The Friday before last was very busy for us. We went to visit the Taipei City Zoo. It's a good size zoo, and I saw many animals native to Taiwan. It was interesting to look at some of Asia's wildlife like the Taiwan black bear and a few pandas. Also, we met Tina, another NTPU student going to State in the fall. It was nice to chat with her and answer her questions about our school. Unfortunately, it was a little to hot outside for me to fully enjoy everything in the zoo. I often found myself taking refuge in the parts of the zoo that had air conditioning. Haha. I definitely feel like the best was saved for last because at the end we rode in these cable cars that took us up the mountain where we could see a beautiful view of the city. When we arrived at the top of the mountain, we walked for about 20 minutes to a tea house. There, we learned how to pick tea leaves, dry them in the sun, and crush them. After this lesson, we all had a little tea ceremony. The owner of the tea house was so very nice and welcoming; he let us drink his award-winning Tie Kuanyin tea (Iron Buddha tea) and taught us how to fully enjoy it. It was definitely very interesting to see how it is all prepared because I drink tea quite often.
Later that night, Jovy took Stephanie, Rob, Lily, Jeremy, and I to a teppanyaki-style restaurant in Sanshia. It was kind of a hole-in-the-wall type of place, but it was really delicious. I think I made a mistake in ordering my meal with the "ma la" option ("numbingly hot"). There were so many red peppers in there. My eyes were watering so much, but it was delicious. All in all, it was a very tiring, but good day.
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