Christmas greetings from Taiwan! While you all are opening presents by the tree, my Christmas day is just about over. It was a good one! I had lunch at Chili's with some friends (a lot of my friends went home or elsewhere for the holidays, but some were still here). Someone suggested Chili's half jokingly when we were deciding what to do , but we ended up deciding on that. They import all their food from the U.S. so it's fairly expensive by Taiwan standards, but it was completely worth it since it is just like home. After our meal, which lasted several hours since we had several courses, we did some shopping and then went to look at the holiday lights around Taipei 101 (the downtown financial district). We even came upon a nativity scene surrounded by 45 different pictures depicting Jesus' life. Some of the (very simplistic) pictures were very amusing, and we could only imagine how accurate the Chinese captions were.
Charlie arrives in less than 48 hours. I can't wait! We're off to Kenting on New Year's day for a few days. Kenting is a beach town on the very southern tip of Taiwan. It is also a national park, so there's a lot to do. Other than that we'll be in and around Taipei.
Hope everyone had a great holiday! And, as always, check out my "Around Taipei" album for my new pictures from Christmas.
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