Friday night a bunch of us went downtown to see the new Harry Potter movie. We had a group of about 20 of us and filled up most of the theatre. There's a guy from mainland china with us, named xiao, so he can always talk to the cab drivers and help us get around, which is nice. During the movie Simon from the UK pointed out all the different English accents, but they all sounded the same to me!
Saturday morning some of us left for a field trip to the north coast. First we followed a trail up a mountain to a look out over the coast, which was pretty. There was a mainland Chinese military station right next to us, which was strange. For lunch we went to a local sea food place, where they had all the fish live outside in tanks. I ate shrimp and fish, which was daring enough for me. Two of the guys tried fish eyeballs. After we were done eating, we went outside and saw a lady kill some of the fish by throwing them on the road and hitting them with a club! Wasn't quite expecting to see that. After lunch we went to a Gold Ecological park where we got to see a 220 kg brick of gold. Then we walked around one of the markets in town and got some souvineers.
When we got back home, we went to a Japanese place for supper. Some of the guys know Japanese too, so they were practicing using that, and some of us were just saying random things in Spanish and French too. When Xiao got up to leave, he asked someone to hand him his "scum bag" instead of gym bag. He got confused with all the languages going on.. We all found it pretty funny.
Not sure what we're doing yet today.. Either going to a temple or Taipei 101. Have to study for another Chinese quiz tonight. Cant believe I'm already half way done here!
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