Monday, August 25, 2008

A Little Culture

No Willie B just yet . . . It turns out we'll be picking him up tomorrow morning. Waiting makes the clock move slower!

So, instead we ventured into the Taipei MRT (subway system) and checked out some Chinese history at the National Palace Museum. It turns out that most of China's valuable artifacts are actually here in Taiwan. Centuries of vases, paintings, furniture, scriptures, etc are in the museum. A wing of one floor is full of vases from the Ming Dynasty. They also had a couple of traditional Chinese gardens which we walked through.

As some of you know, Chris LOVES to look at old stuff for hours and hours!! (Can you detect a little sarcasm?). Actually, we only got through 2 of the 3 of the museum's floors before Roger pulled the plug. If left up to her own, Chris would have left a whirlwind in her wake moving through that place so fast!

Taipei 101 was closed today so we'll hold that off until after we get Willie B. Next time the pictures will include us with our son! Check you tomorrow . . .