From Taipei - Spring Break 2011

Maggie and Alex meet Hana

From Taipei - Spring Break 2011

Some spring blossoms in the city

From Taipei - Spring Break 2011

Some Taiwanese specialties - lu rou fan, rou gung, won ton soup, two kinds of noodles, shark, braised tofu - we also managed to eat at two favorite beef stew noodle places (see post by clicking here for past eats)

From Taipei - Spring Break 2011

Our king size bed at Aquabella – Beitou Hotsprings Area. The kids had futons around the corner near the bathroom

From Taipei - Spring Break 2011

with a tub big enough for all of us! The "white sulfur" hotspring water piped in was over 40C! Had to cool it with some cold tap water...

From Taipei - Spring Break 2011

More Taiwanese specialties!

From Taipei - Spring Break 2011

Click a photo to see more photos from our trip - all link to albums on Picasaweb

Ocean Park has been undergoing a lot of renovations and I think soon there will be a hotel on site making it a vacation destination instead of just another site to see. We haven't been there in quite some time so decided to go during spring break. We checked out the new aquarium, giant pandas and red pandas among others, saw the dolphin show and rode some rides, too! Maggie and friends were there, but avoided us all day - teenagers, sheesh!