLISH/index.html" target="_blank">Dalongdong Baoan Temple</a>, which actually had a few temples around as we walked over the location. These first few pictures are from other temples and buildings along the way.</div>
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Lots of green in the city. This was actually on the same street as we approached Baoan Temple.</div>
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This is a Confucius Temple just next to Baoan.</div>
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As in mainland China, rocks with lots of holes are popular. I assume it is viewed the same here- the more holes the more beautiful.</div>
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I love the statues and scene depicted in this pond.</div>
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A fun dragon fountain.</div>
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This is crossing over to the Dalongdong Baoan Temple.</div>
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Here we are inside the main courtyard.</div>
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Very decorative doors.</div>
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I noticed that the temples all seemed to have a central courtyard and buildings with a second floor and ornate balconies.</div>
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Here is one of the central altars.</div>
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This was in the back of the temple (I wandered off to find a bathroom). I really liked how there were trees included even back here.</div>
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I spotted this as we were walking back to the MRT station and thought it looked interesting. I guess my first thought was that this was like the places in the US where you cook dinner at their kitchen and then take the meals home to eat later in the week. My second thought was that they had convince foods that you could just pick from and keep at home for the week. In reality, I have no clue what this is!</div>
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Right next to the station we spotted the Taipei Arts Festival and decided to check it out.</div>
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It was taking place at the Taipei Expo Park.</div>
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One of the first places we spotted was a bagel shop, and while neither of us needed a bagel right then, we knew we would want some later. Sorry for the crooked picture, but I ended up with a dead battery on my camera and switched to my phone and I think this is turned the wrong way. We were excited to find bagels in Taiwan so we weren't going to pass on the opportunity. We also bought some cream cheese to go with it.</div>
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I don't know what this stands for, but it was the sign above the entrance way for the food court.</div>
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This was an interested sculpture just next to the food court.</div>
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Towards the back of the food court was a section with sit down restaurants, cute and trendy looking, with a nice little courtyard.</div>
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The restaurant in the back is Argentinian but they also had tapas, which was interesting.</div>
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We ended up at a Mediterranean restaurant called Popeye, which ended up being really cute. </div>
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I guess my iPhone didn't do such a good job of taking pictures in the dim light. Oh well, the meal was tasty! We started of with some bread.</div>
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I had some crostinis. These were topped with anchovy.</div>
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These were topped with black and green olive tapenade.</div>
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I had some wine and that was about it. I wasn't really too hungry...still full from the shave ice, but I knew I should eat something for dinner. Ryan had a pizza, which I also tried.</div>
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Then we made our way back to the hotel. All in all we had an excellent first day in Taipei and a great first exposure to the local area. Plenty more to share on our adventures, although I will apologize in advance if the posts are slow. I am trying to get caught up on my work and the new semester starts next week for me so I am finishing up my research and starting a new class, which looks quite intense. But I promise there will be plenty more posted about our amazing time in Taiwan.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">QUESTIONS: Have you ever been to Taiwan? Have you ever heard of Taipei 101? What is the tallest building you have visited? Have you ever had shave ice (Asian style)?</span></div>
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MelindaRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523272874667790035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339763320840481095.post-62968312200771905242014-08-08T20:21:00.000+09:002014-08-08T20:21:00.704+09:00Day 19-21: Farewell China, Hello Tokyo (Odaiba Fun and More)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As I am getting ready for another trip, I realized I better finish up sharing about the last trip! This time I am traveling for a conference, but there will be plenty of sightseeing before the conference takes places.</div>
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At the end of our trip to China we realized neither of us had to be back at work until the following week (Tuesday for me, the following Monday for Ryan), and we were headed to Japan on a Friday, so we thought we would hang out in Tokyo for a few more nights.</div>
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Here we are getting ready to board the Maglev train for Pudong airport. It was pretty quiet at this time of day.</div>
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Next stop Tokyo! And after 2 weeks in China I was ready for the prospects of drinking water from a tap and having a heated toilet seat! In fact, I told Ryan the first thing I wanted to do was go to a restaurant and order water, complete with a glass and a pitcher, and then I wanted to use the bathroom. No joke! So now I confess I am spoiled by living in Japan and I know most of Asia (except South Korea, which is pretty modernized and has safe drinking water) is not even close to the standards of living and cleanliness experienced here (here being Japan, which is where we currently live). At least I wouldn't need to rely on carrying my own toilet paper and I could go back to flushing it down the toilet!</div>
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I didn't have a vegetarian meal on this flight, but I ended up being able to enjoy some of what was on the try...especially the fruit!</div>
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We lucked out and there was room at the New Sanno Hotel, which is a US military hotel, so for us the rooms are about the cheapest in town, especially for the quality and size of the room. Unfortunately we arrived in the rainy season and since we arrived later at night, the hotel was out of umbrellas. We picked some up at a convenience store nearby, but did get a little wet in the process. Since it was raining so much we decided to eat dinner nearby. We found an Okinawan restaurant nearby. Yes, Okinawan food differs some from mainland Japanese.</div>
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Here is a seaweed salad we were served to start.</div>
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Well, I ordered this, called tofu cheese...do not, I repeat, do not try this! When the server took it away and saw the tiny bite out of it she shook her head and told me it was ok, like she expected me to not have liked it. I can't even explain what this tasted like, but it wasn't good!</div>
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These were fried and I think filled with red bean paste.</div>
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Ryan had taco rice, which is a very Okinawan thing.</div>
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I had veggies with tofu and noodles, made without meat.</div>
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The next day we decided to head to Odaiba, which is on a manmade island in the bay. We were looking for indoor activities because it was heavily raining. The metro from where our hotel was located took us to Ebisu station where we could catch a JR line for Odaiba. The good news was that I love Ebisu, and if I could live any where in Tokyo it would be Ebisu, so I was happy to find some lunch in the station. </div>
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You can never go wrong with a Japanese bakery!</div>
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I had a vegetable and surimi salad, which was really good.</div>
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I also tried this piece of banana bread.</div>
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When we got off the train in Odaiba we made our way to the science museum by way of <a href="http://www.divercity-tokyo.com/en/" target="_blank">DiverCity</a> (a large mall). Out front is a giant Gundam (if you have no idea what <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam" target="_blank">Gundam</a> is, find out more HERE). There was also some sort of event taking place because there were tons of people crowded around in the pouring rain.</div>
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After a short walk we arrived at <a href="http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/" target="_blank">Miraikan</a>, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation.</div>
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Inside was a giant open area, and at ground level you could lay down on chairs or the floor and look up at this globe. It changed views so it wasn't always the same thing on it, although it was mostly a daytime view of the earth.</div>
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We saw many cool displays. Being a weekend and a rainy day, this place was packed! It was hard to get a glimpse, but this robot was super cool. It is known as Halluc II and according to the museum website "aims at serving the needs of humans". </div>
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They had a very complex mathematics display, which was impressive because many kids were at this exhibit and it promoted the use of mathematics. I wonder if the US has many museums like this. I can see why Japan has many engineers and designers of products that are advancing technology. The importance of science and math are taught pretty early on and instilled in their values (or at least creativity is fostered and children are given opportunities to learn outside of school). </div>
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Here was another fun robot. This one was a dog and responded to human interaction.</div>
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Pretty cute!</div>
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The next exhibit we spent some time looking at was the space exhibit and display of astronauts. Lots of signatures to be found at this display.</div>
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As a dietitian I found this to be very interesting. This is the Japanese foods designed for astronauts while in space. Notice the bottle of mayonnaise? I was not surprised to see that on there! </div>
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Mayo is probably the most used condiment after soy sauce (in Japan). They put it on everything!</div>
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This shows the room of an astronaut. I believe this is a replica of life on the International Space Station.</div>
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The next fun exhibit we went to was on health and here you could control a robot as it simulates a surgery.</div>
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I wasn't that good! Good thing I changed my career to dietitian from the original plan of surgeon!</div>
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This was our "patient".</div>
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If I remember correctly this was part of an engine from a space shuttle.</div>
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After the museum we headed to another large mall called <a href="http://www.aquacity.jp/en/" target="_blank">Aqua City</a>. We were super excited when we walked in to discover <a href="http://www.lemsons.jp/" target="_blank">Lemson's</a>, a frozen yogurt shop. </div>
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It was pricey, but so worth it! Where we live there are no frozen yogurt shops like this, so it is rare we get to enjoy some.</div>
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We walked around the mall for a little bit, looking for dinner before heading to the movies. One of the largest movie theaters in Tokyo is located here, at least that was what we found in our research, so we decided to see a movie here as a good rainy day activity.</div>
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We found the Pirates of the Caribbean restaurant, but they wanted to charge us an admission price or some sort of service charge, so we passed.</div>
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It would have been a good view, but we didn't want the extra cost, especially when we couldn't get a window seat and would miss out on this view. Out there is Tokyo Bay and the Rainbow Bridge. You can't see the colors now, but there is a reason why this is called the rainbow bridge.</div>
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Complete with a Statue of Liberty!</div>
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For dinner we ended up picking <a href="http://www.to-the-herbs.com/" target="_blank">To the Herbs</a> for Italian food.</div>
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I couldn't resist the olives!</div>
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We also had some bread to start.</div>
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Then we split a pizza.</div>
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And yes, we had a table with a view. It was raining so it wasn't really clear, but it was a nice view nonetheless. I'll take it!</div>
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Dinner was light so a few hours later, after some slot machines at the hotel (yes, there are video slots...most US military bases overseas have these), we decided to have some nachos, which by the way we also can't really get where we live unless we make them ourselves.</div>
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For our final day we planned to see an art museum because it was still rainy. On our way to lunch we stopped by this cute park in Hiroo, near the hotel. It is actually a large park, but we only looked around one area because it was pretty wet. It was definitely nice and peaceful.</div>
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For lunch we went to one of our favorite spots, <a href="http://www.soup-stock-tokyo.com/" target="_blank">Soup Stock Tokyo</a>. I almost always get the lobster bisque, so this day was no exception.</div>
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Here we are at the art museum in Roppongi. I took a picture of the building from the outside, but they didn't allow photography inside.</div>
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I loved this idea for umbrellas. You can store it here, outside of the museum, and then it locks and you take the little key with you. From this location to the front door you walk under a covering. Smart way to protect the art inside!</div>
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We had never been to Roppongi Hills so we thought since we were in the area it would be good to check out. It is known for shopping (lots of stores) and then also known for nightlife- restaurants and places to drink. I am so glad we ended up here because when we were looking at a map of the place we noticed <a href="http://www.roys-tokyo.com/" target="_blank">Roy's</a>, which is probably our favorite restaurant in the States (sadly it seems to have closed on July 13th, just after we were there).</div>
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The restaurant has an excellent view of Tokyo Tower.</div>
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Ryan started with a chilled green apple soup.</div>
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Here I am with Ryan, getting ready to enjoy our meal. We were definitely treating this meal as a special occasion- Ryan's graduation, our anniversary, and my birthday too since that was the following week.</div>
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Ryan and I split this sushi, which was amazing. I mean truly amazing! It had crispies on the outside and was fried. There was fish inside and some vegetables. It was amazing!</div>
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I had the butterfish, which was awesome!</div>
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And for dessert, which we all know is the real reason we ate dinner here, we both had the chocolate soufflé. So yummy! </div>
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The next morning we headed back to up north to Misawa and got back into our normal routines and attempted to get back to life at home rather than on the road. It is definitely nice to be back home now and we have done a lot since the time we came home from China (I am so far behind in posting that we have actually been home now for 2 months) and I will get all of that posted, but after my next trip and blogging about those travels. Looks like I can't stay away from China too long as we are getting ready to head to Taiwan soon.</div>
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Thanks for reading along with our 3 week trip covering Tokyo (twice!) and China!</div>
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<span style="color: purple;">QUESTIONS: What is your favorite rainy day activity? What toppings do you like on your frozen yogurt? When is your next trip?</span></div>
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MelindaRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523272874667790035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339763320840481095.post-54484795080832876032014-07-30T20:37:00.000+09:002014-07-30T20:37:00.140+09:00Day 18: Science Museum and the Bund at Dusk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For our final day in China we decided to visit the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum in the morning.</div>
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This ball in the front is actually very large. You can see the tiny people walking around in front to get an idea of the size. I think the top floor is 3 or 4 stories high.</div>
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Inside, on the first floor, was a display with animals from the different continents. It reminded me of a natural history museum and I suspect for people who may not get to a zoo very often, this is very educational. </div>
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Life size bugs!</div>
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Maybe you remember hearing about this. They grew an ear on a mouse using stem cells. Since we visited here I have heard a few references to this, so I wonder how many times I heard this mentioned before and just never realized people were talking about this.</div>
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Nice little exhibit on robots</div>
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This robot solves the rubik's cube in seconds. Visitors can twist it and mix it up, then you give it to the robot and it will solve it. It was pretty neat to watch.</div>
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People can shoot the bow and arrow along side a robot. Of course the robot shoots a lot better than the people do! This is just someone who was doing it when we walked up, but after his turn both Ryan and I tried it out.</div>
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This is the computer used by a 13 year old to create a computer program of a chess game and a cartoon. I believe this was something that made major news in China at the time, or os it appears from this description. I can't find anything on this on the internet.</div>
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Interesting car design...perhaps for the future?</div>
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They had a great little exhibit on health and fitness. It was very interactive and that was one thing I really liked about this museum. It looked like it needed a lot of upkeep, but overall I thought it was well designed.</div>
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One fitness activity was table tennis, which is a very popular sport in China.</div>
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A section on diet, sports and health.</div>
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A multimedia demonstration of the inside of the human body.</div>
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There was also a ride to simulate digestion. Of course I made Ryan get on this with me. I have a student activity (for intro to nutrition, undergrad) that is sort of similar to this so I wanted to see if it gave me some new ideas for my students.</div>
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Fruits and veggies ready to be eat...and they look a little scared.</div>
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Once we loaded into the car (AKA food) we headed into the mouth.</div>
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Open wide!</div>
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And now we are in the mouth looking at the back of the teeth.</div>
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A lot of what happened next was...interesting...and in Chinese! I understood the basics of what was going on, but honestly, some things I couldn't quite make sense of. For example, I suspect this had something to do with an enzyme or maybe saliva.</div>
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Inside the intestines.</div>
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My favorite was the end. Yes, we were expelled as waste! Complete with sound effects and all!</div>
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For lunch we stopped at A Gan Xuan Restaurant, which was in the building next to the museum and attached to the metro station. There is a giant knockoff market there.</div>
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Since it was our last day in China I wanted to make sure I tried everything I wanted to try, even if it meant ordering food and not eating it all. This was an eggplant dish.</div>
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This was cauliflower that was stir fried.</div>
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I tried this shrimp dish, which is very similar to something I have had at a Chinese restaurant in Japan.</div>
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This is tofu that is smothered in a sweet and spicy sauce. </div>
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At a bathroom stop later in the day I spotted this sign and really had to take a picture. Definitely do not through fish bones in it. It is important to look at the proper way to use a Western toilet. Yes, squatting is dangerous! It was not uncommon to see foot prints on the toilet seats when I was in China 9 years ago. Just have to laugh to see the directions printed on a sign.</div>
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Our afternoon and early evening was spent strolling the Bund and just taking in the scenery and fresh air. This is looking over to the Pudong side.</div>
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Here are some pictures of the old side, which has many old buildings and looks very European. This area is known as the Bund.</div>
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These buildings now house various different things, but most contain a sign that states when it was built and some info about the building.</div>
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Here is a view of the river and Pudong from a higher vantage point.</div>
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This is the sign I was talking about that could be found on the front of the old buildings.</div>
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This is the lobby of the (I believe I am remembering this correctly) Shanghai Waldorf Astoria. Lovely hotel on the Bund, but totally out of my price range!</div>
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After walking a ways down we decided to head back to Nanjing road by cutting down a parallel street. I spotted this food cart on the street corner. I took a picture from this distance, but as I got closer and went to another picture they yelled at me and swatted me off with a hot utensil (it had been in the pan before they swung it at me). I have seen people get mad and I usually do ask if I can take a picture, but this time I was just going to try and take a fast one since there were people hovering around and I didn't want to interrupt business. I couldn't even see what they were making but I assumed it was meat and couldn't eat it. They were really mad and yelled a lot. So I kept moving!</div>
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We soon came across <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g308272-d3139074-Reviews-Grandmother_restaurant-Shanghai.html" target="_blank">Shanghai Grandmother Restaurant,</a> which we had remembered reading about in a tour book, so it sounded like a good choice for dinner.</div>
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This was their version of corn bread. It sounded really interesting so we ordered it to give it a try. It was very yummy!</div>
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I had this mushroom dish.</div>
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Ryan had a fried noodle dish.</div>
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And I believe this was a sweet potato dish. It was definitely vegetable and very yummy.</div>
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Another shot as the sun was starting to set.</div>
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Facing back to the Bund. One of the old style buildings. Definitely doesn't look Chinese!</div>
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Here I am with the Oriental Pearly Tower in the background.</div>
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You can start to see the buildings lit up.</div>
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Getting darker outside.</div>
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Starting to clearly see what is on the buildings. They turn into giant TV screens and billboards.</div>
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I love Shanghai!</div>
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Getting darker in the sky and brighter on the buildings!</div>
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Love the view from here.</div>
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The buildings on this side are also lit up.</div>
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I love this shot because the I love SH is very visible.</div>
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While we were over there I zoomed in to see the unfinished building. You can see that it will be a lot taller than the current tallest building.</div>
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Getting darker still...</div>
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Loved watching the sky get darker and the buildings get lighter...on both sides of the river.</div>
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We didn't have time, but this night time river cruise looked awesome.</div>
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That's right, I love Shanghai! Do you?</div>
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After watching the lights come on and the Bund pick up in pedestrian traffic, we headed back to the hotel. I had to take a nap because I needed to be up at 2 am to defend my research proposal. Oh the life of a doctoral student! Thankfully it went well, we went back to bed for a few hours, and then woke up, had breakfast, I taught (undergrad) and then we left for the airport! It was an insane last 24 hours, but everything went smoothly.</div>
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This isn't quiet the end of the vacation since we decided to stay a few more nights in Tokyo when we returned. Stay tuned for more on that!</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">QUESTIONS: When was the last time you visited a science and/or technology museum? Have you heard of the Bund? What is your favorite Chinese food? What is your favorite night time spot with a view?</span></div>
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