Heading home

I'm so sad to be in the airport getting ready to leave Taiwan. I had a great last weekend here. Friday night we went to another night market, which was really difficult to find. Saturday morning we took the MRT to Beitou where we went to a hot springs. Eve though it was hot out, it felt so good. There were 4 different pools, and the top one was really hot. I couldn't even get in that one. The other two felt like a hot tub, and then the last one was just like a swimming pool. It was all natural water flowing from a spring nearby. When we left we walked by the spring and you could feel the heat coming off of it. Then we walked to the Taipei public library nearby, which was cool to see. After that we went to a revolving restaurant for supper. It was on top of a really tall waste incinerator and the restaurant moved around 360 degrees while you sat at the table and could see the city. The meal ended up being more expensive than we'd expeceted, but since all our other ones had been so cheap it was ok. It was like a 7 course meal too, so it was worth it. They took forever to bring each dish though so we were there for over 2 hours.
Sunday the graduate students in my lab took me out. I thought we were going to go to the zoo, but we ended up going to the Old Street in Danshui. I had so much fun, it was a great last day in Taipei. We walked along the street with a bunch of old shops along the coast, and they had me try a bunch of different food, which wasn't as scary when I had them there to tell me what it all was. I tried octopus which I would never have done at home. Then we got to take a boat to the other side of the shore to a place called lovers bridge. It was really pretty and lit up pink. Apparently if you go there with your lover though, you'll end up breaking up! We ate supper at a pizza place, where we got pepperoni pizza which they called "meat pulp" pizza. We took the boat back and didnt get home til 12:30am, and still had to pack all our stuf up.
I've had so much fun on this trip, and learned alot too. I liked Taiwan even more than I liked Europe, and would love to come back some day!